One of China’s best-known comedians is under investigation and several of his shows have been canceled after he changed the lyrics of a revolutionary song during a performance.
Man leaves son behind on Mt. Fuji
A father hiking Mount Fuji with his two sons left his younger son on the mountain for several hours on Thursday, after the 7-year-old grew tired.
2 organizers of Hong Kong’s Tiananmen vigils convicted in national security case
Two former organizers of Hong Kong’s annual vigils in remembrance of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown were convicted Friday for what the government-approved judges ruled was inciting others to overthrow China’s communist leadership.
Chinese Valentine’s Day is rooted in legend and tradition, not just romance
Chinese Valentine’s Day is not all about flowers and chocolates.
Bou Meng, a Cambodian artist and survivor of a Khmer Rouge torture center, has died at 85
Cambodian artist Bou Meng, one of only seven people known to have survived a notorious Khmer Rouge torture center in the Southeast Asian country in the late 1970s, has died. He was 85.
Thousands in Indonesia await aid after quake kills 68, overshadowing Independence Day
Thousands of people waited for aid on the Indonesian island of Flores on Monday as the country marked its 81st Independence Day, two days after a powerful earthquake killed at least 68 people, injured more than 200 others and damaged thousands of homes.
Hiroshi Okuda, who led Toyota’s climb as a global automaker, dies at 93
Hiroshi Okuda, the former chief executive of Toyota, who led the Japanese automaker’s stellar rise in global markets, has died.
Ex-Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji, who drove economic reforms and led China into the WTO, dies at 97
Former Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji, the impatient, sharp-tongued reformer who helped ignite China’s explosive economic boom by forcing wrenching change on state industry in the 1990s and leading the country into the World Trade Organization, has died of illness, state media reported Wednesday.
In Taiwan, Chinese-born spouses face questions of loyalty and, some say, discrimination
The day after Li Chen-hsiu was sworn in as a member of Taiwan’s Legislature, she was questioned about whether she belonged — about her nationality, about her identity and ultimately about her loyalty to Taiwan.
Japan’s Crown Prince Akishino has ‘mixed feelings’ on revised male-only imperial succession law
Japanese Crown Prince Akishino, the younger brother of Emperor Naruhito, on Thursday said he has “mixed feelings” about the government’s revision to the Imperial House Law that reinforces a rule dictating only men can become emperor.
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