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 the year of the snake approaches, the BBC’s Martin Patience visited the ‘snake village’ of Zisiqiao, where villagers expect to see a profitable year due to the Lunar New Year: The reptiles are reared for...
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Read MoreThe Associated Press reports Myanmar’s government and the Kachin Independence Army will hold talks in China on the border town of Ruili: Khon Ja, an activist with the Kachin Peace Network, said the army fired four...
Read MoreAs eight Tibetans have been sentenced for inciting self-immolations, The New York Times reports Tibetans are questioning the effect of these self-immolations. The number of Tibetans who have set themselves on fire to protest...
Read MoreAs six bears are rescued from illegal bear bile farms, the New York Times reports the continuing demand for bear bile is threatening the bear population in Asia. This comes amid growing public concern for animal rights: Tigers,...
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