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Midnight in Paris

Often, my previous blog posts serves as talking-fodder for conversations that I have: they are organized and have spent some time…

Oct 30

Oct 30

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

“Dude, I don’t think I can be friends with someone as close-minded as you.”

Oct 23

Oct 23

On Fascism

A while ago, I had a conversation with my family about fascism in the West, one that left me thinking. Of course, none of us believed that…

Oct 16

Oct 16

Book Review: Silencing Shanghai

Recently I read Silencing Shanghai, by Fang Xu, a 2023 book about the Shanghainese language, supported through a study of Shanghainese…

Oct 9

Oct 9

Copenhagen

“See, I told you it’ll be a nice hotel. And they gave us a nice room too!” says Rachel as she surveys the room.

Oct 2

Oct 2

Is longevity science the new wellness?

I’m an ardent atheist. I’m pretty sure there isn’t a god, and I’m not too caught up in the “what if” of Pascal’s Wager: I’m by all accounts…

Sep 25

Sep 25

Getting older… Yet Again

I’ll be the first to admit, I’ve spent a lot of time ruminating on aging; it seems to be a common thread which runs along much of my…

Sep 18

Sep 18

My Letterboxd Top Four

Sep 12

Sep 12

Fiction: Cat

She treads slowly towards the iron gate of the compound. It isn’t much use for keeping people out, one of the doors is never locked. But…

Sep 4

Sep 4

What women want

Aug 28

Aug 28

Chris Reads

Chris Reads

Canadian and Chinese, living in China. Writer of essays and short fictional vignettes about current events, philosophy, and China. Drop a comment, I'll read it.

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