My Journey: The Artist’s Way

When lockdown first started, I lost my day job almost immediately. Anxiety about practical matters notwithstanding, my lack of job caused me to feel extremely confused about how to spend the seemingly interminable daylight hours. Previously, my days had been jam packed with 90-minute commutes, interpreting appointments for Mandarin-speaking patients, and review sessions of Chinese… Continue reading My Journey: The Artist’s Way

China panders to US audiences with wanna-be blockbuster

The advertisements being dragged around San Francisco on Muni buses  were how it first gained my attention. I looked on in horror at the anglo face of Matt Damon, front and center of the advertisement, for this Chinese film. I braced myself for a white-savior monstrosity, as morbid curiosity spurred me towards the downtown AMC Theaters… Continue reading China panders to US audiences with wanna-be blockbuster