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Being Chinese-Canadian in a strange new world (Toronto Star): Examining what it means to be Chinese-Canadian in a time of COVID-19.

 
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Exploding The Myths Behind K-pop (The Guardian): I infiltrated a K-pop training academy, and even attended a series of VERY intense auditions (as an audience member) – where students between the ages of 6-26 train for up to nine hours a day in hopes of joining a major record label and making it big.

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The Bottom Line: The forgotten voices of the Hong Kong protests (South China Morning Post): An examination of the effects of social unrest and longstanding inequality on Hong Kong’s lower income, and underprivileged populations.

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The real fuccbois of Mongolia 🇲🇳 (i-D/Vice): I went to Ulaanbaatar in search of fuccbois, fuccgirls (and non-binary street style-lovers)... and found them! This story looks into Mongolia's fascinating transition from a North Korea-like communist state (till the 80's) into the fascinating crossroads of culture it is today.

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The Miniso Story: How China's cultural copycats took over the world (SCMP): I look at the rise and proliferation of discount chains from China that are often masquerading as Korean or Japanese firms. It was fascinating to learn about this new world of fakes.

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Living in South Korea as a Chinese-Canadian woman is a lesson in the strange world of “contradictory privilege” (Quartz): I wrote about my life in South Korea and the unique experiences and encounters of being a non-visible “Westernised” foreigner in Asia.

 
 

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