Reflections from an overnight train ride from Hong Kong to Shanghai and a high-speed rail journey along China’s eastern territory
Read More
Storytelling: Myanmar puppetry, Yangon
Making a slideshow about one man and his family’s story on preserving Myanmar’s puppetry tradition.
Read More
Looking back at 12 days of summer in Hokkaido // 北海道
Compilation of a series of posts about a self-drive trip in Hokkaido. I hope these stories will continue to inspire someone to discover the low-key charm of Hokkaido and its remarkable natural landscape, and, ultimately, to see another side of Japan.
Read More
认命 // Waiting for a better life
认命 (rèn mìng): 承认自己的命不好而逆来顺受; to be resigned to fate Friday, 15 November 2013: I was standing outside an entrance to a building in Belleville, chatting with a woman from Dongbei in China. In her mid-forties, Xin Yuan* was in a black cinched waist puffer jacket, a short white woolen skirt worn over black leggings, and boots. She…
Read More