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Unless you know how to speak Chinese and know where the chef comes from, you probably won't get the best out your favorite Chinese restaurant in the U .S.

Media tycoon and six others had been found guilty of taking part in unauthorised assembly in one of year’s biggest demonstrations in city
Hong Kong’s top court on Monday unanimously dismissed the bid to overturn the convictions of media mogul Jimmy Lai and six other pro-democracy campaigners for an unauthorised assembly in 2019.
Lai, 76, the , and six others including veteran democracy campaigner Martin Lee, had been found guilty of organising and participating in an unauthorised assembly in August 2019 during months-long pro-democracy protests in the China-ruled city.

More than 200 civilian settlers on a contested island in the South China Sea find themselves on the frontier of a possible conflict with China.

US economy has staying power but China’s growth prospects have worsened and too little attention is paid to war in Gaza
Back in the 1930s, the French government constructed what it thought was an impregnable defence system to prevent a repeat of the German invasion at the start of the first world war. The Maginot Line might have looked impressive but proved to be a white elephant because when the attack came in 1940 it was in a different place altogether.
In the past week the financial markets have displayed something of a Maginot Line mentality. They are right to think there is a threat lurking out there but they are wrong to think the biggest danger is a . The real threat comes from elsewhere.

Growing emphasis on military training for civilians reflects heightened nationalism under Xi Jinping – and a growing risk of war over Taiwan
At Beijing Jiaotong University’s affiliated elementary school, a class of children, maybe six or seven years old, stand in a line in a rainbow painted hallway. A boy holds a replica handgun, and behind him other students grasp unwieldy fake assault rifles. Fake police flak jackets cover their blue and white tracksuits, and their heads swim inside too-big artillery helmets. In other photographs students practise drills, salute visiting soldiers, and arrange themselves on a sporting field to spell out “I [heart] u” next to a Chinese flag.
In the post that includes the , published online in April, the school says it has worked hard in recent years to conscientiously “promote the main theme of patriotism, and make it an important part of the school’s ideological and political education and moral education”.

Reeling from jokes that they’re ‘weird’, Republicans create a hopeless nickname for Walz after a period product mandate
Watch out world, are on the offensive. Still smarting from being called “”, it looks like a bunch of GOP strategists got in a room this week to workshop devastating nicknames for and her running mate, . After combining their dozen or so braincells, they came up with a winner: . The name has been trending on social media as people on the right desperately try to make #TamponTim stick.
Apart from the fact that it alliterates, what prompted this moniker? Well, in 2023 Walz signed a wide-ranging education bill that, along with a number of other provisions, mandated public schools offer free menstruation products in their bathrooms.

Burnout is a serious issue that affects many professionals, but it can be particularly challenging for SAs in the medical field. Bhatt asserts, “Culturally, as South Asians we are taught to not ask ...

An increase in anti-Asian hate incidents during the pandemic contributed to a rise in depression among Asian and Asian American college students, a study found.

An increase in anti-Asian hate incidents during the pandemic contributed to a rise in depression among Asian and Asian American college students, a study found.

Exclusive: Move highlights ambition to reconnect with Beijing but minister will face pressure over human rights
David Lammy is planning a visit to China in September that would fall within the first 100 days of him taking office.
The foreign secretary is in talks over a trip to Beijing next month that would signal the UK wants to resume high-level engagement with the country.

China tensions, the 75-year-old man was a member and volunteer at a pro-democracy dissident organization in Brooklyn

ABC confirms US presidential candidates will face off for the first time on 10 September. Plus: the return of panda diplomacy
Good morning.
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump will face off for the first time on 10 September in on ABC, the network confirmed Thursday, as Harris continues to gain momentum, leaving the .
What did Trump say at the press conference? Trump that no one was killed in the 6 January attack on the US Capitol. He grew heated over comparing crowd sizes, and claimed he wanted to do three debates. Earlier, Trump had suggested he would back out of the 10 September debate that had previously been set with Joe Biden before Biden stepped down from his re-election campaign.
What do the polls say? While Biden had been trailing Trump in key swing states, Harris has made gains, particularly after announcing the Minnesota governor Tim Walz as her running mate. An Ipsos poll published on Thursday found Harris ahead of Trump by 42% to 37%, compared to a 22-23 July Reuters/Ipsos survey, which showed her up 37% to 34% over Trump.
How has the Trump campaign been reacting to the rise of Harris? Concerns have , with some Maga allies criticizing Trump’s political advisers who are working to paint Harris as more progressive than she is and launch “Willie Horton” attacks from the old Republican playbook that suggest she is directly responsible for crimes some migrants committed.
How many people have died from Tropical Storm Debby? At least seven people have died from the storm, which made first landfall early Monday on the Gulf Coast of Florida. Debby made a second landfall in South Carolina early on Thursday, and more flooding is expected in North and South Carolina before the storm clears those states.