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.
Chinese and Russian naval forces have gathered for joint military exercises. Reports from Xinhua have claimed that the exercises combine a fleet of warships, submarines, and aircraft: The joint drills, taking place in the Yellow...
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