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北海 Northward Seaside

An Asian life in Denmark, the good, the cold, and everything in between.

By Chu Yang

· Launched 5 months ago

What the Letters Did Not Say

A history behind Dear You, China's biggest box-office hit this spring

May 21•Chu Yang


Sighing at the Spring Breeze — China's unlikeliest sellout

Bare-chested men in hanfu are filling second-tier city theaters across China, one screaming audience at a time.

May 18•Chu Yang


The Wind from the Pacific

On growing up with Taiwan, and the long farewell to a shared youth

May 1•Chu Yang


My Odyssey Years

Hope your road is a long one, full of adventure, full of discovery.

Apr 12•Chu Yang


Living Like This for Thirty Years, Until the Building Collapses

Nine hours to Berlin for that Shijiazhuang person

Mar 20•Chu Yang


Yarn and Pixels

On knitting, pixels, and the countries that claim us

Mar 8•Chu Yang


Faces on Lamp Posts

On voting for the first time, at 39, in a country that is not your own

Mar 3•Chu Yang


The Bus to Lviv

Four Years After the War Began, It's Still Going

Feb 24•Chu Yang


The Dumpling Shop

Notes from Behind the Counter

Feb 16•Chu Yang


Fastelavn and Other Homecomings

Finding the New Year in a foreign bakery

Feb 13•Chu Yang


Fødselsdagsflag

On Birthdays, Flags, and the Math That Never Quite Works Out

Feb 11•Chu Yang


The Mud Season

Learning to complain about mud

Feb 7•Chu Yang


On Herring and Homesickness

Notes on herring, homecoming, and the ordinary life

Feb 7•Chu Yang