In this short video, I share a real-life mix-up from my language class, where a simple homework assignment goes off the rails ...
EastSouthWestNorth blogger Roland Soong translates a humorous post and compares political jokes in the former Soviet Union with those found in China today. The verdict: “[T]he Chinese people are not ...
I’m sharing a lighthearted moment from my online class where my student tries to say "You’re frozen" in Chinese, leading to a ...
For all the Very Big Ideas that “The Chinese Lady” makes one ponder (racism, sexism, immigration, exploitation, xenophobia et al), it’s important to remember one crucial detail: It’s very funny. “I am ...
It transforms the most powerful man in the country into a teddy bear. It adds to the calendar the imaginary date of May 35 to invoke a people’s uprising that government censors seek to erase from ...
A keen admirer of Luis Bunuel’s “The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie,” Chinese poet Han Dong makes an appearance this week in Busan with “One Night on the Wharf,” his first attempt at directing a ...
From left: YunChi Jong, Minwen Yang, Dii Fu, Feilin Yang, Yanki Kung, Xinhui Ma, Susan Zhang, Xiaowen Liang, Amber Liu, and Miaoqing Lu* at Caveat. Photo: Victor ...