Double Take: Doppelgangers from Hollywood to Hengdian

I grew up mostly watching Western TV, but my television diet over the last several years has basically become 99 percent Chinese and Korean dramas. Every once in a while, I’ll come across an Asian actor whose overall looks, appearance from certain angles, or mannerisms remind me of a Hollywood counterpart I used to watch. Here are just a few doppelgangers that spring to mind. Do you see the resemblance too?

Reel to Real: How Netflix’s Wave Makers sparked a #MeToo movement (and created a vice-presidential candidate)

A Taiwanese political drama on Netflix set off a #MeToo wave across the island that embroiled politicians, diplomats, academics, activists, celebrities, and many others. Half a decade after the movement swept through the U.S. and beyond, Taiwan was finally having its own moment of reckoning. But more than a year later, has anything changed?

NüVoices Podcast: Adapting YA bestseller ‘Loveboat, Taipei’ to the big screen with Abigail Hing Wen

Author Abigail Hing Wen discusses her NYT best selling YA novel, Loveboat, Taipei and its film adaptation Love in Taipei, based on the Taiwan summer study tour that started more than half a century ago. I had the pleasure of speaking with her, where we chatted about the crazy escapades, her own experiences with the program, how her book and the film came together, and what it's like telling this story to a new generation of diaspora youth.