Rainbow Chan remembers the beauty and cheese of the golden age of Canto and Mandopop, acknowledging its mark on her identity while also stamping it with…
Category: Thinkpieces
By Sinead Better than Bob Dylan, Dua Lipa, and Red Velvet—that was the consensus of users on Douban, an online ratings platform, when they picked Omnipotent…
By Jocelle Koh As Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) heritage month comes to a close, we wanted to reflect on how the conversation surrounding Asian diaspora…
By Sinead Since the shock revelations against Harvey Weinstein that propelled the #MeToo movement into the spotlight back in 2016, the movement’s reverberations have been echoing…
By Jocelle Koh Despite only meeting once in person, I’ve collaborated happily on many occasions with Dr. Chen-Yu Lin. After being invited to contribute a piece…
By Jocelle Koh, Sinead This International Women’s Week 2020, take a listen and delve into the soundscape of female empowerment in Mandarin music today. As we…
By Matt TaylorGraphics by Allison Sun Editor’s Note: Following on from our ‘Songs of Defiance‘ piece on LGBTIQ Mandopop, the recent Hong Kong protests caught our attention and…
Article by Matt TaylorCover Art by Allison Sun Music, politics and protest in Taiwan are intrinsically linked. From the rumblings of Taiwanese identity in the campus folk…
By Jocelle Koh Although I’ve never been much of a moviegoer, I was in fervent anticipation of the recent ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ film for obvious reasons.…
By Jocelle Koh & Matt Taylor In an overwhelmingly positive and progressive move, Taiwan announced in February 2018 that it would be moving full speed towards…