The Canada I Know
Lurking beneath the idyllic vision of Canada are rates of hate crime and violent crime comparable to those in the US.
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Tribes of Hong Kong
The original stimulus of the protests – the extradition bill – has long been withdrawn and forgotten; the tribal cycle of violence has generated its own self-sustaining momentum.
To Mock the Mighty: A History of Court Jesters
More than just clowns, jesters played a unique and important role in the halls of power.
Supernatural Femme Fatales
Why are myths and legends full of supernatural seductresses?
Kuchisake-onna: The Slit-Mouthed Woman
Each generation has its own Kuchisake-onna, and can find in it their own anxieties and obsessions.
FICTION | Shadow Holds the Shape
A vampire and a ghost stalk the streets of Manhattan.
Creepypastas: The Monsters We Make
How dark internet urban legends take on a life of their own.
FICTION | Hungry Ghosts
A Chinese-American in Paris realizes her ancestral beliefs have followed her there.
Bloody Mary and the Observer Effect
Could a darker realm of demons and spirits actually exist alongside our own? Quantum physics may hold the answer.
The Hand on the Wall
The Baroness of Carini was murdered on a cold winter’s night in 1563. Her legend, like the bloody imprint of her hand, has been haunting Sicily for centuries.
Chinese Pride
Why do so many overseas Chinese support the Chinese Communist Party? Mostly, it’s racism.
The Translators: Marmaduke Pickthall, Yusuf Ali, and the Quran
The two quintessential translators of the Quran underwent conversions in opposite directions: Pickthall became a Muslim and Ali became an Englishman.
The Leftist Case Against Cancel Culture
Cancel culture not only doesn’t help social justice, it’s harmful to it.
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.
Melting Palaces
Beautiful, transient, and completely impractical, ice palaces are monuments to the human sense of novelty and wonder.
FICTION | The Foreigners
A poor, enterprising Chinese student sees a charitable American couple as an easy mark.
These violent delights have violent ends.
