The Chinese New Year celebration holds much historical, cultural, and symbolic importance in the Chinese tradition. Also known as a Spring Festival or Lunar New Year, this annual event marks the beginning of the lunar calendar and is deeply ingrained in Chinese culture. This cultural demonstration is not confined to the streets of major metropolitan…
On Feb. 12 North Korean state media announced that it had conducted an underground nuclear test, despite the several UN sanctions already in place. This set the stage for a series of war threats from the Northern regime’s young leader Kim Jong-un directed towards the United States and its allies. However, Kim might be bluffing…
I came to Sichuan University because I wanted to do more than just travel. I wanted to live and study in a place so unfamiliar to me that it would challenge not only my previous views of China, but also my conceptions of my own capabilities. When I received the Chinese Ambassador Wyoming Scholarship to…
In foreign policy no buzzword is bigger than North Korea with its potential nuclear attack. It is back to the days of the Cold War, silently waiting and wondering if a missile will be launched by a communist country that doesn’t like America. It may seem that North Korea is just waiting to press the…
Over a month ago, the United States seemed to be making progress in nuclear talks with Iran, but now North Korea is becoming a concern as repeated threats have been made to South Korea and the United States. Most of the threats have come in the form of North Korea saying it will launch a…
India Awareness Week an event hosted by Milaap will showcase the culture of India through a Documentary, Bollywood movie and Panel discussions throughout this week. The week started off with a documentary on Monday and a Bollywood movie Tuesday. The goal of the movie was to raise funds for an ongoing project, which works to…
Everyone loves to travel, mostly. It’s adventurous, it’s eye opening, it’s stretching and challenging. In a lot of ways, it strengthens or changes opinions in people or even directs the course of one’s life, which is what it did for me. Depending on what you decide to do overseas – study, travel, teach – you…
Iran has begun to make progress with world powers from the United States, China, France, Great Britain, Russia and Germany in its nuclear weapon talks. While no agreements have been made yet, the most recent talk on Wednesday has been more progressive than ones in the past. The other leaders have tried to “get closer…
