On Monday I was blithely eating a hard-boiled egg for breakfast and occasionally eyeballing my Twitter feed when I saw some anomalous words in headlines: China, protests, riots, demonstrations. I sat up straight. These were words that rarely appear in the same sentence, at least not in the past decade. For the last few months, … Continue reading No more ‘lying flat’ (tangping)
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winsome little nothings
S I N G A P O R E — engulfed in days of tropical thunderstorms and endless showers. The city is crying and I wake up to the pitter-patter of tears streaking a windowpane accidentally left ajar. The floor next to the window is slightly wet. I leave footprints all over the wooden floor, … Continue reading winsome little nothings
Selina Xu 