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‘My grandmother’s brushes with death in occupied Hong Kong’

by Kenny Hodgart December 7, 2016

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The spooky Pearl Harbor mystery that remains unsolved

by Admin December 7, 2016December 7, 2016

Kuniyoshi Takimoto was a navy aircraft mechanic when Japan launched its attack on Pearl Harbor. Photo: Behrouz MEHRI / AFP

AT Finance, China, European Union, France, Hong Kong, Japan, Northeast Asia, Philippines, Singapore, World

We did our jobs: Japanese participant remembers Pearl Harbor

by Shingo Ito December 5, 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

Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen. Photo: Reuters/Jorge Adorno

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, Cambodia, China, European Union, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, Taiwan, Thailand, World

Southbound: Taiwan and the ‘Third China’ in the 21st Century

by John J. Tkacik November 22, 2016November 22, 2016

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump holds a campaign rally in Green Bay, Wisconsin, U.S. October 17, 2016. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

Afghanistan, China, Egypt, European Union, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

The sleepwalkers and Mr Trump

by Spengler November 5, 2016November 6, 2016

Fidel Castro,1978. Photo: Marcelo Montecino [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, Syria, Thailand, Vietnam, World

To Cuba or Singapore? A tale of two roads diverging

by Ng Weng Hoong November 4, 2016November 4, 2016

The bronze bust of CK Jen unveiled during his 110th birthday. Photo: George Koo.

Beijing, China, Germany, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Tianjin, World

On his 110th birthday, Prof. C.K. Jen gets a hometown honor

by George Koo October 7, 2016October 18, 2016