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A professor’s quest to make sense of her eco-anxiety takes her from her ancestral village in China to Cop 26 and beyond
Eco-anxiety is not an official medical diagnosis, but everyone knows what it means. The American Psychological Association defines it as “the chronic fear of environmental cataclysm that comes from observing the seemingly irrevocable impact of climate change and the associated concern for one’s future and that of next generations”. Fear of the future, an ache for the past, the present awash with disquiet: into this turmoil Alice Mah’s new book appears like a little red boat, keeping hope afloat against all odds.
Mah is a professor of urban and environmental studies at the University of Glasgow as well as an activist passionately concerned with pollution, ecological breakdown and climate justice. Her previous books, Petrochemical Planet and , catalogued the catastrophic impacts of the petrochemical industry on the natural and human world. In Red Pockets, the trauma is personal.

May marks the start of Asian-American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month and there's a celebration this weekend.

Despite mounting financial pressure, China says it won’t negotiate until the Trump administration shows “sincerity” by canceling tariffs on its goods.

Donald Trump and Xi Jinping are locked in a game of chicken - despite wanting the same outcome.

Chinese Australians are a crucial group that deserted the conservative Liberal-National coalition in the last election.

Trump said consumer electronics will be exempted from his soaring tariffs on China, though it is unclear for how long
’s second-quarter financials came in slightly higher than Wall Street’s expectations on Thursday.
The tech giant reported revenue of $95.4bn, up more than 4% over last year, and earnings per share of $1.65, up more than 7%. Analysts had predicted revenue of $94.5bn and earnings of $1.62. The company, worth $3.2tn, has beaten Wall Street’s expectations for the previous four quarters.

In May 1990, President George H.W. Bush expanded the designation to the entire month. In 2009, President Barack Obama changed the name to Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. President ...

Development may be indication China is softening on beginning negotiations over American 145% tariffs
The US has approached China seeking talks over Donald Trump’s 145% tariffs, a social media account affiliated with Chinese state media has said, potentially signalling Beijing’s openness to negotiations.
“The US has proactively reached out to China through multiple channels, hoping to hold discussions on the tariff issue,” Yuyuan Tantian reported in a post published on its official Weibo social media account, citing anonymous sources.

Beijing suspected of putting pressure on Vatican to cut ties with Taipei
Next week, 135 cardinals will gather inside the Vatican for the conclave, a secretive meeting to decide who will succeed the late Pope Francis. Around the world, people are speculating: who will the next pontiff be? But in Taiwan, a more common discussion has been: who are we sending to the inauguration?
The former vice-president Chen Chien-jen recently returned from Vatican City, where he represented Taiwan at . But the committed Catholic hopes he won’t be asked to repeat the journey to welcome in the successor. Instead, he is pushing for it to be Taiwan’s president, Lai Ching-te.

In May 1990, President George H.W. Bush expanded the designation to the entire month. In 2009, President Barack Obama changed the name to Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. President ...

An estimated 5.5 million people in the United States identified as Chinese in 2023, according to estimates published by the U.S. Census Bureau. 1 Chinese Americans are the largest Asian origin ...

The analysis presented in Pew Research Center’s Asian American fact sheets and accompanying blog posts combines the latest data available from multiple data sources.