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Kurdish filmmaker begins one-year jail term in Iran

by Ben Richardson November 24, 2016December 13, 2016

Huh! are ready to set the stage alight at Clockenflap.

China, Hong Kong

Hong Kong band back to ride indie renaissance

by William Marshall November 23, 2016February 18, 2020

Fans of Manchester United wait outside the team's hotel in Beijing, in July, after a match due to be held in the Chinese capital against Manchester City was canceled.
Photo: GREG BAKER / AFP

China, European Union, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Shanghai, World

LeEco forum underlines extent of China’s sporting ambitions

by Kenny Hodgart November 23, 2016February 18, 2020

A still from Feng Xiaogang's I Am Not Madame Bovary

China, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, World

Feng tops Chinese box office despite alleged Wanda boycott

by Russell Edwards November 22, 2016February 18, 2020

A man shops in a Toys-R-US store in Virginia during a Black Friday sale on Thanksgiving evening in 2015. Photo: AFP/Paul J. Richards

China, European Union, France, Germany, India, South Asia, World

History of Thanksgiving defines America’s character

by David P. Goldman November 22, 2016February 18, 2020

Painting of Satyajit Ray. Photo: Rishiraj Sahoo at the English language Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=39812900

India, South Asia

Inside Satyajit Ray’s famous study

by Amrita Mukherjee November 22, 2016November 21, 2016

If he can do it, can she do it? Photo: Reuters

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Mobalytics raises US$2.6m to improve gamers’ performance

by TechCrunch November 20, 2016February 18, 2020

Peter Hickman in a 2013 file photo a day before the first race of the season at Brands Hatch in the UK.

China, Macau, World

Hickman wins Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix

by Pedro Chan November 19, 2016February 18, 2020

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In China, Trump has throne to call his own

by Kenny Hodgart November 19, 2016November 19, 2016

Isolated outhouse on Highway 37 in Sonoma County in Northern California. Photo: iStock/Getty Images

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Fame of thrones: world’s most extraordinary toilets

by Admin November 19, 2016November 19, 2016

Public restroom sign on the wood 3D design and rendering for your project. Photo: iStock/Getty Images

Beijing, Chengdu, China, Chongqing, Middle East, Shanghai, World

China gives unisex loos warm reception

by Lin Wanxia November 19, 2016February 18, 2020

Public toilets in India can be basic. Photo: iStock/Getty Images

World

Five fast facts on toilet access

by Johan Nylander November 19, 2016February 18, 2020

Flushed on World Toilet Day. Photo: iStock/Getty Images

AT Finance, Beijing, China, India, South Asia, Vietnam, World

Why a proper flush can save the world economy

by Johan Nylander November 19, 2016February 18, 2020

Penalta colliery, near Nelson, south Wales. The derelict mine is one of less than half a dozen coal buildings that remain in Wales from more than 600 collieries that operated in the early 19th century and employed close to a quarter of a million workers. Photo: Richard Jones/EnergyandNotion.org

AT Finance, China, Indonesia, United Kingdom, Vietnam, World

From industrial bedrock to top-end producer

by Richard Cook November 19, 2016February 18, 2020

Edgar Lau gets ready for Macau Grand Prix. Photo: Poo Yee Kai

AT Finance, China, Hong Kong, Macau, Malaysia, World

From the virtual to the real thing: Racing with Edgar Lau

by Poo Yee Kai November 18, 2016February 18, 2020

Britain's James Nash. Photo courtesy of Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil

AT Finance, China, European Union, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Thailand, World

Hong Kong team’s star driver out to clinch glory in Macau

by Asia Times November 18, 2016February 18, 2020

Leicester City's Islam Slimani scores their first goal against West Bromwich Albion at King Power Stadium on Nov. 16, 2016. Photo: Reuters/Darren Staples

