A queer feminist anthropologist exploring the realities of culture, gender, and sexuality in contemporary Asia
In their Spring Equinox programme, the LDTX dancers presented an array of creative and innovative new choreographies. On the last Saturday of March, a huge crowd squeezed into the LDTX studio in Southeast Beijing to watch eight of the fourteen works created by the LDTX dancers. The company founder, Willy Tsao, welcomed everyone warmly (in both [...]
The very fact that it is non-essential for the majority of people is possibly the most powerful element of modern marriage. Rather than becoming insignificant, it possibly means more than it once did, purely because it is so heavily reliant on individual choice.
My own education is my most valuable asset. It anchors me, allows me my freedom and never stops growing. Why did it take me so long to begin sharing that passion with a captive audience?
The bizarrities of life in an unfamiliar culture have left me catatonic with over-inspiration.
He took me to a stand-up comedy open-mic night, took to the stage and announced to the audience: "I'm on a Tinder date. If you pretend I'm funny, I might actually get somewhere tonight."
The beauty of it will enthrall young and old, but the subtleties of this story appeal best to adults.
A distilled movement reveals itself: these are citizens throwing petrol bombs toward a distant enemy.
As a foreigner, how do you deal with getting stared at 24/7? My policy is – no matter how hungry, tired, alienated or desperate to find a proper toilet I might be feeling – smile! Especially when you’re on camera.
A morning at Beijing Dance / LDTX Studios It’s the first rainy day since my arrival in Beijing. I am met, somewhat sodden, at Dawanglu station by a young Chinese woman named Jade. Clutching our umbrellas, exchange our thoughts about London, the city we’ve both left recently, and Beijing, where we’re both newly living. Jade [...]
This is an interview I did in July about the Beijing Student Forum 2013, which was published in the Chinese Times, in Chinese of course. 1. Why were you interested in the UK-China forum and Generation UK Campaign? I was interested in the UK-China Student Forum in May this year because I have a deep-seated [...]
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