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This summer, Hsu is slated to appear in comedy film Joy Ride, directed by Crazy Rich Asians' screenwriter Adele Lim, and in American Born Chinese, a new Disney+ series, alongside Michelle Yeoh The ...

Beijing is emerging as a new heavyweight in providing emergency funds to debt-ridden countries, catching up to the I.M.F. as a lender of last resort.

Three years after much of the world was forced into Covid lockdowns, the precise origins of the virus are still hazy, and the hunt is bringing scientists into confrontation with political forces that many are not prepared for
One of the most compelling clues as to the origins of a once-in-a-century pandemic was uploaded without announcement – without being noticed for weeks – on a scientific database. And then, just as suddenly, it vanished from public view.
The genetic data, from swabs taken at the Huanan seafood market in Wuhan, China, in the weeks after Covid-19 first emerged, was available online for only a few weeks: just long enough for a Parisian scientist to it while working from her couch on a Saturday afternoon earlier this month.

Florence Débarre’s discovery of genetic data online showed for first time that animals susceptible to coronavirus were present at market
One of the most compelling clues to the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic was uploaded without announcement to a scientific database, going unnoticed for weeks.
And then, just as suddenly, it vanished from public view.

"I'm so excited to officially announce that Hamilton will be making its Asian premiere in the Philippines," Miranda ... Premiering in 2015, Hamilton tells the story of American Founding Father ...

In a weeklong trip to Ghana, Tanzania and Zambia, the vice president will face a balancing act as she tries to foster a collaborative U.S. relationship.

Many lawmakers have expressed concerns about the majority Chinese ownership of the company (it’s overseen ... including effects on the American economy. A look at the numbers shows just how popular ...

Briefing notes also suggest Australia’s foreign minister raised issue of human rights with her counterpart during visit to China in December last year
Penny Wong was advised to warn her Chinese counterpart that Russia was responsible for “dangerous nuclear rhetoric” and must be put under pressure to end the war with Ukraine, documents reveal.
Briefing notes obtained by Guardian Australia give an insight into the key points that were expected to be raised by Wong during the , including on human rights.

He Lifeng’s long career in government has spanned the extremes of China’s approach, from the early embrace of small business in the 1980s to today’s tighter state control.

Though his visit is not official, it is nonetheless significant and may offer clues to political calculations on both sides of the increasingly tense Taiwan Strait.

Many lawmakers have expressed concerns about the majority Chinese ownership of the company (it’s overseen ... including effects on the American economy. A look at the numbers shows just how popular ...