Hong Kong’s Protestors Have Already Won. They Need to Appreciate That.
Forcing the withdrawal of the extradition bill is a great achievement, but now they risk overreaching.
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Melting Palaces
Beautiful, transient, and completely impractical, ice palaces are monuments to the human sense of novelty and wonder.
How Progress Blinds People to Progress
Why do things look like they’re getting worse as they’re getting better?
On the Trail of Iris Chang
Iris Chang, the historian who brought the tragedy of the Nanking Massacre home to the West, lived a life that was as incandescent as it was brief, and pioneered the way for Chinese American writers.
The Leftist Case against Cancel Culture
Cancel culture not only doesn’t help social justice, it’s harmful to it.
The Short, Tortuous History of the Qipao
Fashion statement, symbol of decadence, cultural relic, and party dress, this traditional Chinese garment has come to mean different things to different people.
FICTION: The Foreigners
A poor, enterprising Chinese student sees a charitable American couple as an easy mark.
Pakistan’s Tribal Belt Joins the Modern World
Annexed by the British, claimed by Afghanistan, a battleground during the Great Game, the Cold War, and the War on Terror, Pakistan’s lawless tribal region is finally integrated into the rest of the country.
Smells like Hong Kong Spirit
Hong Kongers know when they’ve got something valuable, and if someone tries to take it from them, they’ll fight like dogs to keep it.
Sleeping with the Enemy
How did the Nationalist Party go from the sworn enemy of the Chinese Communists to the pro-Beijing party in Taiwan?
Lee Kuan Yew’s Shadow
Lee Kuan Yew was a titan and the shadow he casts is long and black and all of Singapore remains under it.
Why Are There so Many Ladyboys in Thailand?
An answer to the question you’ve all been asking.
Kitsune: The Japanese Fox Trickster
Kitsune are adept at shape-shifting from male to female, from animal to human, and back again.
Olympic Isolation
The 2020 Tokyo Olympics is a golden opportunity for the Japanese people to move out of their cultural comfort zone. If only they’d take it.
Consuming the Consumer: The Age of Surveillance Capitalism
Companies are using our data to manipulate us. Most people don’t care.
Sex Slavery in San Francisco’s Chinatown
A journey through San Fran’s sordid past.
Catullus: The Original Emo Rhapsodist
Whilst the popular impression of Romans is of marble statues, one poet showed that they could cry, love, and swear.
New Seven Deadly Sins for the Modern World
Because modern problems require modern eternal punishments.
These violent delights have violent ends.