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Suning agrees US$700m Premier League TV deal in China

by Admin November 18, 2016November 18, 2016

Iraq bureau chief Dean Yates stands on the roof of the Baghdad bureau as he does a live rehearsal with the New York office as part of events marking the first day of Thomson Reuters, in Baghdad, Iraq, April 17, 2008. Photo: Reuters/Mahmoud Raouf Mahmoud

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Australia, Indonesia, Iraq, Middle East, Oceania, Singapore, South Asia, Vietnam, World

A journalist’s decline into PTSD … and road to recovery

by Dean Yates November 17, 2016February 18, 2020

Beautiful woman vaping with smoke. Photo: iStock/Getty Images

AT Finance, Brunei, Cambodia, China, European Union, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, South Asia, Thailand, Vietnam, World

WHO accused of rushing to ban e-cigarettes: advocates

by Jackie Horne November 16, 2016February 18, 2020

Hanging Disc Toy by Li Yuan-Chia. Photo: Selena N. B. H. via Flickr

China, Italy, Japan, Northeast Asia, South Asia, Taiwan, World

Li Yuan-chia’s art retrospective comes to London

by Sarah Reeve November 15, 2016November 15, 2016

Anime adaptation one of the Asian winners at China's box office.

China, Iraq, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, World

New law, slowing sales take shine off China’s box office

by Russell Edwards November 15, 2016February 18, 2020

The Doge’s Ball in Venice has been described as “one of the most exclusive parties in the world.” Photo: Blueflower Inspired Travels

AT Finance, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, European Union, Hong Kong, South Asia, World

A journey from senior manager to dream maker

by Samantha Kuok Leese November 15, 2016February 18, 2020

Brazilian footballer Givanildo Vieira de Sousa, better known as Hulk, celebrates scoring one of his four goals for Shanghai SIPG. A new report published in the UK indicates each of those goals cost the club £4m in Hulk's wages alone. Photo: AFP/Cao zichen/Imaginechina

Australia, China, European Union, France, Guangzhou, India, Japan, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Shanghai, South Asia, World

Chinese Super League is global sport’s most ‘star heavy’

by Kenny Hodgart November 15, 2016February 18, 2020

Singapore students get interactive. Photo: AFP Photo / Simin Wang

AT Finance, China, Egypt, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Mexico, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Vietnam, World

Singaporeans among top English speakers; Hong Kong slides

by Johan Nylander November 14, 2016February 18, 2020

China's nine-year compulsory education system covering primary and middle school must remain free and be non-profit making, according to a law passed by the National People's Congress on Novermber 7, 2016. Photo: AFP/Nicolas Asfouri

Jordan, Middle East, World

In a globalizing world, we must teach global citizenship

by Irina Bokova and Josette Sheeran November 14, 2016November 14, 2016

Voltage Pictures has produced 150 movies, including the 2008 Academy Award-winning The Hurt Locker Locker. Photo: [ First Light Productions/Kingsgatefilms/The Kobal Collection

China

China copper firm makes Hollywood acquisition

by Reuters November 14, 2016February 18, 2020

Many of Nimrud's treasures, such as this golden crown on display in a Baghdad museum in 2003, were removed from the site before ISIS forces captured it and blew it up. Photo: Reuters

Iraq, Middle East, Syria, World

Nimrud freed from islamists

by Agence France-Presse November 13, 2016February 18, 2020

Bradford's Lister Mill was once the largest silk factory in the world. Photo: iStock / Getty

China, Germany, Hong Kong, Pakistan, Shanghai, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

Civic pride is back in Britain’s ‘curry capital,’ Bradford

by Richard Cook November 13, 2016February 18, 2020

Photo: Chris Lusher © Clockenflap

China, Hong Kong, Japan, Northeast Asia, World

Clockenflap & the story of how Hong Kong learned to rock

by William Marshall November 12, 2016February 18, 2020

An explosion of colour at the Djakarta Warehouse Project. Photo: Flickr

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Jakarta warehouse project is where dance music fans party

by Admin November 12, 2016March 25, 2017