By JOE McDONALD Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Missing Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai told Olympic officials in a video call from Beijing that she was safe and well, the International Olympic Committee said on Nov. 21 after Peng reappeared in public at a youth tournament in Beijing, according to photos released by the organizer. […]
Reports: Oscar-winning Japanese costume designer Wada dies
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Emi Wada, the Japanese costume designer who won an Oscar for her work in Akira Kurosawa’s “Ran,” has died, Japanese media reports said on Nov. 21. She was 84. Wada died Nov. 13, the reports said, citing unidentified family sources and not giving the cause of […]
Thai companies accused of fraud in sales of medical gloves
By CHALIDA EKVITTHAYAVECHNUKUL Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Police in Thailand announced the arrest of the head of a company suspected of cheating overseas buyers of millions of dollars they paid for undelivered medical rubber gloves during the coronavirus pandemic. Thai authorities have been cracking down on a surge in rubber glove fraud, including the […]
Astronaut conducts first spacewalk by Chinese woman
BEIJING (AP) — Wang Yaping has become the first Chinese woman to conduct a spacewalk as part of a six-month mission to the country’s space station. Fellow astronaut Zhai Zhigang left the station’s main module on Nov. 7 and Wang followed later. They installed equipment and carried out tests alongside the station’s robotic service arm, […]
Tennis star accuses China ex-vice premier of sexual assault
By KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities have squelched virtually all online discussion of sexual assault accusations apparently made by a Chinese professional tennis star against a former top government official, showing how sensitive the ruling Communist Party is to such charges. In a lengthy social media post that disappeared quickly, Peng […]
Lawsuit over eggs tests China’s policies on unmarried women
By HUIZHONG WU and EMILY WANG FUJIYAMA Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — An unmarried woman suing for the right to freeze her eggs in Beijing is getting her case heard in court in a rare legal challenge against China’s restrictions on unmarried women in reproductive health. Teresa Xu has been waiting since December 2019 for […]
Chinese users have mixed feelings about LinkedIn departure
By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — For nearly seven years, LinkedIn has been the only major Western social networking platform still operating in China. People like 32-year-old Jason Liu view it as an important career enhancing tool. Come the end of the year, Liu will no longer have access to the localized […]
Cambodia announces phased reopening to vaccinated tourists
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia’s government announced plans on Oct. 26 to reopen the country in several stages to fully vaccinated foreign tourists. The program beginning Nov. 30 will allow visitors who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus to skip being quarantined if they stay at least five days in designated areas, the Tourism […]
Japan’s Princess Mako marries commoner, loses royal status
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Princess Mako quietly married a commoner without traditional wedding celebrations on Oct. 26 and said their marriage—delayed three years and opposed by some—“was a necessary choice to live while cherishing our hearts.” The marriage to Kei Komuro cost Mako her royal status. She received her husband’s […]
Parents in China laud rule limiting video game time for kids
By ZEN SOO AP Technology Writer Li Zhanguo’s two children, ages 4 and 8, don’t have their own smartphones, but like millions of other Chinese children, they are no strangers to online gaming. “If my children get their hands on our mobile phones or an iPad, and if we don’t closely monitor their screen time, […]
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