art The Lord of the Rings re-imagined as ancient China Thom Dunn

Chinese government The return of Confucianism in China Devin Nealy

drugs How did ancient Chinese people get high? Devin Nealy

books Two perspectives on Asian-American life that riff on fantasy and stereotype: "Interior Chinatown" & "Tiger Style!" Thom Dunn

immigration The wild story of the first known Chinese person to live in Boston in the 1790s Thom Dunn

Culture An American artist illustrates a webcomic love letter to her hometown of Wuhan Thom Dunn

china Chinese influencer dies shortly after live-streaming himself downing bottles of potent liquor in challenge Rusty Blazenhoff

political theater Rep. Lauren Boebert did her dummy dance on the Floor until Rep. Jamie Raskin brilliantly stepped in (video) Carla Sinclair

Reframing railroad history Railroads and US Imperialism Elías Villoro

What Elton John, Brad Pitt and Joe Biden have in common, in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

san francisco New lanterns in San Francisco's Chinatown honor community's cultural icons and history Rusty Blazenhoff

fast fashion Ultra-fast fashion company Shein is 'even worse than you thought' Jennifer Sandlin

scams Budget for Confederate fanboy's "anti-woke" movie stolen by a crypto scammer Jason Weisberger

ESP Is Precognition Real? Mitch Horowitz

racism Battle of the victims: how Asian hate and the housing crisis collide in the city Maddie Lee

russia Chinese woman spent a decade building Borgesian fake Russian history on Wikipedia Thom Dunn

afrofuturism Mark Dery on the "everything, all at once" art and life of Jean-Michel Basquiat Gareth Branwyn

tabloids Miss USA "murdered" and an unrelated Biden "cover-up" in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

movies Meet Jimmy Wang Yu, the real-life gangster that inspired Bruce Lee Devin Nealy

china China is paying U.S. social media influencers to promote Beijing Winter Olympics and "good China-US relations" Mark Frauenfelder