2017/06/30 |
Turn Off, Drop Out: Why Young Chinese Are Abandoning Ambition
As the economy slows and social expectations rise, Chinese youngsters are rejecting traditional notions of success and embracing a culture known as ‘sang.’
2017/06/30 |
ASIA NEWS BITES: President Xi Lauds Efforts to Curb Hong Kong Independence; China Rejects Nobel Laureate's Cancer Treatment Overseas; Duterte's First Year
A quick roundup of the most important news from around the region.
2020/11/13 | Sponsored
Taiwan Sets First Creative Content Fest Dedicated to All Modes of Creativity
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic might have paralyzed global travel but that has not stopped Taiwan from flexing its muscles and putting its film and entertainment content on the world stage.
2017/06/29 |
PHOTO STORY: Hong Kong Locked Down for Xi Visit
Animosity towards Beijing has grown in recent years in Hong Kong, particularly among young people.
2017/06/29 |
Meet the Youthful Face of Resistance to Thailand's Junta
Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal has emerged as the 20-year-old face of Thailand’s nascent anti-junta movement.
2020/11/13 | Sponsored
TAICCA Initiatives Help Taiwanese Content Ride Cultural Wave to Global Distribution
In July, TAICCA initiated the First Mile program, linking publishers, scriptwriters, and investors for the Print-to-Screen Adaptation Content Development Plan to boost TV and film production in Taiwan. The program extends to the 2020 Taiwan Creative Content Fest.
2017/06/29 |
ASIA NEWS BITES: Activists Detained as Xi Arrives in Hong Kong; US Navy Could Visit Taiwan Under Big Potential Change; Japan's Bomb Shelter Demand
A quick roundup of the most important news from around the region.
2017/06/29 |
Hong Kong and Macau: A Tale of Two Ex-Colonial Cities
Zhang Dejiang's Macau visit serves as a means of explaining to everyone else exactly what is at stake and why Hong Kong has grown increasingly determined to resist Beijing’s idealized assumptions about what 'one country, two systems' is supposed to mean.
2018/10/05 | Sponsored
The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Board of Science and Technology Promote Innovation Sandbox Together to Demonstrate Government Support for Innovation and Entrepreneurship; MOEA Hosts “2018 Innovat
Directed by the Office of Science & Technology, Executive Yuan and hosted by the Ministry of Economic Affairs, the 2018 Innovation Sandbox Exchange Forum was hosted at NEO Studio, Taipei on October 3rd. Audrey Tang, Minister without Portfolio of the Executive Yuan, Zse-hong Tsai, Executive Secretary of the Office of Science & Technology, and Wellington L. Koo, Chairman of the Financial Supervisory Commission were all invited to attend. The Forum hopes to make innovation sandbox an important mechanism amid a comprehensive innovation entrepreneurship environment, as well as a driving force for innovation development in Taiwan.
2017/06/29 |
Concern as China's OBOR Hits the Himalayas
There are environmental and ecological concerns regarding the infrastructural projects linking China and Nepal.
2017/06/29 |
Hong Kong Handover: The Rise of Military-Style Youth Groups
'If they knew their kids were entering those organizations to become ideological, many of those parents, I would say, would withhold.'
2016/05/06 | Sponsored
Tired of all the Secret Spots in Taiwan? Come Broaden Your Horizons!
Since the trial operation of the Southern Branch of the National Palace Museum began, the daily free admission of 1,000 visitors has increased to 1,750 visitors. The number was even bumped up to 5,000 visitors during spring break...
2017/06/28 |
Beijing Warns Against Interference in Missing Bishop Case
Chinese Bishop Peter Shao Zhumin has been missing for 41 days since he was 'forcibly removed' from his diocese on May 18.
2017/06/28 |
Guangzhou Police Search House of Feminist Activists
Anti-harassment campaigners are being harassed by local authorities in China.
2017/06/28 |
ASIA NEWS BITES: North Korea Compares Trump to Hitler; China Among Worst Human Traffickers; Cyber Attack Sweeps Globe
A quick roundup of the most important news from around the region.
2017/06/28 |
Internet Balkanization in China
China’s new cybersecurity law is part of a worrying global trend towards Internet Balkanisation, Scott Shackleford writes.
2017/06/28 |
Hong Kong Handover: Riding the Property Roller Coaster
'They bought their first apartment in 1970 for HK$45,000 (US$5,775), moving seven times before they splashed out HK$7.85 million on their Wonderland Villas home - it is now worth double that.'
2017/06/27 |
The Chinese Man Who Swam to Hong Kong
In 1973, Chan Hak-chi and his wife swam six hours through a typhoon to leave the chaos of China’s Cultural Revolution.
2017/06/27 |
ASIA NEWS BITES: Australian Jailed in China for Promoting Gambling; Liu Xiaobo Released with Terminal Cancer; Vatican Concerned Over Bishop in China
A quick roundup of the most important news from around the region.
2017/06/27 |
Probing the Underbelly of Taiwan’s Economic Transformation Plan
David Green takes a deep dive into what the 'Asia Silicon Valley' plan really means for Taiwan.
2017/06/27 |
Hong Kong Handover: Nostalgia for the British
Activists yearn for a return to Hong Kong's colonial past.
2017/06/26 |
China's Jailed Nobel Laureate Liu Xiaobo Released After Terminal Cancer Diagnosis
The international community has been calling for his release for years.