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'American friends, you can't love your country only when its strong'
Folks from the United States are declaring that they will move to China. The Chinese response on Little Red Book was blunt.
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The West is no longer the best
The East is not all that either. But we understand that war sucks and there should be another way. A response to Robert Wu's "The end of West's…
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The Great American Exodus, a response
Lily Pond wrote about Americans escaping to third world countries for a life of luxury and why this can feel like neo-colonialism. My thoughts.
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Now on Substack - elitism, condescension and dogpiles
Substack's design and content choices is fostering a social "class" system of elites, followers and outsiders. Can we escape this game?
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I love Malaysia. I also resent it.
It's complicated. A bittersweet letter to Malaysia on Malaysia Day.
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Being Chinese in an anti-China world
I speak & think in English. But I'm genetically Chinese and that is problematic in an anti-China Western world.
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Chinese New Year auntie uncle time
Verily I tell you, 90% of my relatives will not survive cancel culture in the West.
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My yearly negotiations with Mummy about Chinese New Year cooking
Every year I tell her it's not necessary to cook for Chinese New Year. Every year I fail. Yet I keep trying. Points for effort?
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What I learned from one year of Substack
Personal and random observations on what it takes to "make it" on this platform. Caution: Some of it can be brutally honest and rub you the wrong way.
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The point of my words
People are dying. The world is in chaos. Do our words matter?
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I once tolerated Kuala Lumpur. Now, I love it
Growing up, I saw little beauty in Malaysia's capital city. It was a city I tolerated, not loved. But, over the years, KL has blossomed into something…
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It’s probably impossible to be neutral about China
But I'll try anyway.
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