Published by The Philadelphia Inquirer When President Joe Biden Zoomed with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Monday, the rooms they spoke from were more than backdrops. Xi spoke from a vast, pink-carpeted room in the Great Hall of the People, apparently the same room in which he met then-Veep Biden

Published by Global Voices NBA player Enes Kanter, back row centre, stands surrounded by Uyghur, Tibetan, Taiwanese and Hong Kong activists during a rally in Washington D.C.. Screengrab from the Talk East Turkestan YouTube channel. Why would there be a connection between certain sports celebrities and the Uyghur genocide? As

Published by Reuters By Norihiko Shirouzu and Andrius Sytas BEIJING/VILNIUS (Reuters) – China downgraded its diplomatic ties with Lithuania on Sunday, expressing strong dissatisfaction with the Baltic State after Taiwan opened a de facto embassy there, escalating a row that has sucked in Washington. China views self-ruled and democratically governed

Published by Kyodo News Taiwan and the United States held a second meeting of their new annual economic dialogue on Tuesday to forge closer ties as U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration shows support to the self-ruled island that has come under increasing pressure from mainland China. Minister of Economic Affairs

Published by MATCHA(English) What is the Taisho Period?The Taisho Period dates back to around 100 years ago in Japan. An influx of Western culture arrived after the 1868 Meiji Restoration. Japanese artists bitterly struggled to balance Western art with traditional Japanese culture. However, this helped create a new culture that