Author: Mengyu Dong

Mengyu Dong grew up in Beijing, where she developed a keen interest in roller-blading, ink painting, and Chinese politics. She now primarily focuses on media coverage of political and social issues in China. Her first personal anthology, A Cello without Strings, published in 2011, includes her commentaries on Chinese politics, literature and history. Mengyu is currently studying political science at University of California, Berkeley.
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3 Charged in ‘Racist Attack’ on Chinese Students in France

Last week, six Chinese students were attacked by three local residents in Bordeaux, France. Zhang Yiwei at the Global Times reports: Three drunk local male residents attacked the students, who had arrived in France two months ago to study winemaking, late Friday night at the students’ home in Hostens, Gironde, abo

June 19, 2013 12:33 PM

Xiamen’s Bus Arsonist: the Unlikely Martyr

At The Atlantic, Fei Wang describes the hard life of Chen Shuizong, the alleged arsonist in the Xiamen BRT bus fire that killed 47 people on June 7, who like suicide bomber Qian Mingqi two years ago has received a surprising degree of sympathy from some netizens. Web user reactions to Chen’s apparent suicide fall

June 18, 2013 12:54 PM

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