Rowena Hawkins recounts her childhood in 1960s colonial Singapore in My Father is Police, Lah!, tracing family life, class, ...

The story takes place in Hong Kong in 1962. Chow Mo-wan (Tony Leung), a journalist, rents a room in an apartment of a building on the same day as Su Li-zhen (Maggie Cheung), a secretary from a ...

Chinese society expects all men and women to adapt to a system known as “family”. When a wife discovers her husband with another man, her only refuge seems to be in the doctrines of a cult.

Amanda Ruiqing Flynn is a multidisciplinary artist, writer, literary translator and creative writing teacher. She is also mother to a curious three-year-old! She has lived all over the world – in ...

The Leshan Giant Buddha (樂山大佛T, 乐山大佛S), also known as the Lingyun Giant Buddha, whose full name is the Great Stone Statue of Maitreya of Lingyun Temple in Jiazhou, is the largest stone Buddha statue ...

Educated at prestigious institutions such as Marlborough College and New College, Oxford, Mark O’Neill embarked on a career as a journalist, spanning cities like Washington DC, Manchester, and Belfast ...

The White lotus (Bailian Jiao, 白莲教) was a Buddhist political and religious movement that believed in a universal female divinity, the “Unborn Old Mother” who would gather all of her children towards ...

Traditional Chinese music, with its origins tracing back to the Neolithic age, represents a fundamental aspect of Chinese culture. Unlike Western music which often focuses on harmony and counterpoint, ...

According to the mythological origins reported by the affiliate Kelvin Bechkam Chow, the sect originated during the reign of Emperor Kangxi (1654-1722). Other studies report the 60s of the eighteenth ...

The Dark History of the Chinese Fishing Vessel Lurongyu 2682: Mutiny, Murder, and Deception. In the depths of the South Pacific Ocean, aboard the Chinese squid-jigging trawler Lurongyu 2682 (鲁荣渔2682号) ...

The Sihu (四胡), also known as the Four-Stringed Fiddle, is a traditional Chinese stringed instrument. It is historically referenced in various Chinese texts, indicating its deep roots in Chinese ...

Britain has been ruled by monarchs who have left a considerable mark on British history such as Queen Elizabeth I, Henry VIII and Queen Victoria. History however skips mentioning quite a few British ...