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.
According to Reuters, construction of a dam in Nepal, which relies on China’s Three Gorges International Corp investment, was halted two weeks ago, but Nepal’s lawmakers have once again given the go-ahead to continue the...
Read MoreVietnam is again asking China for the release of 21 detained fishermen that were arrested for fishing near the Paracel Islands. This region is in the disputed South China Sea. Bloomberg reports: Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung...
Read MoreAs the rift between Pakistan and the US deepens, China has agreed to stand by Pakistan “in all circumstances.” According to The Dawn, this announcement was made in the Boao Forum for Asia, which is run by a non-profit...
Read MoreAccording to authorities, a man who was responsible for an attack that left 20 dead and more injured in February in Yechang, Xinjiang, has been sentenced to death. Reports say that the attack was led by a “terrorist” group. The...
Read MoreDespite China’s veto of the U.N. resolution that calls on Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad to step down, former U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan has announced that China and Syria have agreed to support his plan to resolve the...
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