In 2019, American-Chinese actress Liu Yifei, who played the titular role in Disney’s live-action version of Mulan, expressed her support for Hong Kong’s police during their crackdown on Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement, tweeting: “I support Hong Kong’s police, you can beat me up now. What a shame for Hong Kong.” Hong Kong social and political […]
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Azeri forces announced the capture of the strategic town of Shushi, or Susa as it is known in Azerbaijan, in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict that is now raging in its sixth week. Along with the regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, recognised by most states as territories under the jurisdiction of Georgia, Nagorno-Karabakh exists as a […]
Population growth is key to economic development and this has policymakers fretting about the future of developing nations, as the window for poor countries to become rich is fast closing quickly. With the increase in the availability of contraception & the spread of education, fertility rates in developing nations are estimated to be less than […]
Microsoft announces that it will open a cloud region in Taiwan, the first cloud datacentre in the country and the largest investment by Microsoft in Taiwan worth US$10.48 billion. Microsoft operates 66 cloud regions worldwide and with the establishment of the datacentre in Taiwan, this marks a major step in developing Taiwan into a regional […]
The 2020 Golden Melody Awards may have passed weeks ago but it has left us blessed with this song, “Thank You” by Abao, the winner of the Song of the Year category, as well as the Album of the Year. The magnitude of this song which seamlessly intersperses the Paiwan language with Western gospel-style singing […]
How the “white-savior industrial complex” failed Liberia’s girls An article by Abigail Higgins from Vox. A founder with no history of NGO management or education, a board of directors with no experience in dealing with vulnerable children, a flagrant disregard for a code of conduct by its staff members – misgivings which were all overlooked […]
Eswatini, formerly known as Swaziland, is one of the world’s poorest nations…
Eswatini, formerly known as Swaziland, is one of the world’s poorest nations and the only African nation today that maintains diplomatic relations with Taiwan. It is also one of the world’s last remaining absolute monarchy with King Mswati III having ruled over the country since 1986. With more than half of the population living in […]