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Detail from Forty Pages No 4 (digital print) by Nasim Nasr. Photo courtesy of Nasim Nasr/Sovereign Art Foundation

China, Hong Kong

Sovereign Asian Art Prize shortlist announced

by Asia Times staff April 8, 2017February 18, 2020

Firefighters responded to 85 hill fires that broke out during Tuesday's grave sweeping festival. Photo: Wikimedia Commons/HK Government

China, Hong Kong, Middle East

Grave sweepers blamed for 85 hill fires in Hong Kong

by Asia Times staff April 5, 2017February 18, 2020

AT Finance, Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, World

‘Glocal’ students get a chance to attend foreign universities at home

by Rahul Choudaha April 5, 2017

Bai Baihe stars in Xu Jinglei's crime thriller The Missing. Photo: YouTube

AT Finance, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, World

Kong: Skull Island holds sway at Chinese box office

by Russell Edwards April 4, 2017February 18, 2020

Activists form a red ribbon, the symbol of the worldwide campaign against Aids, in 2010. Photo: Reuters

Middle East, Russia, World

Russian Aids denialism spreads via online social networks

by Peter Meylakhs, Yadviga Sinyavskaya and Yuri Rykov April 4, 2017February 18, 2020

Australia, China, Oceania, World

Confucius Institutes and Classrooms can make the grade – a primer

by Jeffrey Gil April 4, 2017April 6, 2017

A woman lights candles and incense at the memorial niche of a relative at a cemetery in Hong Kong. Photo: AFP

AT Finance, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Italy, Taiwan, World

Why a Hong Kong grave niche costs more than a Tuscan villa

by Johan Nylander April 4, 2017February 18, 2020

By 2050, there will be more plastic in the ocean than fish. Photo: iStock

AT Finance, France, Indonesia, New Zealand, Oceania, World

UN launches campaign to take out ocean trash

by Mike Gaworecki April 3, 2017February 18, 2020

The Borneo orangutan's habitat is fast disappearing. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

AT Finance, Indonesia, World

Paying for healthcare with trees: win-win for orangutans and communities

by Claire Salisbury April 2, 2017February 18, 2020

Robert Frank has been chronicling American life since the 1940s. Photo: Lisa Rinzler/Assemblage Films LLC

France, Israel, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, World

Portrait of an American great

by Kenta Kato April 2, 2017February 18, 2020

Director Derrick Lui says he was more passionate about music than movies when he was growing up. Photo: Derrick Lui

AT Finance, China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Middle East, Singapore, Taiwan, World

Up close with ‘accidental’ filmmaker Derrick Lui

by Elena Owyong April 2, 2017February 18, 2020

The red polka dot tree frog can glow in the dark. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

World

The world’s first glow-in-the-dark frog found in Argentina

by María Gabriela Lagorio April 2, 2017February 18, 2020

As few as 5,000 Eastern lowland gorillas remain in the wild. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

AT Finance, European Union, Northeast Asia, South Asia, World

‘Endangered species to declare?’ Europe’s understudied bushmeat trade

by Sean Mowbary April 1, 2017February 18, 2020

Anila Quayyum Agha's  All the Flowers Are For Me was on show at the India Art Fair. Photo: Aicon Gallery

AT Finance, Australia, China, European Union, Hong Kong, India, Israel, Middle East, Nepal, Oceania, Singapore, South Asia, World

Pause for thought

by Victoria Burrows April 1, 2017February 18, 2020

Bruce Sextet, One Red, Fab 5 Freddy, 2012

China, Hong Kong, Shanghai, World

Exploring kung fu culture

by Richard James Havis April 1, 2017February 18, 2020

China, France, Hong Kong, World

Re-Enter the Dragon: a Bruce Lee restrospective

by Richard James Havis April 1, 2017February 18, 2020

Turn off the TV and chill. Image: iStock/Belitas

China, European Union, India, Iran, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, World

