Asia Pacific

In the years he hid his sexuality from his kids and village neighbors, Xiyadie would take short-bladed scissors to rice paper and provides form to unfulfilled goals. At first look, his creations conform to conventional cutout designs of animals and auspicious symbols adorning doorways and home windows in China. But a better have a look […] More

To some international expatriates, Hong Kong has misplaced its enchantment as a world metropolis and now not appears like dwelling since Beijing took a heavier hand in its governance. But for a lot of former mainland Chinese like Angelina Wang, it has turn out to be a extra enticing place to stay and work. Ms. […] More

Once one among Asia’s most high-flying cities, Hong Kong is now grappling with a deep pessimism. The inventory market is within the tank, residence values have tumbled and emigration is fueling a mind drain. Some of the most popular eating places, spas and procuring malls that native residents are flocking to are throughout the border, […] More

During the brutal Battle of Okinawa in Japan, within the ultimate months of World War II, a bunch of American troopers took residence within the palace of a royal household who had fled the preventing. When a palace steward returned after the conflict was over, he stated later, the treasure was gone. Some of these […] More

Hong Kong handed nationwide safety laws on Tuesday, giving officers within the Chinese territory extra energy to curb dissent, 21 years after mass protests pressured the federal government to backtrack on a plan to introduce such legal guidelines. The laws targets political offenses like treason and revolt with penalties as harsh as life imprisonment and […] More

Hong Kong on Tuesday handed nationwide safety legal guidelines on the behest of Beijing, thwarting a long time of public resistance in a transfer that critics say will strike a long-lasting blow to the partial autonomy the town had been promised by China. The new laws, which was handed with extraordinary velocity, grants the authorities […] More

Shohei Ohtani is a soft-spoken, 6-foot-4 powerhouse. He is a unicorn: one in every of baseball’s greatest hitters and pitchers, the primary to dominate each in practically a century. He would possibly in the future be thought of the best ever to play the sport. He’s additionally from Japan, the previous colonizer of South Korea. […] More

They awake within the mornings to search out one other household has left. Half of 1 village, the whole lot of the subsequent have departed within the years because the water dried up — seeking jobs, of meals, of any technique of survival. Those who stay decide aside the deserted houses and burn the bits […] More