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A super-species of triffid-style sentient flora terrorises humanity in a schlocky blockbuster
No doubt to Alan Titchmarsh’s great relief, the horticultural arm of the post-apocalypse flick is finally entering the growth phase, with the likes of , and now this lightweight effort from Chinese director Lin Zhenzhao. The hubris here is that mankind has overcompensated for the desertification of the planet with cutting-edge research to promote plant growth, accidentally creating a super-species of sentient flora that has choked the Earth, and whose roving vines hunt down people to snack on.
Yang Hao (Mickey He) is a bunkered-in dad skulking in the ruins with daughter Yuanyuan (Zhang Mingcan), fending off the triffids with UV light torches. His wife, one of the researchers responsible, has already become fertiliser, and he’s frantic when Yuanyuan is plucked from her bed by the creepers. But after rescuing her, they manage to hook up with a squad of crack soldiers from the global “Joint Command Centre” out running some sketchily defined save-the-world errand.

The comedy series follows a high schooler who accidentally gets caught up in a battle between gods of Chinese mythology.

A court in southeastern China handed down a guilty verdict to John Shing-Wan Leung, a Hong Kong resident, as the authorities ramp up a crackdown on spying.

A Chinese-American man was arrested last week for allegedly serving as an agent of the Chinese government without notifying the US government, the Department of Justice announced on Monday. Litang ...

British Museum, LondonFrom Looty the stolen dog to the story of the last emperor, via glittering gowns and bloody rebellions, this show has a shock round every corner
In 1860 British and French troops pillaged and destroyed the Summer Palace of China’s Qing emperors, carrying off pieces of art and chunks of architecture – and a tiny, hairy dog who belonged to the emperor. Looty, as the dog was renamed with impeccable bad taste, was given to Queen Victoria and was the first “Pekinese” in Britain.
A portrait of Looty is one of the many arresting images and facts in what must be the strangest blockbuster the British Museum has ever staged. In 2007, this museum about China’s first emperor. China’s Hidden Century takes the story up to the last emperor – the child ruler Aisin-Gioro Puyi, deposed by a revolution in 1912. Yet in the closed world of the 19th-century imperial court, recreated here, it seemed nothing had changed for centuries. It’s a heady experience to enter the heavily ritualised ambience of the emperor’s inner circle. The clothes alone are incredible works of art: gowns and dresses intricately decorated with butterflies, filigree patterns, dragons. There’s a dress that belonged to the Empress Dowager Cixi, who effectively ruled China from 1861 to 1908 and changed her glittering apparel several times a day: nearby are costumes and wall hangings from the operas performed at court. It’s hard to tell opera from reality, so formalised was everyday life in this rarefied centre of power.

The Dallas Asian American Historical Society is bringing attention to the fact that at least five of the Allen mass shooting victims were of Asian descent.

Also, Thailand’s opposition parties agreed to form a coalition.

Minnesota's diversity grows every year. Of the top five immigrant groups in the state, two come from Asia. So what exactly is Minnesota's Asian-American and Pacific Islander history? Good Question.

Minnesota's diversity grows every year. Of the top five immigrant groups in the state, two come from Asia. So what exactly is Minnesota's Asian-American and Pacific Islander history? Good Question.

She’s one of several Asian American Christian leaders who have rejected the mold that others tried to force them into, forging a more expansive faith that acknowledges the rich dimensions of ...

I love my uniquely Chinese Korean American cultural identity, but I'm also happy to embrace being an AANHPI. Here's why. Even for a proud Asian American like me, the evolution of the latest Asian ...