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UNIT-E January/ February edition (issue No. 49) Amelia Zhang Ernest Li Alan Ke UNIT-E: Alan Ke Happenings: Tina Sang Academics: Daniel Fu Stu-Op: Charles Chang The Arts: Simone Zhao Chillax: Trinette Wong Korean: Becky Yang Kelly Zhou Maya Lu Karina Zeng Mina Kang Nicole Bae Sophia Zheng Tiffany Fung Amei Shank Ada Choy William Hsiao Dari Temutsilekhu Michael Tsen Sean Bai Alan Ke Carolyn Luo Charles Chang Cynthia Li Evelyn Li Julia Park Meewoog Chang Mina Kang Rebecca Yap Vivian Liu

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Letter From The Editors-In-Chief In This Issue

Happenings P.7 P.8 P.9 P.10

Beijing This Month Beijing by the Numbers Days to Celebrate Films

Academics

P.12 Sexism in STEM P.14 Do We Need Art in Our Lives?

Student’s Opinion P.18 또 다른 나를 발견한 곳, 북경 한인 소녀소년 합창단 P.20 Rated M: The Violence of Video Games P.22 Top 10 Albums of 2016

The Arts

P.30 환상통 P.32 Artist Review: Zeng FanZhi P.34 Top 10 Books of 1016

Chillax P.39 P.42 P.44 P.46

Which Nintendo Character are You? How Salads Disguise Themselves as Healthy Video Games as Literature Recipe: Vegetable Samosa

Shoutbox P.48 What movie do you think everyone needs to watch and why?

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A LETTER FROM THE EDITOR-INCHIEF Dear Reader, Happy (Chinese) New Year! As we launch back into the vicious cycles of school after countless yet still insufficient days of breaks, UNIT-E wishes you all the best wherever you may find yourself in this coming year. Whether you’re a senior waiting for colleges to notify you of your acceptances, or one of the lucky few that has already gotten in, a junior in a torrent of work from IB and AP courses, or a sophomore or freshman gearing up for the courses of next year, we hope that what 2017 has in store for you is nothing short of the best. Entering 2017, we are sure many changes are being made all around and UNIT-E is no exception. Hence, we would like to take this opportunity to welcome all of the newest members of the UNIT-E community, whether you are a first-time writer or a newly employed column editor, we hope to see more from you in the future. However, these additions do not necessarily need to stop here. After all, UNIT-E is an evergrowing community of international school students and we are always open to having new members. We welcome any and all of you interested in writing to contribute your work to our next issue. We would love to see what you have got to contribute! Happy reading! Regards, Alan Ke Editor-in-Chief

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ABOUT UNIT-E

UNIT-E was founded in the spring of 2010 with the aim of establishing a non-profit, student-run magazine for international students in Beijing. Staffed by current students from a range of international schools, the magazine provides an amalgam of cultural tidbits, fragments of Beijing student life, and a broad spectrum of unique perspectives from a diverse group of young adults.

UNIT-E’S VISION AND PHILOSOPHY

UNIT-E is dedicated to its service as a medium for the empowerment of international school students through writing and expression. The publication strives to support students in becoming proactive world citizens and developing strong involvement in addressing social issues in Beijing. Beijing international school students’ individual efforts to address a vast array of social issues have resulted in numerous small accomplishments that are successes in their own right, but have little impact on the large-scale issues which these projects address. UNIT-E believes in the synergy embedded in a dedicated core of proactive youths, whose united effort harbours an impact far beyond the small-scale. UNIT-E believes in the harnessing of this life-changing power - the ability for youth to create substantial improvement in any community through cohesive and comprehensive efforts - and so envisions UNIT-E as a framework for any and all Beijing students to engage with local Beijing and make a positive impact on the status quo.

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