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Shawn Wen

is a writer, radio documentarian, and multimedia artist.

Essays & Reviews

The Ladies Vanish

By Shawn WenNovember 11, 2014
The most magical innovation of the app economy is making the female workers it depends on mostly invisible.
Essays & Reviews

Made for China

By Shawn WenAugust 26, 2014
With the dramatic expansion of the Chinese film market, big budget action movies are increasingly designed with Chinese audiences in mind.
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