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A Feminist Awakening in China
2:40 A.M., June 10, 2022, Tangshan city in northeastern China –– A man entered a barbecue restaurant and approached a table of three women. He put his hand on the back of one, who rejected his advance. In response, the…
Colonialism in a Green Dress: Tesla and the Kanaky Independence Movement
Kanaky, the indigenous home of the Kanak people, known as the French territory of New Caledonia, is gorgeous; it is home to a rare level of endemic biodiversity and boasts the longest continuous barrier reef in the world. Its lagoons…
South Korea’s Dirty Biomass Problem
South Korea, the world’s seventh greatest producer of greenhouse gas, is botching its transition to clean power due to the exploitation of an outdated United Nations (UN) energy classification loophole. The loophole in question is Biomass — a fuel that…
Snowdrop: A Korean TV Show and the Distortion of History
1980s, South Korea –– Bak Jong-cheol, a student leader at Seoul National University, was one of many young activists struggling against the South Korean military dictatorship. Later, when Bak was interrogated for his involvement with pro-democracy movements, he refused to…
Chinese Public Opinion and the Ukraine War
A common view of Russia in China is that of the “Warrior Nation,” strewn in daily conversation and in hashtags on social media. This portrayal has only intensified with the Russo-Ukrainian war: when the warrior nation indeed waged war, new…
A Sea Change: the Creation of Busan’s “Floating City”
There is little to be certain of in the world, save the swellings of populations and seas. As the two are occurring intractably and in tandem, environmental catastrophe in coastal cities is at the fore of climate concerns. Nearly half…
Between Two Populisms: Colombia’s Choice
On May 29, 2022, millions of Colombians voted for change. Since 1998, the country’s broadly right-leaning governments have all been heirs to an old political establishment. Two of its past four presidents — Andrés Pastrana and Juan Manuel Santos, directly…
Advocating from Abroad: A Conversation with Ukrainian Student Activist Anastasiia Pereverten
Anastasiia Pereverten is a Ukrainian student activist who is currently an exchange student at the University of Wyoming in the UGRAD program. She is the only student from Ukraine at UW, and when Russia invaded Ukraine, she began to advocate…