The fan is the weapon
Yanyu uses a scene from the 2026 Chinese drama *Pursuit of Jade* to explain the Empty Fort Strategy attributed to Zhuge Liang, or Kongming. The story’s power…
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A U.S. Territory With Complicated Trump Ties Is In Crisis — And No One Is Talking About It
Edgar Gomez turns Puerto Rico’s water emergency into an account of daily life without showers, toilets, laundry, or dependable rationing. He treats drought as…
Chickhawks won’t save Taiwan
Angelica Oung argues that Taiwan’s defense debate overlooks a political and institutional split between Democratic Progressive Party civilian leaders and a…
The Wasian Generation
E. Alex Jung examines the sudden visibility of mixed white and Asian Americans as both a demographic coming of age and a pop-cultural category. A viral…
Dancing on my own
Jords reflects on writing without reliable applause and argues that creative freedom grows when artists stop treating visible engagement as the measure of…