In this episode, I speak with Hong Kong filmmaker Elizabeth Lo about her award-winning new documentary, Mistress Dispeller, which premiered at the 81st Venice International Film Festival last September and has been shortlisted for Best Documentary Feature at the 98th Academy Awards. The intimate film follows a middle-aged couple and Wang Zhenxi, a “Mistress Dispeller”, who is hired by the wife to end the husband’s affair with a younger woman.
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Read MoreIn this episode of the NüVoices podcast, my co-host Chenni Xu and I speak with Wenchi Yu on the current landscape of the US-China-Taiwan relationship and working as a bridge-builder in this arena. Wenchi, whose storied career includes working at the State Department under Hillary Clinton, discusses how her identity is the throughline of her career in labour rights, civil rights, diplomacy, media and non-profit leadership from being Hakka in Taiwan, to the US, to Mainland China and back to the US again.
Read MoreA public inquiry cleared former MP Han Dong’s name, but the cloud of foreign meddling still loomed over candidates of Chinese descent during the Canadian 2025 Federal Election.
Read More“In Canada, to buy a home, it’s a dream, and to rent is a nightmare.” Housing is a human right, but the rental market in Canada reveals a different reality. In my first piece for The Walrus, I examine how financialized landlords are turning the country's rental housing into a tool for profit.
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Read MoreIn this podcast episode, Tuhi Martukaw, an Indigenous policy advocate, journalist, community organizer talks about what it means to be Indigenous, what reconciliation and activism look like today, as well as the communities’ complicated relationship with Taiwan politics and Taiwanese settlers.
Read MoreDhaval Desai is one of thousands of physicians across the United States who have experienced burnout and depression, exacerbated by the pandemic. After 4 years, the impact is still being felt. I spoke with Desai about his experiences, a journey he documented in his book, Burning Out on the Covid Front Lines. Read the full story here.
Read MoreI spoke with filmmaker Leslie Tai about her new documentary, How to Have an American Baby (now streaming on PBS) which follows the fortunes and tragedies of Chinese tourists seeking U.S. citizenship for their newborns.
Read MoreIt has been more than half a year since a Facebook post referencing the Netflix drama Wave Makers sparked a wave of #MeToo revelations across Taiwanese society. In this episode, we trace the origins of the movement, what has happened since, and where things stand going forward with guests Darice Chang and Rita Jhang. Alongside host Solarina Ho, they also share their insights and perspectives on the attitudes and conflicts over #MeToo issues,feminism, the challenges that arise when competing concerns get in the way, and the intersection of #MeToo with the upcoming Taiwan election.
Read MoreIf you love conversations about food, check out this Episode of NüVoices. ! I had the pleasure of meeting Clarissa Wei and Ivy Chen in Taipei this past summer to talk about their new book, Made in Taiwan: Recipes and Stories from the Island Nation. The episode is packed with behind-the-scenes tidbits. We discuss how food fits into conversations around identity, culinary misconceptions, Indigenous and Hakka influences, and how she and Ivy designed their recipes. We also talk about the contrast between Western coverage of cross-straight tensions and the local mood and mindset. Made in Taiwan is both timeless and a reflection of the times.
Read MoreAuthor Abigail Hing Wen discusses her NYT best selling YA novel, Loveboat, Taipei and its film adaptation Love in Taipei, based on the Taiwan summer study tour that started more than half a century ago. I had the pleasure of speaking with her, where we chatted about the crazy escapades, her own experiences with the program, how her book and the film came together, and what it's like telling this story to a new generation of diaspora youth.
Read MoreIn this episode of the NüVoices podcast, I chat with historians Arlene Chan and Melanie Ng about the first Chinese migrants who made their way to Canada in the 19th century. From there, Arlene and Melanie retrace the throughline of Chinese Canadian migration, from exclusionary anti-Chinese immigration laws to present-day sinophobia found in many Western countries today.
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