Get ready for the spiritual economy

by Jan Krikke April 1, 2017April 1, 2017

China, Hong Kong, Japan, Northeast Asia, United Kingdom, World

Tony Wu Tsz-tung’s journey from ballpark to red carpet

by Liu Hsiu Wen April 1, 2017February 18, 2020

AT Finance, China, Hong Kong, Philippines

Chicken afritada: Filipino soul food

by Asia Times staff March 31, 2017February 18, 2020

A drawing can come to life on Instagram. Photo: via Instagram video

Uncategorized

Artists are sharing live drawing videos on Instagram

by Admin March 31, 2017

Ramona Pascual wants Hong Kong women to embrace martial arts. Photo: IMPI World Weries @impi_ws

AT Finance, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Singapore, World

The way of the dragon

by Pedro Chan March 31, 2017February 18, 2020

Bar room glitz: Tattu's take on Chinese restaurants sets out to change UK diners expectations. Photo: Tattu

Beijing, China, Hong Kong, World

Gritty Leeds given an upscale Asian makeover

by Richard Cook March 31, 2017February 18, 2020

China, Hong Kong, Middle East, World

Couple’s translation of Chinese almanac keeps the faith

by Richard James Havis March 27, 2017February 18, 2020

China, Hong Kong, World

Hong Kong author champions wisdom of the Chinese almanac

by Benny Kung March 27, 2017February 18, 2020

The languages children learn in school might not be the most useful for their future. Photo: Shutterstock

AT Finance, Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Vietnam, World

What languages should schools be teaching?

by Warren Midgley March 26, 2017February 18, 2020

Smartphones put AI at consumers’ fingertips.

Japan, Northeast Asia, World

The future in your pocket

by Anthony Bartolo March 25, 2017February 18, 2020

The G-Pop All Stars are young at heart. Photo: Kochi prefecture

Japan, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, World

Japan’s G-POP boy band puts the groove in geriatric

by Daniel Hurst March 25, 2017February 18, 2020

India, Northeast Asia, South Asia

Wayanad – Magical destination for the eco-diversity adventurer

by Kadayam Subramanian March 25, 2017March 25, 2017

Remake of a famous artwork by anonymous England-based graffiti artist Banksy. Dundas Street in Mong Kok, Hong Kong. Photo: Johan Nylander

Beijing, China, Hong Kong

Political street art resurfacing in Hong Kong

by Johan Nylander March 24, 2017February 18, 2020

Eaktawan (right), one of Kiatkreerin Gym's most promising prospects, will challenge for the vacant IBF 112-pound title in Cebu City, Philippines at the end of April. Photo: courtesy of Kiatkreerin Gym

AT Finance, Australia, China, Japan, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, Thailand, World

A fighting chance: Bangkok gym turns zeroes into heroes

by Mark Butcher March 23, 2017February 18, 2020

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Sovereign Asian Art Prize shortlist announced

Grave sweepers blamed for 85 hill fires in Hong Kong

‘Glocal’ students get a chance to attend foreign universities at home

Kong: Skull Island holds sway at Chinese box office

Confucius Institutes and Classrooms can make the grade – a primer

Why a Hong Kong grave niche costs more than a Tuscan villa

UN launches campaign to take out ocean trash

Paying for healthcare with trees: win-win for orangutans and communities

Portrait of an American great

Up close with ‘accidental’ filmmaker Derrick Lui

The world’s first glow-in-the-dark frog found in Argentina

‘Endangered species to declare?’ Europe’s understudied bushmeat trade

Pause for thought

Exploring kung fu culture

Re-Enter the Dragon: a Bruce Lee restrospective

Get ready for the spiritual economy

Tony Wu Tsz-tung’s journey from ballpark to red carpet

Chicken afritada: Filipino soul food

Artists are sharing live drawing videos on Instagram

The way of the dragon

Gritty Leeds given an upscale Asian makeover

Couple’s translation of Chinese almanac keeps the faith

Hong Kong author champions wisdom of the Chinese almanac

What languages should schools be teaching?

The future in your pocket

Japan’s G-POP boy band puts the groove in geriatric

Wayanad – Magical destination for the eco-diversity adventurer

Political street art resurfacing in Hong Kong

A fighting chance: Bangkok gym turns zeroes into heroes

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