Forty years after a small fishing village became the country’s first special economic zone, China’s authorities are once again pinning their hopes on Shenzhen as the main engine of innovative development. China’s Shenzhen will implement a preferential visa policy for highly qualified foreign personnel, as well as provide benefits to technology companies. In the new five-year development plan of the metropolis, published jointly by the General […]
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The US Department of Justice has sued Yale University for racial discrimination in its admissions process, arguing the school deliberately put Asian and white applicants at a disadvantage for decades. Filed in the US District Court in Connecticut on Thursday, the lawsuit accuses Yale of considering race as a factor for admissions for “at least 50 years,” claiming the school has violated a provision in the […]
British actor John Boyega is quitting as global ambassador for the UK perfume and scented candles giant Jo Malone after the company replaced him with a local actor in a commercial made for the Chinese market. Boyega said that the original ad, which he created and directed, celebrated his “personal story,” featuring his hometown, friends and family members. The company also shot an ad tailored for […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/106834/58/1068345846_0:120:1280:840_1200x675_80_0_0_60b41f57ae698df2453f4501c713151d.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Ashutosh Kumar. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/india/202009151080459685-asian-development-bank-predicts-9-contraction-in-indian-economy-this-year-due-to-covid-19/ Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a $266 billion stimulus package on 12 May to help the nation’s industrial sector and economy overcome the disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Tuesday said the Indian economy will witness a contraction of 9 percent due to the difficulties caused by the ongoing COVID-19 […]
China has accused Indian troops of violating the de facto border in Eastern Ladakh and firing warning shots in violation of de-escalation agreements. India said it was the Chinese patrol that discharged firearms. The latest incident in the ongoing tensions at the Chinese-Indian Himalayan border happened on Monday south of the glacial Pangong Tso Lake. According to the Chinese side, Indian troops trespassed on Chinese territory […]
US scientists are continuing to sound the alarm on the potential environmental and agricultural threats posed by the Asian giant hornet – or “murder hornet” – as sightings and captures of the slaughterous insect have been on the rise in Washington. However, recent efforts to trap the invasive insect have yielded just a single specimen. Whatcom County, Washington, officials announced on Friday that a beekeeper from […]
A black Muslim woman berated an Asian Boba tea store owner in Aurora, Colorado on Friday for not being “black owned.” The black Muslima accused the Asians of “stealing black culture” and then turned her ire toward a black customer who was defending the store owners and called him a “coon.” “This establishment is not black-owned, but you’re stealing black culture,” the Muslima said. “Is this […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107747/27/1077472714_0:19:1678:963_1200x675_80_0_0_10a3590384f2072ebe7108e711f91ebd.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/viral/202008031080042736-father-son-duo-replicates-sexiest-asian-hrithik-roshans-dance-moves-to-perfection—video/ In 2019, the UK-based newspaper Eastern Eye in its 16th edition of the world famous list had named Bollywood superstar Hrithik Roshan as the “Sexiest Asian Man” in the world. A video of a father and son dancing to a popular song by Bollywood superstar Hrithik Roshan is going viral on social media. In the clip, the duo danced […]
For weeks during the beginning of quarantine, I craved dishes from my favorite south Asian takeout spots. I wanted the sour, spicy comfort of a bowl of Tom Yum soup. The pungent smell of hoisin and fish sauce was absent from my apartment. Most of the places I frequented were closed for the foreseeable future, so I had to find alternatives. My grocery store has a […]
You seriously can’t make this stuff up! Laden with irony so thick you’d need a chainsaw to cut through it, the delusional Black Lives Matter protesters in Portland are seen on video accosting a random Asian man walking through the crowd, accusing him of being Andy Ngo. Apparently, all Asians look the same to the predominantly white virtue signalers in Portland. After a small gaggle of […]
Nema-ye Nazdik In 1989 an incident happened in the prosperous suburbs of North Tehran that inspired the making of a movie. The movie took exactly 40 days to shoot, edit and then release and had no functioning script. It may be the most amazing movie you will ever see, (if you have not seen it already) and could be the best 97 minutes you could spend […]
The Asian giant hornet, which can grow up to 5.5 cm in length, are native to East and South Asia. The first sightings of these “murderous” creatures were reported in the United States last year. Does it mean that these giant insects have started migrating around the world? A giant “wasp-like” creature have been spotted by a Hull woman in the United Kingdom, Hull Live reported. […]
Black Lives Matter’s anti-racism protests have brought the African community’s ire and aspirations to the forefront, overshadowing the issue of growing anti-Chinese sentiment in the US and Australia. International observers have looked into the trend, and are trying to explain why Asians remain unheard amid the George Floyd demonstrations. The racial dilemma goes far beyond the discrimination against blacks in the US and worldwide: Beijing is […]
A soup tureen and two aromatic platters of unrecognizable food steamed on the table in front of me. My companions chatted happily in Khmer and began loading their plates. I peered closer and began to discern forms. On one platter were some tiny freshwater crabs that had been diced, fried, and stewed in spices. On another I saw the bald head and beak of a chicken […]
The coronavirus pandemic could chop nearly 10 percent off global gross domestic product (GDP), the Asian Development Bank (ADB) predicts, more than doubling its previous forecast. The global economy could suffer between $5.8 trillion and $8.8 trillion in losses, the equivalent of between 6.4 percent and 9.7 percent of global GDP, the report published on Friday said. This is much worse than the Manila-based bank predicted […]
Trump Wins! Completing Obama’s Asian Pivot And Confrontation With China By Ajamu Baraka, Black Agenda Report. May 13, 2020 Trump Wins! Completing Obama’s Asian Pivot And Confrontation With China2020-05-132020-05-13https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/china-one-belt-one-road-map.jpeg200px200px The Trump administration is determined to “put China in its place,” a white supremacist mindset that will inevitably lead to monumental errors of judgment. “U.S. policymakers are openly advocating war with China.” Even before becoming the 45th president of […]