COVID is an alarm saying economics actually depends on human rights, which British foreign policy to China fails to recognise in its so-called “pragmatism”which is more short-sighted than it is pragmatic.
Author Archives: Anna Tan (陈丽安)
Myanmar – Is Peace Only a Reverie?
Thant Myint-U offers an inside account of the twists and turns behind Myanmar’s troubled quest for peace.
Skin Care Routine
Take care of your skin during quarantine with these simple steps and inexpensive products.
International Women’s Day | Lessons Learnt As A Young (BAME) Career Woman
When I was studying hard sciences during my undergrad, I found it incredibly daunting as an Asian woman entering into a field where women of colour are still a rarity. Being raised in a very diverse, multinational academic environment back at home, where my peers and teachers in my international school were from across theContinue reading “International Women’s Day | Lessons Learnt As A Young (BAME) Career Woman”
Remarkable Women: An Afternoon with Tin Htar Swe OBE
(For the Series “Remarkable Women”) When I first met Tin Htar Swe (I call her Aunty Swe since it’s a Burmese thing to use honorifics for someone your senior), it was through a press conference on media freedom in Myanmar (Burma) earlier in the summer this year.
Burma: Will Justice be the Beginning to an End of 70 years of Civil War?
“Democracy is only as good as the education that surrounds it..”
The Third Culture: Confessions of an (aspiring) academic from a War-Torn Country
Growing up understanding my privileges was quite strange. What do you mean by privileges you’d say – and I’d say the privilege to a Western, liberal education. Don’t get me started on why I put “Western” before “liberal education” – I don’t know, I’m still trying to find out.
How Far Could Our Greed Go
The ‘In-Between’ Artist – Frida Kahlo’s Unspoken Relevance in Today’s Multiculturalism
“‘I never painted dreams. I paint my own reality.’
The Rising Art Movement of A Transitioning Nation
For “A Beast, A God and A Line” Exhibition
