Interview with Kacey Wong: The Protest Art in Hong Kong
Kacey Wong is a Hong Kong visual artist, activist, and educator, politically engaged through his art and performances. Wong talks about the uncertainty created by … Read more
Brief History of the Los Angeles Chinese massacre of 1871
The 1871 Chinese Massacre (1871年洛杉矶华人大屠杀) was a racial massacre that occurred on October 24, 1871, in Los Angeles, when a mob of about 500 people … Read more
A Brief History of February 28 incident in Taiwan
History of 228 incident in Taiwan The February 28 Incident ( 二二八事件), also known as the “February 28 Massacre”, “228 Incident” or “228 Massacre” was … Read more
Photos of Beijing’s CCTV headquarters under construction
The CCTV Headquarters in Beijing is not a traditional tower, but a loop of six horizontal and vertical sections covering 473,000 m2. The building has … Read more
Interview with Alpine Decline: ‘For the Betterment of Well People’
Alpine Decline interview. Alpine Decline is an alternative/noise rock guitar+drums duo (Pauline Mu, Jonathan Zeitlin) based in Beijing since 2010. The band relocated from Los … Read more
Interview with Hao Wu, director of the documentary 76 Days on Wuhan COVID Outbreak
During the outbreak of the pandemic, the director began to think about this project, with the help of two collaborators who had full access to … Read more
A short history of the First Sino-Japanese War
The First Sino-Japanese War (中日甲午戰爭, Zhōngrì Jiǎwǔ Zhànzhēng) was an armed conflict that took place between July 25, 1894, and April 17, 1895, between the … Read more
The Catastrophic Explosion of Beijing’s Wanggongchang Arsenal, 1626
The Great Tianqi Explosion (天啟 大 爆炸) or the Wanggongchang Explosion (王恭 廠 大 爆炸) was a catastrophic accident that occurred on May 30, 1626, … Read more
Mulan: What Disney’s Movie Teaches Us About Xi Jinping’s China
The failure of the remake of the famous 1990s cartoon highlights several issues hidden under the carpet for too long. In 2015, Disney had the … Read more
Interview with Kyle Fiske, author of ‘Dragons and Boxers’
Kyle Fiske grew up on a farm near the Canadian border in rural northern New York State. He studied history and English at St. Lawrence … Read more
Interview with Ed Shew, author of Chinese Brothers, American Sons
Ed Shew was born in 1949 in St. Louis, Missouri (USA), the son of Chinese parents. His peasant father immigrated from Guangdong province in southern … Read more
Interview with Björn Jerdén, Head of UI’s Asia Programme: Gui Minhai, the Confucius Institutes in Sweden, and the relations between China and Sweden
Björn Jerdén is the Head of The Asia Program of The Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI). Björn Jerdén’s research focuses on the international relations … Read more
Interview with Alice Poon, author of Tales of Ming Courtesans
Born and raised in Hong Kong, Alice Poon steeped herself in Chinese poetry and history, Jin Yong’s martial arts novels, and English Literature in her … Read more
Interview with Badiucao: the worsening of Hong Kong’s situation, #nnevvy, and the tightening of censorship amid the Coronavirus outbreak
Badiucao is a prolific and talented satirical author and human rights activist based in Australia. We discussed with him about the recent wave of arrests … Read more