Matteo Damiani
‘Witness to History’ is the memoir of Paul Hoffmann, an 18-year-old Viennese man who arrived in Shanghai in 1938 to escape the barbarities of the … Read more
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
The 1871 Chinese Massacre 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 … Read more
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
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
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
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
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 Great Tianqi Explosion or the Wanggongchang Explosion The Great Tianqi Explosion (天啟 大 爆炸) or the Wanggongchang Explosion (王恭 廠 大 爆炸) was a … Read more
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
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
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
Björn Jerdén is the Head of The Asia Program of The Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI). His research focuses on the international relations of … Read more
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