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.
As CDT reported earlier, 28 Chinese fishermen have been detained in North Korean waters and held for a ransom of $142,000. These fishermen were eventually released, but it is unclear whether or not the ransom was paid. The Los...
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Read MoreDespite longstanding tensions between Google and China due to rules on internet access and censorship, China has recently approved of Google’s acquisition of Motorola. The Associated Press reports: Authorities in China have...
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Read MoreAs China accuses the Dalai Lama of Nazi policies and the Dalai Lama blames China’s policies for the string of self-immolations,China is now slamming Britain for British Prime Minister David Cameron’s meeting with the Dalai Lama....
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