Life in America is deeply anxious. Where are we headed? How bad could it get? Who are we, anyway? What’s particularly scary is that everyone’s scared. Even the people whose candidate just won are frightened—of immigrants, of the future, but also of the rest of us. In a column from before the election, I described … Read more
Many young people in China have been “lying flat” – or doing the bare minimum to get by – in recent years, or at least talking about it. Local government cadres have meanwhile been accused of lying flat at work. The social movement known as tang ping in Chinese grew out of a meme that … Read more
Author: Hadjet Gbolabo Oso I got an e-copy of this book from tebebabooks.com and was amazed by the simplicity with which the book was written. Reading through it, I could see the author’s personality. It was as if she was discussing with the readers. It’s so natural and not lengthy. I am not too surprised … Read more
