All dog lovers like myself would agree that there exists no worse scenes than those taking place in summertime Yulin, where puppies were tortured, beaten, and even boiled and skinned alive to please local residents’ appetite. This year, Yulin’s annual dog meat festival consumed approximately 10,000 dogs, sparking more controversy than ever. Provocative descriptions of […]
Author: Yilun Cheng
“Under the Dome”
China’s internet censors strike again, and this time, the country’s already deteriorating environment becomes the victim of their restrictive policies. A newly released documentary, “Under the Dome,” instantly went viral on the internet as the most thorough investigation of China’s pollution problems. In its first week the documentary attracted more than twenty millions viewers and […]
LGBT Rights for the New Political Generation
Following Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber’s resignation from office on February 18, Kate Brown became the first openly bisexual governor in the history of the United States. Oregonians were already prepared for a bisexual governor though; not only was Portland’s former mayor, Sam Adams, involved in a gay sex scandal early in 2009, but the current […]