Author: Irene Schrader

  • The Bubble of Expat Privilege

    The Bubble of Expat Privilege

    My German and Chinese parents have always found it important for me to be culturally aware and open-minded. As a result, I am one of those lucky third-culture kids who got to spend the entirety of their primary and secondary education in bilingual and international schools.   It is a fair…

  • When My University’s Newspaper Misrepresented The Hong Kong Protests

    When My University’s Newspaper Misrepresented The Hong Kong Protests

    Somewhere in the green Taiwanese mountains, above the clouds on a hot August day, I was sitting at a lunch table in an air-conditioned restaurant next to my grandmother and her friends. Somehow, in a setting that seemed so distant from the world below us, we could still feel the…