Melissa Chen

**Melissa Chen** (an haife ta a shekara ta 1985) 'yar jarida ce kuma mai fafutuka 'yar ƙasar Singapore. Ita ce edita mai ba da gudummawa ga *Spectator USA* kuma wacce ta kafa Ideas Beyond Borders.

## Tarihin Rayuwa
An haifi Chen a Singapore  a cikin shekarar 1985 kuma ta girma a cikin gidan masu ra'ayin mazan jiya. Ta yi ƙaura zuwa Amurka tana 17, tana zaune a Boston  kuma ta halarci Jami'ar Boston. Daga baya ta zama 'yar jarida. 

Chen ta yi fice a matsayin mai ba da shawara mai ƙarfi ga Amos Yee,  wani ɗalibi ɗan ƙasar Singapore wanda aka kama shi kuma aka ɗaure shi saboda kayan buga littattafai (wanda ke nuna mahaifin Singapore Lee Kuan Yew a hanya mara kyau, da kuma sukar Kiristanci da Musulunci) cewa gwamnati na Singapore ana daukarsa a matsayin zagi. Chen ta taimakawa Yee lokacin da ya gudu zuwa Amurka kuma ya nemi mafakar siyasa.  Yee ya yanke alaka da Chen a cikin 2017 saboda zama mai mulki.  Daga baya Chen ta yi kira da a kori Yee bayan da ya bayyana ra'ayoyin da ya ke da shi kuma ya haifar da abun ciki na cin zarafin yara.  

A cikin shekarar 2017 Chen ta haɗu da ra'ayoyin Beyond Borders tare da Faisal Saeed Al Mutar, wani mai ba da shawara na Iraqi don 'yancin magana.  Gidauniyar ta mayar da hankali ne kan fassara ayyukan da aka rubuta cikin Ingilishi zuwa Larabci; Yawancin littattafan da aka fassara littattafai ne da ake ganin suna da cece-kuce a duniyar Larabawa, kamar na George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four da na Thomas Paine.  Chen tana aiki a matsayin manajan darakta na kungiyar. 

### Ra'ayoyi
Chen ta yi suka kan yadda ƙasar Sin take taken hakkin ɗan Adam, da takaita 'yancin faɗin albarkacin baki, da manufofin ketare.  Ita kuma mai sukar dokar hana faɗin albarkacin baki. 

A yayin ɓarkewar cutar numfashi ta COVID-19, Chen ta yi kira da a rufe kasuwannin jika na ƙasar Sin. Wata kasida Chen ta rubuta wa *jaridar The Spectator USA* game da buƙatar rufe kasuwannin jika na ƙasar Sin an soki lamarin a ƙasar Singapore saboda yin amfani da hoton wata kasuwar jika ta ƙasar Singapore, ko da yake daga baya Chen ta fayyace hoton da aka yi amfani da shi edita ce ta zaɓa ba ita kanta ba kuma labarinta bai yi ba. sukar kasuwannin rigar a Singapore. 

A cikin shekarar 2021, Chen ta soki kawar da *The Adventures of Ook and Gluk: Kung-Fu Cavemen from the Future* by Dav Pilkey daga littafin HarperCollins a martani ga wata takarda ta sa hannu 289 da ke zargin littafin na zage-zage da cutarwa ga Asiyawa wajen kwatanta kung fu master Master Wong yana sanye da "coat Tang irin na gargajiya" kuma yana amfani da "maganganun Sinanci" wajen horar da ɗalibansa bakake da waɗanda ba na Asiya ba don su zarce shi da fasaha, a maimakon haka Chen ta yaba wa Wong a matsayin babban misali na kyakkyawan hoto Halin Asiya a cikin wallafe-wallafe, [yana zuwa] a matsayin abin ƙauna kuma cike da hikima", yana mai ƙaryata ba'a ga mai ƙididdigewa na littafin labari na Sinanci a matsayin stereotypical da kuma kiran nasu ra'ayi mara kyau game da jama'ar Sinawa da Pilkey ya yi watsi da su, suna kira da a zama littafin. ban hana ba.  Ta kasance ɗaya daga cikin masu ba da shawara na farko, tare da Bari Weiss, don FAIR, ƙungiyar da ke da rikici da ke neman yaki da ƙa'idar jinsi mai mahimmanci. *Jaridar New Yorker* ta buga labarin yadda ta shiga cikin ƙungiyar da ake zargi da rashin gudanar da ayyukanta. 

Chen ta yi kira ga flogging  na Just Stop Oil a shekarar 2022.

## Rayuwa ta sirri
Chen ta yi alkawari da tsohon mawaƙin Mumford &amp;amp; Sons Winston Marshall a watan Disamba 2023. 

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