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How Batteries Got Cheaper and Made the Electric Grid More Reliable
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New York Times
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An early grid battery was installed in the Atacama Desert in Chile 15 years ago. Now, as prices have tumbled, they are increasingly being used around the world.
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How three Uyghur brothers fled China – to spend 12 years in an Indian prison
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The Guardian
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Arrested in 2013 on India’s Himalayan border after fleeing Beijing’s ‘genocide’ against Muslims in Xinjiang, the siblings have been imprisoned indefinitely ever since
On the evening of 12 June 2013, according to court documents, three “Chinese intruders” were arrested by the Indian army in Sultan Chusku, a remote and uninhabited desert area in the mountainous northern region of Ladakh.
The three Thursun brothers – Adil, 23, Abdul Khaliq, 22 and Salamu, 20 – had found...
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Greenberg Traurig's Mian R. Wang Named to Board of Directors of Asian American Lawyers Association of Massachusetts
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Bing
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Mian R. Wang, a Litigation shareholder in global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP's Boston office, was named to the 2026 board of directors of the Asian American Lawyers Association of Massachusetts ...
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Macron Urges Xi to Help End War in Ukraine
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New York Times
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As President Emmanuel Macron of France visited China, its leader, Xi Jinping, said his country would play a constructive role in ending the fighting.
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Taiwan’s Opposition Leader, Once for Independence, Turns Toward China
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New York Times
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She says Taiwan must embrace its Chinese heritage to avoid war. Her critics say she wants to steer the island into Beijing’s orbit.
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Beyond NYU: Exploring Asian-American identity in film
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Washington Square News
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Katarina Zhu is a writer, director and actor all in one. The Tisch alum debuted her feature film, “Bunnylovr,” at Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, kicking off her entertainment career by ...
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China, Japan and a New Narrative About World War II
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New York Times
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Arguments about history are proliferating as the postwar order led by the United States crumbles.
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Share of Asian residents in Chinatown decreasing, new report says
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Bing
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Gains in population and business have resulted in a decline in the share of Asian residents amid concerns over gentrification and displacement, says Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund.
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Hong Kong warns ‘external forces’ working to exploit apartment fire, as death toll rises to 159
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The Guardian
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Police say number of dead may still be revised as ‘suspected human bones’ found during search require forensic testing
Hong Kong and Beijing officials have warned against what they claim are “external forces” threatening to exploit last week’s deadly for political disruption, as rescuers say at least 159 people have been confirmed dead.
The fire at the Wang Fuk Court in northern Hong Kong is the city’s worst disaster in 75 years, and the world’s most fatal residential...
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After the Hong Kong inferno: inside the 5 December Guardian Weekly
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The Guardian
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Power, corruption and negligence. Plus: The rise of extremist Buddhism
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Watching with horror from London last week as flames ripped through seven adjacent apartment blocks in Hong Kong, it was impossible not to think back to the Grenfell Tower fire of 2017, which exposed major systemic failures around UK social housing and eventually led to law changes around safety and accountability for high-rise buildings.
The comparisons with Hong Kong were not just visually obvious but...
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