May 28, 2016
The Running Man Show: Is it good for China’s youths?
Ever since first aired in 2014, the Chinese Running Man Show, or known as Bēnpǎo…
May 15, 2016
What Makes Chuan A Legend At Juilliard?
Chuan Qin, son of a composer for the Chinese People's Liberation Army, started playing the…
April 8, 2016
Fake It Till You Make It?
What if I tell you that I’ve been faking it, making it and forging ahead? What…
April 5, 2016
My Long-term Love Affair with Poetry
I have always wanted to become a poet. I don’t know when it all began,…
April 2, 2016
5 “MUST-SEE” Movies about New York
“If you love someone, send him to New York, for it is heaven. If you…
August 17, 2015
What’s Wrong with Tattoo?
Imagine this. You are biting a juicy dumpling over dim sum lunch with family one…
February 4, 2015
Filming Television with Heroes
I sat beneath the bright lights onstage in a Tianjin TV studio. My hair was…
November 30, 2014
Holiday Laugh & Tears
Last week, my Facebook feeds lit up with a steady stream of video that depicts…
November 22, 2014
A book review on The Wild, Wild East by Barbara Pollack
In an interview with PBS, American art critic Barbara Pollack called it “unimaginable” the level…
October 25, 2014
A Fantasy World of Chinese Historical Dramas
Recently in my Political Science class, we were inspired to start a journey imagining the…
October 17, 2014
Ordinary Life
It was a rather ordinary day here in Shanghai. I struggled out of bed at…
September 20, 2014
The Joy of Painting
One of my favorite pastimes of childhood was drawing, so it does not surprise me…