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Virtually unknown in the west, Ne Zha 2 is the world’s highest-grossing animation at £1.6bn – outdoing Inside Out 2 – just weeks after its release
Just a few years ago, the biggest star of the Chinese box office was a brave army commander. Last year it was . But in 2025 the hero that has caught everyone’s attention – and broken international box office records – is an animated demon child.
Ne Zha 2, a Chinese animation written and directed by Yang Yu, is a whirlwind of a film. The plot, inspired by Chinese mythology, follows the story of Ne Zha, a demon child raised by humans. He is on a quest to obtain a precious elixir to restore the physical state of his friend, the dragon prince Ao Bing, whose body has been destroyed by a lightning strike.

Meta’s attempt to silence ex-employee Sarah Wynn-Williams has drawn attention to its work on stifling freedom of expression in China
There’s nothing more satisfying than watching a corporate giant make a stupid mistake. The behemoth in question is Meta, and when Careless People, a whistleblowing book by a former senior employee, Sarah Wynn-Williams, came out last week, its panic-stricken lawyers immediately tried to by the Emergency International Arbitral Tribunal. This strange institution obligingly (and sternly) enjoined Wynn-Williams “from making orally, in writing, or otherwise any ‘disparaging, critical or otherwise detrimental comments to any person or entity concerning [Meta], its officers, directors, or employees’ ”. To which her publisher, Macmillan, that could succinctly be summarised thus: “Get stuffed.”
Clearly, nobody in Meta has heard of , “an unintended consequence of attempts to hide, remove or censor information, where the effort instead increases public awareness of the information”. The company has now ensured that Wynn-Williams’s devastating critique of it [see our review in] will become a world bestseller.

The State Department said it was “combating China’s efforts to pressure governments to forcibly return Uyghurs and other groups to China.”

K.W. Lee was known as the “godfather of Asian American journalism.” He collected accolades for his work and became a vocal advocate for Asian American visibility in media.

K.W. Lee was known as the “godfather of Asian American journalism.” He collected accolades for his work and became a vocal advocate for Asian American visibility in media.

Republicans in the US House of Representatives introduced a blunt and far-reaching bill on Friday that would block Chinese citizens from getting student visas, drawing backlash from Asian American ...

At the Asian Arts Initiative's 'Crescendo,' music meets art meets archives that have never been digitized before.

A group of House Republicans has put forward legislation seeking to prevent Chinese students from studying in American schools, citing national security concerns. Rep.

A group of House Republicans on Friday put forward legislation seeking to prevent Chinese students from studying in American schools, as some U.S. lawmakers are targeting China over national security ...

Freshman Rep. Riley Moore is backing legislation that would prohibit all Chinese nationals from obtaining student visas, in an effort to prevent them from spying on the American government or stealing ...

Over six years and more than 100 articles at the Union, K.W. Lee chipped away at the weak evidence and shoddy defense that sent Chol Soo Lee to death row, building the case for his eventual freedom.

Commentary urged CK Hutchison to ‘think twice’ about ‘what position and side they are on’ in sale to US investors
China has criticised the sale of the business that controls ports in Panama to US investors, saying the Hong Kong-based parent company should “think twice” and that the $22.8bn deal is “power politics” that is not in the country’s national interest.
Shares in the Hong Kong-based conglomerate CK Hutchison fell more than 6% on Friday after a critical commentary appeared in the Beijing-backed newspaper Ta Kung Pao in Hong Kong.