PinnedKang-Chun ChengPreserving Kenya’s Sunken TreasureWritten and shot for Bloomberg Markets.1 min read·Jun 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…5 min read·Nov 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…6 min read·Oct 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…6 min read·Aug 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…5 min read·Aug 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…5 min read·Jul 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…4 min read·Jul 16, 2020--1--1
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…2 min read·Jul 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…2 min read·Jul 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…5 min read·Jun 27, 2020----