Published inEast Asia on ScreenThanatos, Drunk (2015): Love, Death and Filth in TaipeiDisplaying the less developed side of Taipei on screen, it is a poignant Taiwanese drama that explores themes of love, loss, and…Sep 5, 2024Sep 5, 2024
Published inEast Asia on ScreenOn the Run (1988): Handover Anxiety Disorder on DisplayAn unusual femme fatale set in pre-1997 Hong Kong, it is a razor-sharp psychoanalysis of the handover melancholia shared by many in the…Apr 10, 2023Apr 10, 2023
Leftover Women: A State-manufactured Gender Campaign in ChinaThe derogatory label was deliberately invented to curb the rising number of single women in a traditional society which sometimes views not…Mar 23, 2023Mar 23, 2023
The Digital Dictatorship in ChinaIs Social Credit System the perfect form of Authoritarianism?Nov 24, 2019Nov 24, 2019
Published inEast Asia on ScreenThe Housemaid (1960): A Social Analysis on Post-war South KoreaA 60s classic by Kim Ki-young explores the topic of infidelity, social structure and the cultural invasion of Korean society.Nov 6, 2019Nov 6, 2019
Published inEast Asia on ScreenThe Chinese Mayor (2015): A Microcosm of ChinaUnder Mayor Geng Yanbo’s administration, some people in Datong lauded him as the greatest mayor. But a lot more disagreed.Jun 11, 2018Jun 11, 2018
Sai Ying Pun: An Elegy to Old Hong KongHow Sai Ying Pun used to be like and why it has completely changed over the past decade.Jun 10, 20183Jun 10, 20183
China’s Purge of Low-End PopulationCity officials in Beijing have been evicting migrant workers and demolishing what they consider as illegal structures.Nov 30, 2017Nov 30, 2017
