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Tourism trouble: post-pandemic hurdles of China travel
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- Tourism trouble: post-pandemic hurdles of China travel
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- 11 days ago
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Domestic tourism in China is steadily recovering, but what about inbound tourism? Post senior correspondent Ralph Jennings has a look at who is visiting China and who is not and explores the various hurdles foreigners face when travelling to China.
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- Where has South Korea’s first lady been?
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South Korean First Lady Kim Keon-hee has not been seen in public since December 2023. Kim has been involved in multiple controversies, including share-price manipulation and accepting a Dior handbag. Some experts believe the first lady’s absence has been a “political decision” to protect President Yoon Suk-yeol’s party ahead of parliamentary election.
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- Bizarre ‘crocodile-crawl’ workout in China sparks health concerns
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A group was seen practising a bizarre ‘crocodile-crawl’ workout routine in a park in eastern China. Although some claim that the exercise helped to relieve issues in their spine, an orthopaedic specialist thinks the crawling movement actually brings more harm than good.
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- Yellen ends China trip with stark warning
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- 11 days ago
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US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen ended her China tour with a stark warning against Beijing’s overproduction and flooding of the American market with underpriced items. Her remarks were directed at the Chinese electric vehicle (EV) and green energy modules industry. The same concerns have been expressed in Europe, where legislators are considering imposing tariffs on Chinese EVs.
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- Total solar eclipse darkens North America
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- 11 days ago
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Eclipse mania gripped North America on April 8, 2024, as a breathtaking celestial spectacle captivated tens of millions of people. Festivals, viewing parties and even mass weddings took place along the eclipse’s “path of totality”, where the sun’s corona glowed from behind the moon, in a display that left crowds awestruck.
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- India murder exposes anti-Muslim hate online
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- 12 days ago
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Pervez Qureshi witnessed the death of his brother, who was a victim of anti-Muslim violence that erupted in the north Indian city of Haldwani on February 8, 2024. A month later, Qureshi stumbled upon videos that he believes were used to incite the attackers. It is part of a rising trend involve the spread through social media in the lead-up to Indian elections that get under way on April 19.
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- IN A MINUTE: What to expect on a Tokyo toilet tour #shorts
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- 12 days ago
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- Public toilets in Tokyo have become the newest and most unexpected tourist attraction, inspired by the Oscar-nominated film Perfect Days, which features a toilet cleaner in Tokyo.
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- IN A MINUTE: ‘Hardest geezer’ first to run the length of Africa #shorts
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- 12 days ago
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- British endurance athlete Russ Cook has lived up to his online name “hardest geezer” after running the length of Africa in 352 days, raising US$870,000 for charity.
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- What to expect on a Tokyo toilet tour
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Public toilets have become the newest and most unexpected tourist attraction in the Japanese capital. Here is a preview of what you can expect from a two-hour tour that takes in nine well-designed public restrooms across Tokyo’s Shibuya ward. Organisers said they were inspired by the Oscar-nominated film Perfect Days, which features a toilet cleaner in Tokyo.
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- ‘Hardest geezer’ first to run the length of Africa
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British endurance athlete Russ Cook lived up to his online name “hardest geezer” after running the length of Africa in 352 days to raise funds for charity. Cook raised over US$758,000 and inspired people to join him for the final leg of the journey. His run started on April 22, 2023, in Cape Town, South Africa and ended on April 7, 2024, at Ras Injla in Tunisia.
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- Roars from the past: When wild tigers roamed Hong Kong
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- 13 days ago
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Hong Kong’s urban jungle was once regularly visited by wild tigers, with sightings of the big cats until the 1960s. While local history books only mention tiger killings in 1915 and 1942, the animals appear in oral accounts, newspapers and John Saeki's 2022 book The Last Tigers of Hong Kong – which tells tales of deadly attacks and terrified villagers hearing roars and frantic pig squealing. In this podcast, the Post tracks down Hong Kong’s links to the critically endangered South China tiger. 🐅
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- A Hong Kong couple’s quest to resurrect a ghost village
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- 14 days ago
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It takes an hour to drive from Hong Kong’s bustling city centre and then another hour-long hike to reach the old Hakka village known as Kuk Po. Once a thriving community, it was gradually abandoned over several decades starting from after World War II as villagers moved to urban areas or overseas. Now, one couple with family ties to Kuk Po has returned to try and breathe new life into the old village, starting with efforts to preserve their ancestral home – a task that has become a journey toward greater self-sufficiency.
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- Is China fuelling the US fentanyl crisis?
