The U.S. has failed to achieve its missions in Afghanistan and Iraq, but the War on Terror’s legacy lives on in nearby western China. By Geoffrey Cain Published June 29, 2021 in Lit Hub Irfan was a technology worker in his thirties who came from Urumqi, the regional...
The Korean giant pumped billions of dollars into China and came to dominate its smartphone market. Now, it’s closing factories. What happened? By Geoffrey CainThe Wire China November 1, 2020 Illustration by Ryan Olbrysh It was a stifling hot July day in 1992 when Qian...
By Geoffrey CainForbes Mar 13, 2020 In 2005, Chang-Gyu Hwang—president of Samsung’s semiconductor and memory business—traveled with two fellow executives to Palo Alto, to the home of Steve Jobs. “I met him with the solution to Apple’s life-or-death...
By Geoffrey CainThe Daily Mail Mar 8, 2020 Watched by 43 million people on TV as she hosted the 2014 Oscars, comedienne Ellen DeGeneres walked through the audience at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. Mobile phone in hand, she approached the actress...
By Geoffrey CainForeign Policy Feb 11, 2020 Miky Lee’s money and influence turned South Korean cinema into a powerhouse Lee Sun-kyun and Jo Yeo-jeong in “Parasite” NEON + CJ ENTERTAINMENT “When I was young and studying cinema,” South Korean director Bong...
By Geoffrey CainThe Wall Street Journal Jun 11, 2019 In Kim Jong Un’s North Korea everyone seems to live in fear, even as living standards rise slightly thanks to minorreforms. ‘Marshal, your father and your grandfather did some f—d-up s—. But you, you’re...
