May 8, 2016
Dreaming Of A New Beginning
At the moment, I have a complicated relationship with my mom. It isn’t good or…
April 27, 2016
How To Spend $10 Million?
When the Chinese billionaire couple, Pan Shiyi and Zhang Xin, donated $10 million to Yale…
April 23, 2016
Capturing Someone’s Attention?
What’s the most important currency anybody can give you? A compliment? A smile? A job?…
April 16, 2016
A Fragment of Memory about Harm
Recently, while reading A Border Passage, an autobiography written by a contemporary Egyptian woman writer…
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,…
March 27, 2016
Do You Believe?
Last week, the NBC “Today” show ran a special series - “Do You Believe” examining…
March 25, 2016
The Feeling of Being Related
“My mom said that I was born somewhere near the Gobi desert…it’s in Gan…Su…do you…
March 9, 2016
The Power of Curiosity
When I was a little girl, my father used to give me dating tips about…
February 9, 2016
Is Online Dating Right For You?
“I will never tell my parents that my boyfriend and I met via a dating…
September 2, 2015
A Chinese View from Paris: East and West
Since childhood, I always had the notion that the world is divided into two different…
August 7, 2015
Video Series “The Great LOL of China”: Stereotype Bingo
“But wait? Are these things true?” “Ha! If people asked themselves that question, we wouldn’t…
July 15, 2015
Is There a Right Place to Meet People and Make Friends?
“Don’t talk to strangers”, “Be careful of people who approach you on streets”.... and so…