21CB is a fresh, thoughtful voice on the current affairs,
popular culture, and web trends of Asia and the Asian
diaspora. Founded in late 2009, the site has since grown
from a one-man journal into a global blogging project.
We’re here to prove ageists and Luddites wrong. As global citizens and young writers steeped in digital cultures, we write from a vantage point that is in-the-know and up-to-date. A connected world is a step closer to understanding.
We’re facilitators of transnational contact. “The East” is an unfair and reductive term. 21CB hopes to erode the Orientalism that tends to be acceptable in mainstream media.
We need your support. None of us make money from this enterprise. All meager earnings from ads are funneled back into paying for web hosting. We’re writing for you – because we’re curious and want to talk. So please take the time to like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter, and comment on our posts!
Michael was spawned in Los Angeles, raised by wolves in Hong Kong, and educated on the icy tundra of Middlebury, Vermont. He graduated in 2011 with a degree in English literature.
Michael now works as a copywriter at yU+co[lab], a design company based in Hong Kong. His past work can be seen in The South China Morning Post, Gothamist, and Geekosystem. Visit his personal blog here.
Forged in the fires of Mount Doom back in ’93, today Stephen lives a double life. By day, he is an undergraduate at MIT; by night, he roams cyberspace as a blogger, web developer, and Redditor.
When he is not writing, Stephen can be found overanalyzing Japanese anime or building empires in Minecraft. His academic interests include remix culture, transmedia storytelling, and design entrepreneurship.
Tyler is currently at Middlebury College, finishing a degree in International Politics and Economics with a focus in Chinese. Hailing from Houston, Texas, he makes it a mission to dispel southern stereotypes and stigmas, while taking vocal pride in his southern heritage.
In addition to his obsession for Asia, politics, and economics, Tyler is also an avid musician and a fan of most things creative.
Though raised with big dreams in Shanghai and Hong Kong (his current residence), Will will always consider Taiwan to be his home. He has seen it all when it comes to being Chinese and Taiwanese – there is a difference, and it’s not all politics!
Having graduated from Washington University in St. Louis with a degree in biology and after working in the jungle, he now is an aspiring field primatologist, a full-time lover, a part-time student, and an off-time poet.
A true ‘third culture kid’, Angela was born in LA, raised in Taiwan and Hong Kong, and now resides in Shanghai. Armed with a dual degree in East Asian Studies and Art History from Bowdoin College, Angela seeks to forge a new path into the study of East Asian Art, shedding light on graffiti and other forms of public art.
One day she hopes to host her own travel show, foraging the streets for art and food.
Nathan completed his undergraduate education at the University of Richmond with a degree in History & International Studies. He grew up primarily in Charlotte, NC, but also spent three formative years of his youth in mainland China.
Nathan’s next adventure is to the fine city-state of Singapore as a Fulbright Fellow, researching human geography, urbanization, and critical studies.
Alice recently graduated from the University of California, Irvine with a B.A. in Political Science. Born in mainland China and raised in California, her passion for politics grew from her father’s work in the Chinese government.
She is constantly looking for new ways express Asian culture and current affairs, especially through journalism. Alice hopes to eventually earn a PhD in Political Science and teach at the university level.
Amirul is an alleged journalist, a suspected author of filth, a reputed t-shirt designer, a rumored scholar of the humanities, and also purportedly none of the above.
From 2004 to 2008, Amirul was Google‘s most important Amirul in the world, but he has since lost this title to a twelve year old Transformers fan, a Malaysian national bodybuilder, a Pakistani terrorist general, and a British tandoori restaurant.
Denise, half-Swiss, half-Chinese, was raised in Seoul, Bangkok, Istanbul and Hong Kong. She does not suffer from identity-crisis issues at all. She graduated in 2011 from Middlebury College with a degree in history.
Fascinated by the connection between sound and visuals, Denise has produced music to multi-media projects, a documentary trailer, and an infomercial. She aspires to score for full-length feature films in the future.
Alan is a sophomore at Reed College in Portland, Oregon. A New York-born and Hong Kong-raised Filipino, he secretly hopes that you’ll never make his head explode by asking where his “hometown” is.
When he’s not writing, Alan can be found making music or cooking breakfast food when he should be sleeping. His interests include public health, education, and discussing politics at a reasonable volume. Read his blog here.
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7 Dec 2011
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