Fragile Cosmopolitanism: Failing of the Engineered Life

In this episode, Biao Xiang and researcher Siqi Tu speak about
her ethnographic work on transnational education. Specifically,
the phenomenon of affluent Chinese families sending their
children to American private high schools at a young age.


What begins as a study of global mobility and elite education
quickly unfolds into a profound meditation on the emotional,
psychological, and existential costs of living a life
meticulously engineered for success.