Ueno’s books are hugely popular in China, where a crackdown on large-scale organising has stifled a nascent feminist movementTo find evidence that China’s feminist movement is gaining momentum – despite strict government censorship and repression – che…
続きを読むProgramme is for people aged between nine and 24 who are experiencing extreme social withdrawalSouth Korea is to offer reclusive youths a monthly living allowance of 650,000 won ($490) in order to encourage them out of their homes, as part of a new mea…
続きを読むRussian president accused of ‘unlawful deportation’ of children ‘from occupied areas of Ukraine to the Russian Federation’What we know on day 387 of the invasionThe state-owned Russian news agency RIA is reporting that Russia’s defence secretary, Serge…
続きを読むDanmei is by some measures the most popular genre of fiction for women in China, and its popularity hasn’t gone unnoticed by the Communist party“The hand around his waist held him tighter, their bodies pressed closer together, and Xie Lian’s struggling…
続きを読むBeijing and Washington are battling for influence in the strategically important Pacific regionLocated between the US, China and Australia, the Pacific island countries hold strategic importance for security and defence. The US has long maintained infl…
続きを読むRooney is among a number of successful western authors who have found a growing audience in China’s restless younger generationWhen the manuscript of Sally Rooney’s Conversations with Friends first arrived in Peng Lun’s inbox, he hesitated. It was 2017…
続きを読むThe idea emerged during the American civil war, so what is their appeal now, in the age of the satellite?Pentagon says it is monitoring Chinese spy balloon spotted flying over USOn Thursday, the Pentagon said it was tracking a Chinese spy balloon flyin…
続きを読むFrom climate change to women’s rights, what effect will the demographic time bomb at the heart of China’s economy have?China has entered a period of “negative population growth”, an important moment in the history of the country. As recently as 2019, t…
続きを読むAnalysis: the moralistic aspects of the new criminal code risk obscuring wider concerns about a stifling of protest and criticism of the stateShare your views on Indonesia’s new laws criminalising sex outside marriageIndonesia’s new criminal code limit…
続きを読むProtesters in China deploy creative means to make political statements in order to evade censorsBlank sheets of paper, mathematical equations and even alpacas: protesters in China have found creative ways to express anger at the government’s zero-Covid…
続きを読むTao Huabi rose from humble origins in south-western China to create a beloved condiment that can now be found in fridges around the worldThere is a saying about the south-western Chinese province of Guizhou: “Not three feet of flat land, not three days…
続きを読むGovernment pauses reopening plans after 837 new daily infections, despite just four deaths in a month among 80% vaccinated populationSingapore has reported its highest one-day Covid case total in more than a year, with 837 cases recorded on Tuesday.In …
続きを読むBiden confirms end of 20-year military presence; US secretary of state says support for Taliban ‘will have to be earned’; Taliban fire guns into the air in Kabul in celebrationChaos and bloodshed as last US flight leaves KabulAfghanistan: what can refu…
続きを読むSpeaking on Saturday afternoon, Biden vows further strikes against Islamic State as airport terror threat ‘remains high’; largest UK evacuation mission since second world war comes to a closeJoe Biden says new Kabul terror attack highly likely in next …
続きを読むFinal UK evacuation flight purely for Afghan nationals has departed; US drone strike killed Islamic State member, no civiliansAfghanistan drone strike targeted Islamic State ‘planner’ in car, US saysUK councils ‘ready to assist’ Afghan refugees but lac…
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