With less regulations and crackdowns, and cheaper prices, many young people from Hong Kong are increasingly hopping the border to Shenzhen to buy drugs and go clubbing. From Channel NewsAsia: Flash-lit by synchronized lasers, a nightclub heaving with Hong Kong teenagers vibrates to the latest dance hit as a pair cavort on stage dressed in […]
Read MoreLee Teng-hui’s recent visit to the controversial Yasukuni Shrine in Japan has raised much criticism from Beijing although Lee and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan have both emphasized his visit is only private with no political implications. From the International Herald Tribune: A former president of Taiwan, Lee Teng-hui, visited a Tokyo war shrine […]
Read MoreCosta Rica has diplomatically recognized China, severing its ties with Taiwan. From the Keralanext.com: Costa Rica on Thursday entered a new phase in its relations with China after severing ties with Taiwan, acknowledging that Beijing’s growing might had finally trumped its long allegiance to Taipei. [Full text] Marianela Jimenez from the AP reports that many […]
Read MoreBeijing middle school students practicing a dance by sheilaz413, via Flickr.
Read MoreThe Southeast Asian maids of Hong Kong, famous for lining the city streets to socialize on Sunday, their day off, have staged a protest to decry a minimal pay rise announced by the Hong Kong government on Tuesday. From the DPA, via Earthtimes.org: Representatives of Hong Kong’s 200,000 Filipino, Indonesian and Thai domestic helpers staged […]
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