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Eastwind Books, one of the nation’s first Asian American bookstores, is closing on Sunday, April 30 after more than four decades in business.

Lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives have overwhelmingly voted to approve a resolution demanding that China release Mark Swidan, an American who has been jailed in the Asian nation since ...

US surveilled Muslims and mosques. Now we must ensure that the civil rights of Chinese Americans are not eroded in fears against China.

Ueno’s books are hugely popular in China, where a crackdown on large-scale organising has stifled a nascent feminist movement
To find evidence that China’s feminist movement is gaining momentum – despite strict government censorship and repression – check bookshelves, nightstands and digital libraries. There, you might find a copy of one of Chizuko Ueno’s books. The 74-year-old Japanese feminist and author of Feminism from Scratch and Patriarchy and Capitalism has sold more than a million books in China, according to Beijing Open Book, which tracks sales. Of these, 200,000 were sold in January and February alone.
Ueno, a professor of sociology at the University of Tokyo, was little known outside in China outside academia until she delivered a at the university in which she railed against its sexist admissions policies, sexual “abuse” by male students against their female peers, and the pressure women felt to downplay their academic achievements.

UK foreign secretary warns a war across Taiwan strait and likely destruction of semiconductor industry would have global effects
A Chinese invasion of Taiwan would destroy world trade, and distance would offer no protection to the inevitable catastrophic blow to the global economy, the UK’s foreign secretary, James Cleverly, warned in a set piece speech on Britain’s relations with Beijing.
In remarks that differ from French president from any potential US involvement in a future conflict over Taiwan, and which firmly support continued if guarded engagement with Beijing, Cleverly said “no country could shield itself from the repercussions of a war in Taiwan”.

Newly proposed electric vehicle battery plants in Michigan owned by a Chinese company have critics concerned over potential national security risks.

A Purdue University Northwest (PNW) chancellor, who drew backlash for a racist display at the college’s winter commencement will serve out the remainder of his term, the school said.

The defence strategic review has found that the Australian defence force is ‘not fully fit for purpose’ and recommended projecting military power further from its shores. Foreign affairs and defence correspondent Daniel Hurst talks to Jane Lee about the future of the ADF
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