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Yan Chenglong crowned ‘Xiangqi King’ but overdid celebrations, as governing body also investigates whether he cheated using anal beads
The world of Chinese chess is in uproar over rumours of cheating and a bad behaviour scandal that saw the national champion stripped of his title on Monday after a victory celebration ended with him defecating in a hotel bathtub.
Xiangqi, or Chinese chess, has been hugely popular for hundreds of years across Asia – and 48-year-old Yan Chenglong beat dozens of contenders last week to win the title of “Xiangqi King” at a national tournament hosted by the Chinese Xiangqi Association.

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The Asian American Parent Alliance of San Diego (AAPASD) held its inaugural Education Excellence Award ceremony Dec. 15 at Pacific Social restaurant, located at The Village at Pacific Highlands Ranch ...

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Gracell Biotechnologies acquisition marks China’s growing importance to the Anglo-Swedish drugmaker
AstraZeneca has struck a deal to buy a Chinese cancer therapy company for up to $1.2bn (£950m), as Britain’s biggest drugmaker expands its footprint in its second-largest market.
The Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical firm announced on Tuesday it would acquire Gracell Biotechnologies, which is focused on a type of cancer therapy known as CAR-T that modifies a patient’s cells to fight the disease.

The CIA lost a network of agents a decade ago and has struggled to rebuild in the surveillance state America calls its top security priority; ‘no real insight into leadership plans.’ ...

Daines, a Montana Republican, said this weekend “the effort to cover up this incident is unacceptable,” citing an NBC News story.

From Utah to Michigan, half-day programmes in which regular classes are taught entirely in Chinese find fervent support among parents Desire for children to get global perspective and life ...

As with many global New Year’s traditions, the dishes have strong symbolic meanings. Ozoni is associated with good health and good fortune, with the mochi signifying longevity. Soba noodles represent ...

My first Christmas away from England was tough, until my students made an incredibly thoughtful and unexpected gesture
I spent the Christmas of 1998 in Wuhan, working as an English teacher. Everyone has heard of this Chinese city now, thanks to coronavirus, but back then the name meant nothing to much of the world. My knowledge was certainly scant when I arrived in February of that year. Nothing could have prepared me for the heat and humidity of a Wuhan summer, and the odour of fermented tofu deep-frying outside the university gates at 7am certainly took a while to get used to. Ten months later, however, I’d got over the culture shock and was feeling very much at home. I’d made some friends, knew my way around and had one Chinese pop song in my karaoke repertoire. Life was good.
But at 25 I’d never spent Christmas away from England, and the realisation that this was going to be very different hit me hard. No carols, no cheesy movies, no decorating the tree and, worst of all, no automatic right to a day off. Christmas Day in China is just another working day. This was a first for me. At home, I’d always worked right up to Christmas Eve and then again on Boxing Day, but never on Christmas itself. It was a holiday – always had been, always would be.

With photos and audio, a new exhibition highlights Chinese migration to Costa Rica, and how the people and their culture changed over time.