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Laura Fygi is a Dutch jazz singer, born in Amsterdam. She was raised in Uruguay.

Her father was a Dutch businessman and her mother an Egyptian belly dancer.

Interview by Dominique Musorrafiti

Fygi’s has […]

BEIJING (AP) — A look at recent developments in the South China Sea, where China is pitted against smaller neighbors in multiple disputes over islands, coral reefs and lagoons in waters crucial for global c […]

TOKYO (AP) — Declare China a currency manipulator? Hasn’t happened. Make Japan and South Korea pay more to host U.S. troops? Hasn’t happened. Unleash fire and fury on North Korea? Hasn’t happened — at least not […]

The Great Firewall of China is something everyone has surely heard about. Most know it as strict Internet censorship and limited access to foreign websites and apps.

by Jolie Lenkewicz

Chinese Internet users […]

NEW YORK (AP) — The Guggenheim Museum in New York is facing pressure to remove a planned video instillation showing dogs trying to fight each other.

The video, entitled “Dogs That Cannot Touch Each Other” is a […]

Honghe guide – Located in southern Yunnan, Honghe prefecture is vast in territory and abundant in tourism resources, with the elegant subtropical view of the southern frontier.

In Honghe prefecture, there is the […]

We try to do some ‘clarity on the VPNs ban in China.

Is China really able to block VPNs in the country? How? We asked these questions to representatives of the major VPNs providers for the Chinese market: […]

Baoshan guide – Located in western Yunnan, Baoshan (保山) was an important stage on the famous Southwest Silk Road with a rich culture.

The Tengchong National Scenic Area is situated in Tengchong Country of Bao […]

BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s two-child policy is showing “notable results” with the fertility rate expected to rise through to 2020, a senior health official said on Saturday.
Speaking to reporters on the […]

Due to the backlash from China over the deployment of a U.S. missile system outside Seoul, Chinese government ordered the boycott of their tourists to South Korea.
A South Korean internet user created a post that […]

The first Sino-Japanese War, commonly now in China as the War of Jiawu 甲午戰爭, began in 1894 and ended in 1895 and was fought between the China’s Qing Empire and the Empire of Japan, primarily over the influen […]

SEOUL (Reuters) – The United States started to deploy the first elements of its advanced anti-missile defence system in South Korea on Tuesday after North Korea’s test of four ballistic missiles, U.S. Pacific […]

SEOUL/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – South Korean companies on Friday bore the brunt of a perceived backlash from China over the deployment of a U.S. missile system outside Seoul, with shares tumbling on media reports of […]

SEOUL (Reuters) – Lotte Duty Free on Thursday said a cyber attack using Chinese internet protocol (IP) addresses has crashed its website, the latest report of irregularity from a South Korean firm in China since […]

We asked a few questions to the legendary American director John Carpenter about Big Trouble in Little China, the cult movie that takes place in the San Francisco Chinatown of the 1980s.
The Chinese, during their […]