Shuyan Yan (PO ’23) In Zhongguancun, a well-known tech hub in Beijing, China, there is a joke circulating that if a billboard falls on 10 pedestrians at midnight, 8 of them might be software engineers, and the other two must be program managers. In the Chinese technology industry, many sarcastically joke about working overtime, and seeing employees leaving office buildings at midnight is...
By Shuyan Yan (PO ’23) On August 9th, 2014, an 18-year-old Black man, Micheal Brown, was fatally shot by a white police officer, Darren Wilson. Protests and riots quickly erupted in Ferguson, Missouri, lasting for several weeks. Micheal Brown’s death drew massive public attention to police violence and the use of police force. Now it’s 2020. Again, an unarmed Black man and a white police...
By Shuyan Yan (PO ’23) On Feb.7th, Chinese social media saw a massive outpouring of outrage and grief due to the death of Doctor Li Wenliang from coronavirus. Li Wenliang was one of the eight people who first revealed the information about several mysterious pneumonia cases in Wuhan. However, like the other seven, he was soon reprimanded by Wuhan Police for rumor-mongering. The police asked...
