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Living with long Covid. Plus Xi Jinping’s historic party congress
Our cover story this week steps back from the news agenda to explore the impact of living with long Covid. For millions of people worldwide who have survived initial infection with the virus, recovery is slow. Symptoms such as breathlessness, fatigue and loss of smell or taste persist for months and, as our science editor explains, treatments that work for some may not be successful for others. Through case studies and data our main feature examines how patients are facing up to the long tail of infection and how research may lead to painting a fuller picture of the aftermath of such a debilitating illness and finding treatments.
This week delegates to the Chinese Communist party’s 20th congress are in Beijing where they are expected to rubber stamp Xi Jinping’s historic third term as leader. Our big story looks at what the president’s supremacy means for the country and its closest neighbour – Taiwan – which lives in the shadow of Xi’s avowed intention to bring the island back under China’s tutelage. As well as analysis of the key points of Xi’s opening speech, correspondent reports on a rare and pointed protest on the eve of the congress. The banners complaining about lockdowns necessitated by the country’s zero-Covid policy suggest that, beyond the delegates dutifully applauding inside the Great Hall of the People, there is discontent among ordinary Chinese citizens.

The U.S. Mint will feature an Asian American on its currency for the first time when it issues a coin next week engraved with the image of actress Anna May Wong, who worked in Hollywood during a time ...

Hollywood legend Anna May Wong continues to make history as her image is cast into more than 300 million U.S. quarters in celebration of her life and as a testament to her arduous career in the ...

Wong will be the first Asian American to appear on U.S. currency, the U.S. Mint announced. Wong's coin, shipping Oct. 24, is the fifth design in the American Women Quarters Program, celebrating ...

The U.S. Mint will begin shipping its first currency featuring an Asian American, Anna May Wong, on Oct. 24. Wong, born Wong Liu Tsong, was a Chinese American actress who earned a star on the ...

The design is the fifth to emerge from the American Women Quarters Program, which highlights pioneering women in their respective fields.

Actress Anna May Wong is set to become the first Asian American to be featured on US currency.She will appear as part of an effort to feature notable women on American quarters.Wong, who is considered ...

Heartfelt, gently moving drama inspired by director Ann Hu’s own experiences, will resonate with any parent who has had to advocate for their child
Any parent who has had to advocate for their child will find something to relate to in Chinese-American director Ann Hu’s well-intentioned and gently moving drama. It’s loosely inspired by her own experiences raising a dyslexic daughter, fictionalised here into the story of an illiterate woman who goes to the ends of the earth – at least that’s how it feels – in emigrating from China to New York to get specialist educational support for her seven-year-old.
The acting is patchy in places, but Harmonie He marches away with the movie with a lively performance as sunny little Meimei, who is unable to read or write at school in China. Just before Meimei is expelled (“not normal” is the headteacher’s verdict), a visiting American teacher, Thomas (George Christopher), spots her dyslexia. At this moment, you might well adopt the brace position for white saviour. But it’s Meimei’s mum Lan (Zhu Zhu), a school caretaker, who saves the day. Uneducated herself, Lan makes the wrenching decision to leave her husband and take Meimei to America.

Wong, trailblazing actor of early 20th century who faced discrimination in Hollywood, to have image shown on new quarters from Monday ...

The actor was a champion for Asian American representation in film. She is one of five women to be featured on new quarter designs this year.

One of the state’s fastest-growing demographics, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders often lack information in their languages that would make the political process more accessible.

Washington’s ban on hi-tech exports to China marks a huge gambit for economic supremacy for the next decades
The US has taken unprecedented steps to limit the sale of advanced computer chips to China, escalating efforts to contain Beijing’s tech and military ambitions.
The moves are designed to cut off supplies of critical technology to China that may be used across sectors including advanced computing and weapons manufacture.