- Wu Tingfang helped end a war, put himself about in Washington and assisted the US in Boxer Rebellion. But he fell foul of the American press
- Wu Tingfang helped end a war, put himself about in Washington and assisted the US in Boxer Rebellion. But he fell foul of the American press
He fled mainland China for Hong Kong. Now his son helps refugees like him
A refugee from mainland China who swam to Hong Kong at the third attempt tells Jason Wordie about getting caught, his ‘shocking’ prison experience, and his barrister son who helps asylum seekers.
A road trip around Okinawa: it ‘isn’t real Japan’, its people say
A road trip around Okinawa reveals why locals consider themselves apart from the rest of Japan, with its history and cuisine moulded by a rich Ryukyu past and South Pacific sensitivities.
‘A weird separation’: Taiwan returnee on living with threat of invasion
Documentary maker S. Leo Chiang discusses his Oscar-nominated short film Island In Between, which looks at the trepidation, but also resigned indifference, with which Taiwanese view mainland China.
How to say place names most get wrong like Laos, Oaxaca, Leicester
Think you can pronounce these hard-to-say countries, cities and other places? Try your hand at Phuket, New Orleans, Leicester, Reykjavík, Kaohsiung, Laos, Yosemite, Oaxaca, Edinburgh and more.