Jinghong Chen | Watching America

Ghana: From Slavery to Reunion: DNA Reconnects Illinois Lawmaker with Family in Ghana

Jinghong Chen - July 6, 2026. Published in GhanaWeb

India: India’s Big Fat Wedding Playbook Goes Global

Jinghong Chen - July 6, 2026. Published in Firstpost

If the Taylor Swift-Travis Kelce wedding proves anything, it’s that the Big Fat Indian Wedding is no longer just India’s cultural signature—it’s becoming the world’s aspirational wedding.

Egypt: Egypt and the United States: Building the Next Generation of Strategic Partnership

Jinghong Chen - July 6, 2026. Published in Ahram Online

The central question is...the expansion of its strategic content and its capacity to generate shared value in a rapidly changing world.

Israel: For the US, Oil Is Thicker Than Blood

Jinghong Chen - June 30, 2026. Published in Israel Hayom

[E]conomic interests dictate American policy, and they are the decisive factor.

Philippines: New and Old Green Card Holders Treated Like Vegetables

Jinghong Chen - June 30, 2026. Published in The Manila Times

The Lau v. Blanche case illustrates how green card holders could be treated like vegetables.

Egypt: US Prestige Shattered in the Iran War

Jinghong Chen - June 27, 2026. Published in Ahram Online

[I]t is [U.S.] prestige that has suffered the more profound and unquantifiable injury.