PinnedKang-Chun ChengPreserving Kenya’s Sunken TreasureWritten and shot for Bloomberg Markets.Jun 7, 2021Jun 7, 2021
Kang-Chun ChengA Case for Letting Us Go Back — Before We’re Killed from WithinEarly on in 2020, when we had little idea how deadly COVID-19 is, the uncertainty drove humanity into a black panic. As we’ve come to…Nov 10, 2020Nov 10, 2020
Kang-Chun ChenginThe Noodle ShopChinese Involvement on the African Continent: Beyond Natural Resource ExportationThere are many extant critiques that China overlooks environmental degradation repercussions through its business involvement with African…Oct 6, 2020Oct 6, 2020
Kang-Chun ChenginThe Noodle ShopFood: Binding and Bringing Us BackMy mouth watered in anticipation of beans cooked in coconut oil accompanied by chapati– a kind of layered, unleavened flatbread of Indian…Aug 31, 2020Aug 31, 2020
Kang-Chun ChenginThe Noodle ShopHow Leaving Home Made Me More ChineseA significant ritual that comes with growing up is venturing out in the world and relinquishing the familiarity that has ensconced you…Aug 24, 2020Aug 24, 2020
Kang-Chun ChenginThe Noodle ShopHow the Male Gaze is Different Depending on Where I am/ the Sliding Scale of AttractionIn May, I was on my daily quarantine walk around Karen, Nairobi where I’ve been staying since lockdown began nearly 3 months ago. Karen is…Jul 21, 2020Jul 21, 2020
Kang-Chun ChenginThe Noodle ShopBeyond Skin-Deep: Is African and Chinese Culture as Different as We Think?The first guy I dated seriously is Kenyan. I’m a second generation Taiwanese-American who grew up in New Hampshire and the daughter of…Jul 16, 20201Jul 16, 20201
Kang-Chun ChengJuly 6thHere’s the thing- for someone who thinks about the inevitability of death every day, I always forgot how no one Is making it out of this…Jul 10, 2020Jul 10, 2020
Kang-Chun ChengWhat I Love MoreAfter 3 months of lockdown, I’ve finally been able to leave the concrete jungle that is Nairobi for some open space. That’s what I love…Jul 7, 2020Jul 7, 2020
Kang-Chun ChengRunning with Reindeer: my first hand experience with Arctic pastoralism in Finnmark“If I have time on my hands, I would try and get myself onto the spring migration of reindeer — 1 to 2 months from inland winter pasture…Jun 27, 2020Jun 27, 2020
