Flames and smoke surged from the sides of an upside-down, silver Toyota Camry. As my friends Wei, Han, Rikuo, and I approached the riot scene, the angry crowd's chant became clear: "We'll wipe out Japan before surrendering the Senkaku Islands!" I was just a 12 year-old Chinese kid growing up in Qingdao. Why did I feel such dreadful shivers? Maybe because I was also a 12 year-old Japanese kid. My mom is Chinese, and my dad is Japanese. I went to a...

I initially was planning to attend a college with a much more established reputation. However, when I visited the school during Admitted...