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- 15 days ago
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For decades, the US has been grappling with a devastating opioid crisis, with nearly a million drug overdose deaths since 1999. Opioid addiction was initially fuelled by pharmaceutical companies aggressively promoting prescription painkillers. But the arrival of fentanyl on the black market exacerbated the problem, with a potency 100 times stronger than morphine. China, with its massive chemical industry, has long played a significant role in the illicit fentanyl trade. But efforts to curb its production and export have led to a shift in operations to countries like India.
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- Hong Kong Sevens: sell-out crowd for last rugby event at iconic stadium
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- 15 days ago
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Tickets were sold out for the Hong Kong Sevens rugby tournament as it opened on April 5, 2024, for its final run at the Hong Kong Stadium. The first sell-out for the international event since the pandemic comes as it is held for a final time at Hong Kong Stadium, which has hosted the event for 31 years. From 2025, the tournament will be held in a new 50,000-seat venue at Kai Tak Sports Park. This year’s Sevens, running Friday to Sunday, is welcoming overseas fans who snapped up more than 40 per cent of the tickets sold, with some of the strongest attendance from the UK, Australia and Fiji.
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- IN A MINUTE: Creepy, crawly dinner menu excites Londoners #shorts
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- 15 days ago
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- The Yum Bug company, which makes edible insect products, opened its permanent eatery in London in February 2024, with the goal of shifting perceptions of eating insects.
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- Creepy, crawly dinner menu excites Londoners
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The Yum Bug company, which makes edible insect products, opened its permanent eatery in February 2024, with the goal of shifting perceptions of eating insects. The London-based restaurant says adding bugs to your daily diet is not only a good source of protein, it also helps the planet.
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- Chinese girl with cerebral palsy completes 40m run on her own for first time
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- 15 days ago
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A 10-year-old girl who has cerebral palsy completed a 40-metre run on her own for the first time, when her school in southwestern China’s Chongqing held sports day event.
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- Taiwan night market resumes in quake aftermath
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- 15 days ago
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Hualien residents have begun picking up the pieces since the deadly earthquake that hit the eastern part of the island on April 3, 2024. The 7.2 magnitude quake, the biggest in 25 years, killed 10 people and injured thousands. More than a dozen others remain missing, including several foreign nationals.
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- WATCH LIVE: Taiwan earthquake: damage and relief efforts across island
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- 16 days ago
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- A live look at various locations in Taiwan the day following the island’s April 3, 2024, earthquake that killed at least 9 people and injured more than 900 others.
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- Inside the only ink factory authorised for Indian elections
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In the southern Indian city of Mysuru, workers have been producing millions of bottles of ink for the world’s largest election, which starts April 19, 2024. Made from silver nitrate, the ink is the only one authorised to mark voters and prevent duplicate votes. The election features Prime Minister Narendra Modi against a coalition of opposition parties, with surveys predicting a win for Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
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- Remembering Taiwan’s strongest earthquake 25 years ago
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- 16 days ago
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The magnitude 7.2 earthquake that hit Taiwan on April 3, 2024, was the strongest in 25 years, according to the island’s Central Weather Administration. The latest disaster revived memories of Taiwan’s largest-ever earthquake in 1999, when a magnitude 7.6 quake killed some 2,400 people and injured 10,000 more.
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- IN A MINUTE: Search for survivors continues from Taiwan’s deadly quake #shorts
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- 16 days ago
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- The death toll from Taiwan’s 7.2 magnitude earthquake on April 3, 2024, has climbed to nine, with more than 1,000 people injured as of April 4.
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- Windstorm sweeps through campus in China
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- 16 days ago
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Strong winds continue to batter eastern China, sweeping through a university in Nanchang city. The casualties have increased to seven deaths since March 31, according to CCTV reports.
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- Search for survivors continues from Taiwan’s deadly quake
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The death toll in Taiwan’s earthquake has climbed to nine with more than 1,000 people injured as of April 4, 2024. The 7.2 magnitude earthquake that hit the island the day before was the strongest in 25 years. Rescue operations are still under way, as dozens remain trapped in tunnels and in mountainous areas in eastern Taiwan, which was the quake’s epicentre.
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- IN A MINUTE: India’s biggest election loser faces 239th defeat #shorts
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- 16 days ago
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- India’s K Padmarajan is the biggest loser in the world’s largest democracy, and he is ready to lose again.
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- China is boldly going where no one has gone before
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China is turning science fiction into fact, whether through the development of nuclear reactors for interplanetary space travel or the use of artificial intelligence to fight corruption. The Post’s science editor Stephen Chen and science reporter Holly Chik discuss some of the latest achievements by China’s scientific community and how the country is nurturing the next generation of scientists.
