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Epidemics are a feature of Chinese history. Because of the symbolic threat they posed to an emperor’s ‘heavenly mandate’, they always had a ...
Why does the Rat come first in the Chinese zodiac, a cycle of 12 years, each represented by a different animal? Indeed, why is it part of the zodiac at ...
In one video, she hand-dyes a dress with fresh grape juice. In another, she spins yarn from wool from her own sheep and builds her own bed from ...
It would be a stretch to call Chang Cheng a titan in his sector. But the designer of a number of Lenovo’s products has enjoyed a sprinkling of ...
For seven years UK confectionery maker Cadbury had a doppelganger in China called Yikoulian. With the same distinctive shade of purple on the packaging ...
Moore’s Law isn’t dead. It’s not slowing down and it’s not even sick. Such is the description from Philip Wong, vice president of corporate ...
Even though they were once mocked by consumers for looking like damaged Q-tips, at least 60 million pairs of Apple’s wireless earbuds – called ...
As Wuhan’s coronavirus outbreak plunged the country into crisis, news emerged on Thursday that Leap, along with six other blockbusters ...
The year 2021 will see China’s ruling Communist Party celebrate its hundredth birthday. It is also the year that the Party might have to finally undo ...
Humayun’s tomb in Delhi is famous not only for its beautiful architecture, but also for the fact that one of the key structures is dedicated to the ...
In the week that Harry, Duke of Sussex, gave up his royal title for the chance to make money independently, Queen Elizabeth’s oldest grandchild has ...
Augusto Santos Silva, Portugal’s foreign minister, talked to the Financial Times about Chinese investment in his country, but denied that China is ...
Portugal’s Livraria Lello is celebrated as one of the world’s most charming bookstores. Opened in 1906, it operates from a neo-Gothic building with ...