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
Matteo Damiani
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
The #nnevvy story: how a punitive expedition of Chinese trolls on Twitter has turned against the CCP
The controversy against a Thai actor and his girlfriend turned against the Chinese nationalist netizens closest to the CCP while demonstrating the Chinese propaganda machine’s … Read more
Interview with Joshua Wong: the handling of the coronavirus epidemic in Hong Kong
Joshua Wong is a democratic activist and the secretary of Demosisto, a pro-democracy political group in Hong Kong. We interviewed Joshua Wong about China’s handling … Read more
Interview with ‘White Elephant”: Ruyi Lane
The band was formed in the summer of 2014 by Kalieninge and Li Wen in Nanjing, and was originally called “8 Eye Spy”. In the … Read more
Interview with Laurie Dennis, author of The Lacquered Talisman
The Lacquered Talisman follows the story of one of the most influential figures in Chinese history, Zhu Yuanzhang, the founder of the Ming Dynasty. Laurie … Read more
Interview with Guobin Yang: the role of the social media amid the Wuhan coronavirus lockdown
Guobin Yang’s study focuses on online activism, social movements, digital culture, cultural sociology, historical sociology, critical theory, global communication, environmental communication, media, and politics in … Read more
Interview with Les Bird, author of ‘A Small Band of Men’
Les Bird, born in 1951 in Staffordshire, England, after leaving school, he traveled extensively in Africa and Australia before joining the Royal Hong Kong Police … Read more
Interview with Frode Z. Olsen, author of ‘Fighting for Two Kings’, a story of the Danish people in Hong Kong during the Japanese invasion in December 1941
Frode Ziebell Olsen is a Danish writer of novels and historical documentary books. He retired in 2013 as Detective Chief Superintendent after thirty-seven year’s service … Read more
Joshua Wong asks for a political system reform of Hong Kong, interview
Joshua Wong is a Hong Kong politician and vocal activist of the pro-democracy movement. Recently he was banned to run for the election of the … Read more