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Solemn anniversary for Japanese Americans
Published on 19/02/2022
» WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden pledged on Friday to tackle racism as the country marked 80 years since the signing of a presidential order that led to the incarceration of 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II.
Japan's Muji Appeals to China by Advertising Use of Xinjiang Cotton
Business, Published on 13/05/2021
» While Swedish clothing retailer H&M has been virtually wiped off e-commerce sites in China, rival Muji is winning applause there.
China taking on more conflict around the world
AFP, Published on 03/07/2020
» BEIJING: From remote Himalayan valleys to small tropical islands and tense Western capitals, an increasingly assertive China is taking on conflicts around the world like never before as the United States retreats.
Protests show 'progress' on diversity, says 'Star Trek' icon Takei
AFP, Published on 13/06/2020
» LOS ANGELES - George Takei, the pioneering Asian American "Star Trek" actor and LGBTQ icon, said massive anti-racism protests this month show the US is "making progress" on diversity, but warned the pandemic is renewing deep-rooted prejudices.
Asia's century, China's year
Asia focus, Published on 30/12/2019
» Way back when 1999 was winding down, pundits were telling us that the Asian Century was about to dawn. That prediction has not yet been fully realised, but few would disagree that 2019 belonged to China. Over the past 12 months, the top headlines have been about the bruising trade war with America, defiant protests in Hong Kong against Beijing's tightening grip, and the rise of a surveillance state that is herding hundreds of thousands into "re-education" camps on its western fringes. Below, the Asia Focus team looks back on a busy and sometimes troubling 2019.
Roots awakening
Life, Chanun Poomsawai, Published on 21/04/2019
» On her 2016’s breakout single, Muang Chut Dam, singer-songwriter Rasmee Wayrana sings vividly of her experience travelling to and performing for the first time in Paris.
The Fall of Hong Kong: 75 years since Japan took the city
AFP, Published on 08/12/2016
» HONG KONG - High up on a hillside in the south of Hong Kong, shaded beneath dense green foliage, are the pockmarked remnants of World War II pillboxes, a reminder of the city's failed attempt to fend off a Japanese invasion.
Americans unleash their inner beast
News, Published on 07/03/2016
» You heard the word "scary" used a lot this week, that and much more. Not from the usual scolds. Or Democrats. The loudest alarms came from panicked Republicans, warning of the man who is destroying the Party of Lincoln before our eyes. "The man is evil," said Stuart Stevens, a chief strategist for Mitt Romney in 2012. Mr Romney himself called Donald Trump a fraud on Thursday.
Trump faces global scorn over call for Muslim ban
AFP, Published on 09/12/2015
» WASHINGTON - Donald Trump dismissed criticism at home and abroad Tuesday over his "grossly irresponsible" call to bar Muslims from entering the United States, as the White House branded him unfit to lead.
Japan hits out as UNESCO archives Nanjing massacre documents
AFP, Published on 10/10/2015
» TOKYO - Japan on Saturday lashed out at UNESCO's decision to inscribe documents related to the Nanjing massacre in its Memory of the World register, describing it as "extremely regrettable" and calling for the process to be reformed.