The 1911 Revolution and Gender Inequality in China
From ancient times to the early 20th century, women in China have experienced gender inequality in family, marriage, and society. Women revolutionaries played an important role in bringing the end of the Qing Dynasty and calling for changes in gender inequality in China. Following the past revolutions, the 1911 revolution addressed gender inequality by emancipating… Continue reading
Sakura Festival
After a long and harsh winter, the cherry blossoms (Japanese: Sakura) are blooming with the rising temperature represent the coming spring. Traces of cherry blossoms can be seen in embankments, parks, streets, schools, and many other places. Events held in parks with many cherry blossom trees, tree-lined avenues, and other flower…Continue reading
Lu Xun’s Critics of Chinese Feudal Ethics
A leading figure of modern Chinese literature, Lu Xun was a Chinese writer, essayist, poet, and literary critic. He was highly acclaimed by the Chinese government after 1949, when the People’s Republic of China was founded, and Mao Zedong was a lifelong admirer of Lu Xun’s writing. According to Lu Xun’s preface to… Continue reading
History of Instant Noodle
Among the many achievements that have benefited humanity, a survey from December in 2000 showed that the Japanese voted instant noodles as Japan’s greatest invention of the 20th century (BBC, 2000). The results of this survey may be unbelievable, but do you know how such a convenient and delicious food was invented? Image from Cup… Continue reading
Deepa Iyer’s Talk “From Silos to Solidarities: 9/11 and Beyond”
On January 31st, 2022, the Forever Foreign series invited lawyer, activist, and writer Deepa Iyer to talk about solidarity post the 9/11 era in the webinar “From Silos to Solidarities: 9/11 and Beyond.” “Solidarity” is one of those terms that have been thrown around quite a bit in relation to activism, but…what… Continue reading
Hot Pot 火鍋
Hot Pot, also known as steamboat or soup-food, is a cooking method in which raw ingredients are cooked in a simmering broth. It is characterized by cooking and eating at the same time. The food is still hot when eating. People, therefore, love to have hot pot in freezing winter. Typical ingredients to put in… Continue reading
The Global Perspectives of Environmental Policy Offered by China and Bhutan
The high rate of economic growth has been an important element of the environmental debate in Asia. Meeting the desire for economic growth with long-term protection of the environment is one of the most fundamental challenges in attempting to achieve sustainable development into the next century in Asia as well as the rest of the… Continue reading
Upcoming Forever Foreign Events
Earlier this academic year, CC launched its year-long series, “Forever Foreign: Asian America, Global Asia, and the Problem of Anti-Asian Racism,” to address the ongoing, racist violence the Asian and Asian American diasporas in the United States face. Anti-Asian violence is not new. During the pandemic, the increase of news coverage of anti-Asian violence, such… Continue reading
冬至 Dongzhi, the Winter Solstice
Dongzhi, also known as Winter Solstice, Winter Festival, and Tunji (in Japanese), is the twenty-second solar term of the 24 solar terms. The ancients divided a year into 24 solar periods based on the annual motion of the sun. Each period was called a solar term. The winter solstice festival originated in the Zhou Dynasty,… Continue reading
Lantern Festival
The Lantern Festival, also known as the “Little Lunar New Year,” falls on the 15th day of the first month of the lunar calendar and is the end of the New Year celebration. The ancients called the night “Xiao.” It is the night of the first full moon in the year, and it is also… Continue reading
Filipino American History Month
“Someday” by Ruby Ibarra Line: I said, “Mama, we gon’ make it here someday” (Someday) Last spring, Filipino American, Ruby Ibarra, Zoomed in with Colorado College students and staff for a mini-online concert in celebration of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. When October came and I found out that it was Filipino American History… Continue reading
Film Review of Shang-Chi
The first Marvel movie to feature a predominantly Asian cast, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings was released in theaters on Sept. 3. A few recent, notable movies about Asian American life (Crazy Rich Asians, The Farewell, and the like) have openly grappled with the trope of younger-generation Americanization (individualism) struggling with parental… Continue reading
Why is the South Korean horror series “Squid Game” so popular?
A game in which you die if you lose, but you will get high prizes if you win. The South Korean series “Squid Game” uses a gripping shock, intertwined with infinite horror and sorrow. “Squid Game,” which was launched more than a month ago, can be said to have taken the world by storm. It… Continue reading
