Drawn here by scholarships, and often offered a pathway to citizenship, the lives of migrant Chinese female students in Singapore are a mix of promise and pressure, complicating feelings towards their adopted home.
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Dear reader, Save the date! Jom’s launch party will be held from 5-8pm, December 2nd Friday. Our core team will be there, so will many contributors. We’d love to meet you in person. Jom is going to have many more parties in the future, but we’ll only...
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