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Asian Glocal Musical: Journey through A Chinese Christmas Karaoke Night in London
In this ethnographic piece, Man Po brings us along for a UCL Karaoke Society session and discusses topics of identity, globalisation, and diversity in the multicultural city of London.
Singapore: Crossroads or Clash of Civilisations?
Shirin Goh explores the fundamental question: Is Singapore a crossroad or clash of civilisation?
South Korea in Squid Game
Callie Yoo discusses how the popular Netflix series invokes nostalgia while confronting viewers with uncomfortable truths about South Korean society.
Evergrande: The Grand Plan Behind the Fall of China’s Property Industry
Peace Far Away: On the Recurrent Turmoil in Afghanistan
Phoebe Chen analyses the reasons behind the tumult in Afghanistan and the factors behind the Taliban’s quick rise to power.
Afghanistan: The Foreign Powers’ Reactions to the Crisis are Ironically Inward-Oriented
How has the world reacted to the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan? Ana Givran from France shines the spotlight on three different regions and their responses.
‘An Insider’s Perspective’: Immigrants in Malaysia
Initially, I was rather proud of my country’s response to this pandemic...However, this show of solidarity in handling a crisis could not be more starkly contrasted to Malaysia’s treatment of immigrants and refugees.
One Year Ago Today: Hong Kong’s Extradition Bill
To mark the finale of our ‘Hong Kong: One Year Ago Today’ initiative as well as the significance of last year’s event, we reveal to you our final Opinion piece, ‘One Year Ago Today: Hong Kong’s Extradition Bill’. Reflecting on the events of last year, the article revisits ‘the rationale, the content of the bill that started it all, as well as the reasons for its widespread opposition.’
Hong Kong’s Role as ‘A Mere Pawn’ in the Game of US-China Relations
It has often been critiqued that the Hong Kong people’s trustful calls for the US President Donald Trump to ‘save’ the city during the current climate of crisis as futile and redundant in their approach. Not only are the demonstrators being used to ‘further their own ruin’ but are simply deluded by the apparent support from the Western media, equating maximum media exposure as shows of solidarity and support.
'Hong Kong Nationalism': why 'national identification' cannot be directly equated with independence
From socio-cultural identification to the collectivisation of separatism, localism, nationalism, demands for self-autonomous rule and democracy under the same motivations of ‘Hong Kong independence,’ the article, complemented with a summary of Hong Kong’s historical past, aims to highlight the differences behind all these terms and focus on Hong Kong’s ‘core values’ and related merits.