4th year Asian Studies major at UC Berkeley with a focus on China and Political Science. Particularly interested in gender construction, political dissent, nationalism, and socioeconomic polarization in the PRC. Likes to run, fence, and otherwise work out. Loves to eat.
Rescue workers are searching for survivors after a landslide buried an iron-ore mine in southwestern China near Chongqing city, Sichuan province. State media has confirmed 26 dead, 8 injured, and 74 missing. From IOL: Hundreds...
Read MoreFrom china.org.cn: China Construction Bank Corporation (CCB), the world’s second largest bank by market value, opened its New York branch on Friday. The New York branch, CCB’s first branch in the United States,...
Read MorePapers and books rained like confetti on Thursday as Chinese high school seniors preparing for the high-pressure university entrance exam celebrated their last day of school. chinaSMACK has pictures and a video: From NetEase:...
Read MoreFrom overseas political analyst Liang Jing, translated by David Kelly of the University of Technology Sydney and posted at The China Beat: One of the most significant cultural phenomena in Chinese society in recent years is the...
Read MoreThe first gay pride event on mainland China is set to begin on June 7, 2009. From the Shanghaiist: Amidst all the hubbub of an unmentionable anniversary, the LGBT community has been planning it’s own great leap forward....
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