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- Taiwan rocked by strongest earthquake in 25 years
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- 17 days ago
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At least seven people were reported dead and 711 injured after a 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck the east coast of Taiwan on the morning of April 3, 2024. The quake’s epicentre was located in waters about 25km (15.5 miles) south of the eastern county of Hualien and 138km (86 miles) from Taipei, according to Taiwan’s Central Weather Bureau. The shock was felt across the island and caused several buildings to collapse.
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- Food aid workers killed in Israeli air strike
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Seven people working for celebrity chef Jose Andres’ World Central Kitchen were killed in an Israeli air strike in central Gaza on April 1, 2024. Their vehicles were on a humanitarian mission delivering food to Palestinians when they were “unintentionally” hit by the strike, according to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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- Dubai prince appears to be singer ‘Alira’
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A Dubai prince who recently made waves in Hong Kong by deciding to set up a US$500 million family office in the city, appears to also have found fame as a singer-songwriter with a fan base in the Philippines. Sheikh Ali Rashed Ali Saeed Al Maktoum is from Dubai, a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates, but two sources told the Post that he is also known on-stage as Alira. Checks of videos available online and a now-defunct website about Alira’s showbiz career showed a striking resemblance between the performer and prince.
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- 100 huskies escape from pet cafe in China
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About 100 husky dogs escaped from a pet cafe and were running around in a shopping centre after a customer accidentally left the door open in southern China.
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- HSBC volunteer builds lasting bond with elderly beneficiary
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- 17 days ago
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- [In partnership with The Hongkong Bank Foundation]
Through a programme supported by The Hongkong Bank Foundation, HSBC volunteer Winky Kwok meets Ivy To, an elderly woman in her 70s who loves making fabric-patchwork items. The two embark on a journey to organise an exhibition and, along the way, have to overcome a tragedy. But the pair grow closer and build a lasting relationship – and now feel as if they have become “family”.
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- Former Taiwan leader visits mainland China
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Former Taiwanese president and prominent opposition Kuomintang party member Ma Ying-jeou called for cross-strait peace and cooperation the day after he arrived for his 11-day tour of mainland China. Ma made his remarks on April 2, 2024, while visiting the former residence of “Republic of China” founder Sun Yat-sen in the southern province of Guangdong. Ma is also expected to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping.
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- When the stakes are high, Liang-lin Chen knows the simplest way to reset
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- 17 days ago
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- [In partnership with: AIA Alta]
Auctioneer and Chinese art specialist Liang-lin Chen knows bidding for rare and precious things can be stressful, but she’s learned a simple way to reset for a healthy balance to work and well-being.
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- WATCH LIVE: Views from Japan after Taiwan earthquake
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- 17 days ago
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A live look at various locations in Japan where tsunami warnings have been issued following a 7.3 magnitude earthquake that hit nearby Taiwan in the early hours of April 3, 2024.
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- Opium farming booms in Myanmar amid coup chaos
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Myanmar has seen a surge in opium production since the military junta seized power in 2021. The country has now overtaken Afghanistan as the world’s biggest opium producer in 2023, after the Taliban government’s crackdown on the trade. Farmers in the country’s remote mountains have turned to the cash crop, which is a raw material for manufacturing heroin, amid the social and economic unrest since the military coup.
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- Powerful gusts blow away windows, killing at least 3 in China
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Powerful gusts have battered eastern China in the early morning on March 31. The strong wind blew away windows of a building, causing three people to fall to their deaths in Nanchang city.
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- Bodies of Chinese nationals found on Mexico beach
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The bodies of eight Chinese migrants have been found on a beach in southern Mexico, after the boat they were travelling in capsized on March 29, 2024. The shore where the bodies were discovered is in the state of Oaxaca, which sits along a route frequently used by people trying to reach the United States.
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- Indonesia’s new leader meets Xi in Beijing
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Chinese President Xi Jinping said China was willing to deepen cooperation with Indonesia, calling for the two countries to push for an “equal” multipolar world and protect the interests of developing economies. In a meeting with Indonesian president-elect Prabowo Subianto in Beijing on April 2, 2024, Xi said China viewed its relations with Indonesia from a “strategic and long-term perspective”.
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- Fake cancer ‘cures’ peddled online in the Philippines
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In 2014, a single mother in the Philippines discovered a cancerous lump in her breast. Instead of getting professional help, she tried alternative medicines she found online. She eventually underwent chemotherapy after years of consuming costly fake medicines, and survived. Her case highlights the broader issue of online misinformation and the dangers of relying on alternative medicines for serious illnesses like cancer.
