NORTH ASIA
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A visitor arrives on Beijing's infamous square and returns with photos and more than a few thoughts on that fateful date.
DEWEY HAMMOND
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Some discovered Jesus, and others wealth and success on Wall Street. A handful is on Twitter where one of them tells of how he was entrapped by his wife, a Chinese undercover spy. Here are the 21 most wanted leaders of the Tiananmen uprising, 22 years later.
DAN-CHYI CHUA
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Some discovered Jesus, and others wealth and success on Wall Street. A handful are on Twitter where one of them tells of how he was entrapped by his wife, a Chinese undercover spy. Here are the 21 most wanted leaders of the Tiananmen uprising, 22 years later.
DAN-CHYI CHUA
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A man crippled by the tank that rolled over his legs. A 15-year-old who demands the truth. Here’s a collection of Chinese voices on the 1989 government crackdown on pro-democracy student protestors, known to them simply as June 4.
The asia! team
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Chinese netizens have lambasted the China-born pianist for refusing to play a piece for the victims of the 1989 Tiananmen uprising. Are they justified?
Sakurayen 嚴櫻
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Though he was not placed on China's most wanted list, the punishment meted out to Li Wangyang was heavier than for any of the student leaders.
The asia! team
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It’s nice to know poultry have a sense of humour, even hours before death.
Sue Anne Tay
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Caregiver is blamed, but story exposes more serious issues in China’s care system for the old.
王传涛 Wang Chuantao
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Papa, how do you spell “beautiful”, she asked. You spell it the way it's said, he told her. And that was how they made this film.
LA CHINITA
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Life on Earth might end in 200 years, but it won’t be because of the Apocalypse, says China’s most high-profile “popular science” writer Fang Zhouzi.
The asia! team
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The death of the world’s most wanted terrorist has started a new act in geopolitics in the India-Pakistan neighbourhood, with the U.S. and China jostling for a starring role.
DAN-CHYI CHUA
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My first encounter with 万成（Wan Cheng), he had yelled at me to mind my manners. The second time I spoke with him, I asked him to remove his shirt for me.
SUE ANNE TAY
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If the popular success of China’s made-for-the-web short films is anything to go by, the Chinese post-80s generation may be doing serious soul-searching in a time of unprecedented economic growth.
SIMONE ERASMUS-LAM
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Chewing betel leaf and areca nut spells romance for some
VIVIENNE KHOO
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A Chinese sexuality professor’s remarks spark outrage, musings in the Chinese Internet sphere.
The asia! team
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