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Erika Moritsugu, the first White House A.A.P.I. liaison, is in charge of both promoting the community’s representation and responding to its tragedies at a time of rising racism.

Michelle Yeoh has won the 2023 Oscar for Best Actress for her performance in “Everything Everywhere All at Once.” Yeoh is the first Asian American to win in this category. "For all the little boys and ...

Danmei is by some measures the most popular genre of fiction for women in China, and its popularity hasn’t gone unnoticed by the Communist party
“The hand around his waist held him tighter, their bodies pressed closer together, and Xie Lian’s struggling hands were firmly folded and crushed against his own chest; unable to move. His lips were still securely sealed, the kiss deepening, and a stream of gentle, chilled air slowly passed through.”
A god kisses a ghost king, and a love story, movie deal and KFC sponsorship are born. The kiss appears in the book Heaven Official’s Blessing, a danmei or “boys love” story. Danmei is romantic fiction about men or male beings – ghosts, foxes, even a mushroom – falling in love, written almost exclusively by and for straight women and is the most popular genre of fiction in China.

The historic seven-Oscar haul is a major sign to an industry that has too often ignored, exoticized or stereotyped Asian and Asian American characters ...

It was a big night for Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan and the cast of Everything Everywhere All At Once, winning seven out of their 11 Oscars nominations. Leading up to the big weekend, Disney+ shared a ...

The PM’s determination to stay faithful to the ‘Indo-Pacific tilt’ is vague, while Russia is still the greatest threat
The refresh of the integrated review of defence and foreign policy comes only two years after the original, and if Labour were to win the election it may only last a similar amount of time. Nor would it have happened if it hadn’t been for Conservative chaos, as reopening the review was the brainchild of the short-lived Liz Truss.
To be fair, the war in Ukraine has upended previous assumptions, but this is not really the path taken by Rishi Sunak. A large part of what is announced focuses on China and the emerging Australia, UK and US “Aukus” partnership to provide Canberra with nuclear powered submarines to give naval technological parity with Beijing.

UK PM warns China plans to ‘reshape the world order’ but stops short of reclassifying it as a threat to national security
Rishi Sunak has warned that China’s plans to “reshape the world order” represent an era-defining challenge for Britain, but risked sparking a row with hawks in his own party by dismissing calls for Beijing to be categorised as a threat.
As he flew to a summit designed to shift the balance of power in the Indo-Pacific region, the prime minister signalled a major refreshing of the UK’s national security strategy and uplift in defence spending.

Also, Xi Jinping loyalists stack China’s leadership and Australia revives an Aboriginal alcohol ban.

First hand, Born in 19 oh five in Los Angeles *** rose to fame during the silent film era and became the first Chinese American film star in Hollywood The New York Times called the actress, one of the ...

Disney+ sets a premiere date for its upcoming live-action series based on Gene Luen Yang's 2006 graphic novel American Born Chinese.

Get ready, Everything Everywhere All At Once fans! Some of the star-studded cast of the Oscar-nominated film will be teaming up for the new Disney+ series, American Born Chinese. In a teaser that will ...