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A stream of Russian refugees once made the far-flung northeastern city their home, but now only a handful of descendants remain to tell their stories.

The millennial obsession with multiple online identities is balanced by the fact that 'real' names still mean something.

A focus on excessively verbose language is failing to prepare test-takers for college-level academic writing.

Market dominance by the Big Four accounting firms may be helping unscrupulous companies get listed on US stock exchanges.

The lack of an asylum law in Taiwan opens up the case of the Chinese activist seeking asylum to administrative discretion. But an American lawyer in Taipei does not expect the man to be deported.

The high-skilled Chinese diaspora is ideally placed to mediate the two-way flow of funds and information.   

Witnesses say the police used batons and tear gas to break up the group.

BC and Lowy on bringing English language YouTube silliness to a Chinese speaking audience.

The silver lining from Wednesday’s results is that Ahok, an ethnic Chinese, was on the ballot at all, writes Jeffrey Hutton in Jakarta.

On white privilege in China.

The standardization of Mandarin allows Chinese speakers to move among regional identities — but the feud over pronunciation rages on.

Can coming face-to-face with a complex issue ensure justice, equality, and racial harmony in the Southeast Asian island state? Hydar Saharudin takes a look.

Taiwan hopes a generous travel subsidy will boost Japanese tourist numbers in the final two months of the year.

Political instability and sliding university rankings are to blame as China's top students turn away from Hong Kong, a report says.

China’s increasing presence across the African continent has led to social conflict.

Three children were among the 26 people killed in a bus crash in Taiwan this afternoon. All but two were Chinese nationals.

A new app developed in Taiwan allows language learners to tap on the characters and words in YouTube video subtitles.