The Netflix drama's depiction of China is, well, problematic. Or is it? Chinese viewers weigh in. (If you've not watched the drama, please note that this issue is slightly spoilery.)
Comprehensible input and creating my own Mandarin-learning curriculum
Adventures in learning Mandarin. As a heritage speaker, I have to learn Mandarin differently. It has been a frustrating and fun journey so far. Fortunately, lots of content from language learning experts, and I found one that is the clearest one yet!
I think I read a racist thing from Canada this morning
Rather than demand articles such as these to be stripped off the Internet, perhaps we need to resist the impulse to label groups of people and understand the reason behind the hatred and anger.
3 Body Problem vs Three-Body
In which I compare Netflix's with Tencent's (China) adaptation. This issue is non-spoilery. Part 1 of 2 because I wrote a freakin' long essay.
Sweeping tombs, eating food and waving at the dead
It's Cheng Beng and I, forever the family travel operator, is shepherding the family to Penang island.
📧 Subscribe to read the post. Subscription is free.Why a lot of my content is now gated
I'm gating a lot of my content on my website these days. The reasons are numerous, which I detail in this post, but namely - I want AI companies, Google & other corporations to "work for it" if they want my content to boost their profits, and also: I want to keep some stuff more private.
Have you enjoyed some Chinese propaganda lately? I did.
I watched a Chinese legal drama called Draw the Line and I'd like to reassure you that I'm still not a member of the Communist Party of China.
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