The day after the American plane bombed the Chinese embassy in Yugoslavia, our core teacher took an entire period telling us how bad the United States was, and how we should never bow down to them. Every student in my class including myself was furious. One year after, the tragedy was written in our...

Today, many Americans take the fact that we have food, education, transportation, clothing, jobs, and doctors to fix our physical ailments for granted. Nobody can really appreciate life until they witness the hardships and tragedies of another. In the Chinese film To Live, tragedy, suffering, and...