So today I learned that the Chinese translation of The Big Lebowski is “The Green Toe Murder” 《謀殺綠腳趾》. It makes sense, but sounds like a very different kind of film…
Really excited for this special issue of Boundary 2 on Taiwan to finally be coming out!
Taiwan’s government still hasn’t figured out if they are the empire or the rebel alliance … #may4th
Asian Tigers Leave Taiwan Behind
That moment when Lady Subaru dissolves the Crimson Knights rather than establish a “state of exception”! (From the anime .hack//Sign)
If you criticize one scholar you are a gadfly, criticize a hundred and you are a philosopher.
馬克思200歲冥誕化身故鄉德國古城紅綠燈小人 (Marx’s birthplace celebrates his 200th with special traffic lights.)
The U.S. Can No Longer Hide From Its Deep Poverty Problem
I really have to see Black Panther soon, my “spoilers” tag in Pocket (of stuff I can’t read until I’ve seen the movie or TV show) is getting a bit too long…
#MeToo in China: the Story Beyond Censorship
Failing health of the United States “the opioid epidemic is the tip of an iceberg, part of an even larger public health crisis in the US: death rates from alcohol abuse and suicides have also been rising.”
Why Asia’s Tigers Suffer while the Nordics Thrive (Part 2) “Taiwan’s relative poverty rate is also low at 6.6 percent but this could be due to stagnant wages, which depress the median wage”
The Bitter Truth: Why Asia’s Tigers Suffer while the Nordics Thrive (Part 1) (It’s the unions…)
President Donald Trump…communicates at the lowest grade level of the last 15 presidents, according to a new analysis of the speech patterns of presidents going back to Herbert Hoover.
