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gretalai31
Sep 22, 20226 min read
Interview with Founders of Cambridge Chinese Migration Studies Group
Interview originally done for Young China Watchers on 20 September, 2022. The Cambridge Chinese Migration Studies Group (CCMSG) is an...
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gretalai31
Jul 7, 20227 min read
Interview with Yangkun Shi, Photographer/Visual Artist
Interview originally done for Young China Watchers on 6 July, 2022. Yangkun Shi is a young Chinese photographer who uses photography to...
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gretalai31
Feb 13, 20223 min read
Why Engagement with China Is Crucial in Turbulent Times like Now
One would never have imagined accessing accurate information about China could be as difficult as it was 30 years ago during the time...
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gretalai31
Nov 30, 20215 min read
Interview with Malin Oud, Raoul Wallenberg Institute on Decoding China Dictionary
Interview originally done for Young China Watchers on 29 November, 2021. Malin Oud is the director of the Stockholm office at the Raoul...
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gretalai31
Oct 25, 20213 min read
More than help: Realising dignity in overseas domestic work
Originally published at Routed Magazine on 23 October, 2021. There is a famous saying that goes, ‘you cannot understand someone until you...
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gretalai31
Aug 3, 20215 min read
聯合國實習手記:亮馬河畔的120個日與夜
「猝不及防的事才是屢見不鮮,往往來不及待我準備妥當就已發生。」 初到北京時,北京已經入秋了。那是2017年的九月,是我十六年以來第一個不用準備開學的九月。那時我剛從香港中文大學畢業,因收到聯合國的實習錄取通知,果斷選擇延遲碩士入學,來到聯合國北京的大樓開始為期四個月的實習。...
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gretalai31
Jul 18, 20214 min read
From WeChat to Clubhouse: The Chinese diaspora’s quest for free speech online
Originally published at Routed Magazine on 14 July, 2021. With over 1.2 billion monthly active users worldwide, the Chinese app WeChat is...
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gretalai31
May 29, 20219 min read
Interview with Dr. Nicole Newendorp, Harvard University on Chinese Senior Migration to the U.S.
Interview originally done for Young China Watchers on 28 May, 2021. Dr. Nicole Newendorp is an anthropologist who studies migration and...
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gretalai31
May 1, 20213 min read
For women, China’s new divorce law is a step back for gender equality
Originally published at SCMP on 1 May, 2021. Chinese social media erupted recently over a Hunanese woman’s endless attempts to divorce...
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gretalai31
Mar 19, 20219 min read
Interview with Victor Shih and Young Yang, UC San Diego on CCP Elite Database
Interview originally done for Young China Watchers on 17 March, 2021. Victor Shih is an associate professor of political economy at the...
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gretalai31
Feb 22, 20214 min read
Thae Yong-ho: From North Korean defector to South Korean politician
Originally published at Routed Magazine on 20 February, 2021. Despite fears about COVID-19’s impact on the National Assembly elections in...
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gretalai31
Jan 2, 20216 min read
Interview with Fangrong Wu, Co-founder of 706 Youth Space
Interview originally done for Young China Watchers on 2 January, 2021. Fangrong Wu, born in the 80s, is a co-founder of 706 Youth Space –...
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gretalai31
Dec 22, 20203 min read
Dealing with Maternity Leave as a Migrant Domestic Worker
Originally published at Human Asia’s East Asia Young Activists Networking Program (EAYAN) Blog on 22 December, 2020. Hong Kong is finally...
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gretalai31
Nov 1, 202010 min read
Revisiting Glorified Motherhood
Mongolia’s Order of Glorious Motherhood and its Impact on Sex and Sexuality Originally published in Issue 3 at CUriosity in Fall 2020....
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gretalai31
Jun 4, 20203 min read
Scapegoating Hong Kong’s minorities over Covid-19 is dangerous – here’s how to avoid it
Originally published at Hong Kong Free Press on 4 June, 2020. The outbreak of Covid-19 has led to growing xenophobic sentiment against...
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gretalai31
May 26, 20204 min read
Emigration is not meant for everybody, especially the middle class
The idea of emigration is pervasive in Hong Kong, especially after Beijing announced new national security law for Hong Kong. The said...
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gretalai31
May 4, 20204 min read
What Hongkongers can learn from Kafka’s The Castle
A good book can always provide insight, comfort, and a delightful escape. At home practising social distancing, I recently picked up a...
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gretalai31
Apr 12, 20203 min read
How the coronavirus crisis will affect Hong Kong’s migration dynamics
Originally published at SCMP on 12 April, 2020. The spring of 2020 has been a season of despair, as the news of people dying from...
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gretalai31
Apr 1, 20197 min read
Ten days with Fuerdai and what I have come to realise
Rich Chinese Millennials Navigating Through the Dark Abyss of Loneliness and Comparison Originally published in Issue 2 at CUriosity in...
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gretalai31
Sep 13, 20182 min read
Iranian hospitality
Three girls approached me at the Naqsh-e Jahan Square and said “do you want tour guides? We hope to practice English.” I hesitated for a...
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gretalai31
Apr 1, 20187 min read
Well-Poised -- Understanding daily life through the lens of liveability and sustainability
Originally published in Issue 1 at CUriosity in Spring 2018. “Heaven on Earth is a choice we must make, not a place we must find.”, said...
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gretalai31
Jan 31, 20184 min read
Beijing in snow - 4.5 months at the United Nations Development Programme
The past 4 months and a half has been the most amazing experience I have had in my life. I can’t be more thankful to the Peace...
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