Melissa M. Chan

Melissa Chan is currently a graduate student in the department of East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She graduated from the University of California, Irvine with a degree in English in 2009. Her current research interests are diasporic Chinese populations, film, and translation.

Wine from Gobi Desert Aims At Market

As China’s local wine market grows and foreign labels are running vineyards in China, wine from the Gobi desert is aiming at the booming market. The Gobi desert is located in the Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang region. Although the...

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China Arrests Man Suspected of Killing 11

Although stories of serial killers are generally unknown, China has arrested a man suspected of killing 11 in Yunnan Province. Aside from murder, the suspect has been accused of dismembering, burning, and burying the bodies. The...

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China Rape Arrest After Web Anger

Amid Sina Weibo’s recent rule changes, netizens have spurred the arrest of an ex-official through microblogging. AFP reports: Police arrested an ex-Communist Party official in central China on suspicion of raping at least 10...

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