TAIPEI STORY: when human tragedy gets turned into a form of social media currency

The article uses the recent backlash against R.F. Kuang to critique the selective nature of Western humanitarian concern, which often prioritizes "algorithm-friendly" narratives over severe, ignored atrocities like the Tamil genocide. The author argues that the outcry over a minor character in Kuang’s work reflects a dangerous tendency to mistake literary depiction for political endorsement, ultimately sacrificing complex storytelling for social capital.