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- ‘To erase tattoos is a form of worship to Allah’
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Free removal of tattoos during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Indonesia has attracted more than 100 people who want to be de-inked. Many Muslims consider tattoos as haram, that they break sharia religious law. The organisers, an Indonesia state charity, says the event offered tattooed Muslims a chance to “repent”.
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- India’s biggest election loser readies for 239th defeat
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The biggest loser in the world’s biggest democracy, India, is getting ready to lose again – for the 239th time. K Padmarajan, a tyre repair shop owner, who has been running for local or national office since 1988, and he’s never succeeded..But it’s expensive to keep losing for 36 years. Despite the losses, Padmarajn’s perseverance to continue running serves as a reminder of India’s waning public interest in politics in the world’s biggest democracy.
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- Meet K-pop newcomers Xikers
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K-pop fans gathered for the world’s largest Korean cultural convention Kcon starting March 30, 2024, to see artists like Aespa, BoyNextDoor and emerging stars Xikers, a 10-member group that debuted one year ago. The Post sat down with the newcomer boy band, managed by KQ Entertainment, to learn more about their first year in the limelight and what they’ve done to stand out in a saturated market. While K-pop sales in South Korea have started to decline in 2024, international fans at Kcon remained optimistic.
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- Boys’ Love: fictional gay romance mesmerises Asia
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In the 1970s, a group of young female manga artists in Japan shook up the norms of heterosexual romance for their teenage girl audience by starting a new genre that depicted love stories among young, beautiful boys. This episode of Cultured takes a look at how the unique genre of gay fiction has been credited with liberating women and breaking gender stereotypes in Asia, and the complicated relationship between Boys’ Love fans and the real-life gay community.
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- The grim reality of life in Hong Kong’s ‘coffin homes’ | Talking Post with Yonden Lhatoo
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One miserable failure that seems to endlessly haunt Hong Kong is its inability to house underprivileged residents in humane conditions. While a well-off minority lives in luxury, many Hongkongers struggle to find affordable flats. Some of the poorest members of society are crammed into what, at best, can be described as “coffin homes”. How bad is the situation for this demographic, and what hope do they have for the future? In this special episode of Talking Post, managing editor Yonden Lhatoo joins social worker Sze Lai-shan on a visit to some of these tiny residences to try and understand what is at stake and why finding solutions should matter in one of the world’s most affluent cities.
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- South Korean scientists develop a new meat alternative: beef rice
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- 22 days ago
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South Korean scientists have introduced a potential protein source for the future with “beef rice”. By combining beef cells with rice, they have created a unique grain that retains the shape of regular rice while sporting a distinctive pinkish colour. This new grain contains higher levels of protein and fat compared to regular rice, and may be a potentially cost-effective alternative to traditional cattle-derived meat.
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- Students perform ‘battle dance’ during Chinese lesson
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- 22 days ago
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A primary school teacher in central China has choreographed a ‘battle dance’ to get students focused and engaged in her Chinese lesson.
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- Pope Francis washes the feet of 12 female inmates in break with Holy Week past
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Pope Francis broke with tradition and washed and kissed the feet of women only for the first time during a Holy Thursday ceremony on March 28, 2024. The pontiff visited a women’s prison in Rome to perform the ritual for 12 inmates, to emphasise his vocation of service and humility. Traditionally, popes only washed the feet of Catholic men in the annual ceremony.
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- Filipino Catholics whip their backs in repentance ahead of Easter Sunday
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- 22 days ago
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Dozens of Catholic devotees whipped their backs as they walked barefoot through the streets of the Philippine capital Manila on March 28, 2024, in a show of religious devotion many believe can cleanse sins, cure illness or grant wishes. The annual event has been held for years, despite repeated statements from the Catholic Church declaring such self-punishments to be a misinterpretation of faith.
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- Dozens of Easter pilgrims die in South Africa bus crash
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A bus crash in South Africa’s northern province of Limpopo resulted in 45 deaths and one serious injury, the country’s Department of Transport said on March 28, 2024. The driver lost control and the vehicle plunged off a bridge near Mamatlakala, into a ravine. It hit the ground and caught fire,according to an official statement. The bus was taking Easter pilgrims from Botswana, a landlocked country in southern Africa, to Moria, a town in Limpopo.
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- Strong wind causes chaos in supermarket in China #shorts
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- 22 days ago
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- A supermarket worker tried his best to hold the shutter door when powerful winds hit the store in eastern China’s Zhejiang province. The wind speed reached up to 93km/h (58mph) , according to the meteorological department.
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