Happy Monday, gentle readers! Today we're thinking about romance — and affairs — but it's not all sweetness and light. We're also reading about rape culture and child soldiers, and we're...
On December 25, 2009 Liu Xiaobo was sentenced to 11 years imprisonment in China. His crime? “Inciting subversion to state power”. A human rights activist devoted to non-violence – his weapons...
Some people have asked me in earnest. “Have you ever…you know…eaten one?” Some people think they’re the first special snowflake to ever make the joke. “DON’T EAT MY DOG! I see you...
It feels like it was March just yesterday, but September is upon us. The Olympics are over, the Paralympics are about to begin, the G20 has wrapped up, Britain is struggling with Brexit, and much,...
My mother never forced me to speak Cantonese. Despite spending the bulk of my childhood in Seattle and then Texas, my mother feared for my English. While she continued to speak to me in Cantonese...
For many years China has exploited the billions of dollars worth of mineral and oil deposits in Tibet with complete disregard for the local environment and areas of religious significance. Meanwhile,...
Stephen Chow’s movie, The Mermaid, has reached rather mythic box office proportions. As of Saturday, March 5th, this weird and whimsical rom-com eco-parable (don’t forget slapstick physical...
During his controversial speech to Congress Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu indirectly dismissed the notion that Iran is a "lesser evil" to the Islamic State which can be worked with on an...
Junior Boys, It’s All True (Domino Records 2011) In a field where careers can last as long as a remix and whole genres are ephemeral, Canadian electropop group Junior Boys have had a surprisingly...
Su Tong, Madwoman on the Bridge, Transworld Publishers, 2008. Su Tong is a Chinese author who has gained international recognition for his work, recently being nominated for the Man Booker...