Albert ChengTale of a Korean Immigrant in Early Medieval Japanese Imperial CourtIt was the eighth year of his reign, Shirakaᵐbê, born an ordinary prince enfeoffed with only an average title an rank, had successfully…5 min read·Apr 14, 2024----
Albert ChengAlbert’s Classical Japanese Anthology (January to April, 2023)January 20th, 20231 min read·May 14, 2023----
Albert ChengAlbert’s Classical Japanese Anthology (March to May, 2022)March 2, 20222 min read·May 18, 2022----
Albert ChengMy Burning Life and My (Impossible) American DreamIt has been more than two decades since my birth in a rusted city of the barren Asian continent. Till now, I remain uncertain about…3 min read·Apr 7, 2021----
Albert ChengVision for the life on a Lunar New YearNew Year met me somewhat sad: Old Year leaves me tired, Stripped of favourite things I had Baulked of much desired: Yet farther on my road…5 min read·Feb 17, 2021----
Albert ChengSmalltown Examinee: A Moral Challenge of Chinese Social MobilitySmalltown examinee(小鎮做題家) is a neologism popping up in China’s Internet and has spiralled into real-life discussions. It specifically…4 min read·Jan 3, 2021----
Albert ChengCultural Despair: A Brief Study on the Nature of Chinese Nationalist IdeologyI have earlier discussed in my essays about the nature of Chinese nationalism, which I summarise as an aggregate of fragmentary ideas, or…6 min read·Nov 27, 2020----
Albert Cheng“Stationary” History and Stereotyped Identity: A CommentaryThe foregoing discussion of the Chinese case would suggest that we ought to reconsider “stationary historical landscape” rather more…4 min read·Oct 11, 2020----
Albert ChengChina 2098: An Unintended SatireSelf-professed patriots of China keep saying that we are going to shape a China’s era, advancing the agenda of collectivism and Asian…4 min read·Sep 6, 2020----
Albert ChengFor Love of Country: Reimagination of PatriotismPatriotism does not seem to lose its prestige. Yet Samuel Johnson, the great 18th century English writer, opined, “Patriotism is the last…5 min read·Aug 17, 2020--1--1