By YANAN WANG Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — It has been three months since Chinese rock musician Li Zhi disappeared from public view. First, an upcoming tour was canceled and his social media accounts were taken down. Then his music was removed from all of China’s major streaming sites—as if his career had never existed […]

By JOHNSON LAI Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Hundreds of same-sex couples in Taiwan rushed to get married on May 24, the first day a landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage took effect. Taiwan became the first place in Asia to allow same-sex marriage last month in a legislative vote on a cause that […]

By JILL COLVIN and DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Under a blazing hot sun at Japan’s Imperial Palace, President Donald Trump on May 26 became the first world leader to meet the new emperor of Japan. The president, who was on a four-day state visit, was the center of attention at a grand […]

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer After more than a decade of rapid growth, Chinese travel to the U.S. is falling. And that has cities, malls and other tourist spots scrambling to reverse the trend. Travel from China to the U.S. fell 5.7 percent in 2018 to 2.9 million visitors, according to the National Travel […]

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Prem Tinsulanonda, who as an army commander, prime minister and adviser to the royal palace was one of Thailand’s most influential political figures over four decades, died on May 26 at age 98. A statement from the palace said Prem died of heart failure at Bangkok’s Phra […]