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Man spent two days aloft after balloon he was using to harvest pine nuts became untethered
A man has been found safe after he spent two days aloft in a hydrogen balloon that became untethered while he was using it to harvest pine nuts from a tree, according to Chinese state media.
The man, identified only by his surname, Hu, and a partner were collecting pine nuts on Sunday in a forest park in Heilongjiang province in north-east China when they lost control and the balloon sailed off on a 200-mile journey.

Hilda Heine calls for investigation into Chinese couple’s alleged efforts to bribe officials to help set up tax haven
A former president of the Marshall Islands has called for an investigation into an alleged plot by a Chinese couple to establish a mini-state inside its borders and set it up as a lucrative tax-break haven.
The pair were charged by US prosecutors with bribery and money-laundering offences over a “multi-year scheme” that included establishing a non-governmental organisation, allegedly bribing five Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) officials and attempting to bribe a sixth. One of the five was allegedly given cash to bribe others into supporting the carving out of a Hong Kong-style territory.

A drought that has crippled economic activity in southwestern China hints at the kind of disruption that climate change could wreak on global supply chains.

Set at Oxford in the 1800s, Rebecca F Kuang’s new novel is a magic-infused allegory for structural oppression – and social media can’t get enough of it
A boy lies still beside the body of his mother. Her skin is blue and her eyes are open, wet and glassy. It is 1828, and a cholera epidemic has swept through Canton, China.
The boy is the only one left alive in the house and is on the brink of death when a quiet white Englishman brings him to London. There, the young Chinese boy is named Robert Swift and grows up in solitude, trained in English, Latin, ancient Greek and Chinese. For what reason, he does not yet know.

Modest packaging, capped pricing and auditing of sellers form part of Xi Jinping’s war on societal excess and ‘rampant money worship’
Chinese authorities have launched a crackdown on “sky high” mooncake prices ahead of this weekend’s autumn festival, amid government efforts to curb corruption and societal excesses.
Mooncakes, a small customary dessert baked with varying designs and fillings, are traditionally given to family and friends to celebrate one of the most important holidays in the lunar calendar. Known as mid-Autumn festival in China and Taiwan, it is called Tsukimi in Japan, Chuseok in South Korea, and Tet Trung Thu in Vietnam.

No date given for end of extended lockdown in city that is a crucial supplier of Apple products
Chengdu, the capital of the south-western Chinese province of Sichuan, has extended the coronavirus lockdown of most of its districts indefinitely as it hopes to stem further transmissions in the city of 21.2 million.
The mega city, which has most recently battled with heatwaves, power cuts and an earthquake, was locked down on 1 September after detecting a number of cases, becoming the largest Chinese metropolis to be slapped with the curbs since Shanghai earlier this year.

Bonifacio in the Grandview area has grown a steady fan base for its modern Filipino cuisine, especially the chicken pyanggang.

More than 100 U.S.-listed Chinese companies could avoid the delisting threat thanks to a workaround that American accounting firms use to audit companies in China, according to The Wall Street Journal ...

After the Atlanta spa shootings, people wanted to support vulnerable Asian communities. But a new breed of activists steered energy toward carceral solutions.

Fort Worth police have made an arrest in the shooting of Jin Shin, a man known as a leader in the Dallas-Fort Worth Asian-American community who was killed after a traffic accident Aug. 15, according ...

Plus India’s growing economy and China’s “zero-Covid” trap.

A California neo-Nazi who recently subjected a South Asian man in Poland to racial abuse was arrested by Polish police for posing with a swastika necklace and offensive signs outside Auschwitz. Jon ...