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.

12 Killed in Xinjiang Riots

Aside from the recent unrest in Tibetan areas, Xinjiang has also seen an outbreak of rioting in recent days. The most recent riot has left at least 12 dead in Yechang county. The Australian reports: No details were given about...

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15 Tourists Killed in Bus Crash

Amid concerns about bus safety due to three separate crashes that happened in one day earlier this month, 15 tourists were killed and another 19 were injured in another recent bus crash in Shanxi Province when the bus drove into...

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China Gets Disney Through YOU

While the U.S. and China reached an agreement about making the Chinese market open to more U.S. films during Xi Jinping’s U.S. visit, YOU on Demand, a pay-per-view content service, has signed a deal with Disney Media...

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