China’s Xiaomi launches premium smartphone 17 series globally to challenge Apple, Samsung

To understand Chinese culture, it is necessary to go back to the very beginning of its civilisation. In this series, we look at the most…

Dressed in a red-and-white warrior costume, Peking opera actress Zhang Wanting balances on one foot on the narrow arm of a rosewood chair. She bends…

In a bar scene as diverse and innovative as Hong Kong’s, it would be easy for veteran bars to just play the hits from over…

The onset of the holidays means it is awards season in Hollywood. While plenty of this year’s contenders, including Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After…

South Korea’s intelligence agency has signalled what could be a historic turn in North Korea’s dynastic politics. Lawmakers were recently told that supreme leader Kim…