Taiwanese-American James T. Hong’s exhibition Apologies and Other Regrets features a video compilation of leaders apologising for their countries’ misdeeds. The artist calls their motives into question.

Thank Caesar Cardini if you have ever ordered a Caesar salad at a restaurant – on July 4, 1924, the Italian immigrant is said to have invented it to feed Californians at his restaurant in Tijuana, Mexico.

Japan’s Supreme Court ordered the government to pay damages to plaintiffs who were forced to undergo sterilisation surgery between 1948 and 1996, ruling for the first time that the law was unconstitutional.

The first Barbie, the one that orbited Earth, the Barbie in a pink spacesuit – London’s Design Museum will mark Barbie’s 65th anniversary with an exhibition that includes Barbies with space links.

James Bond author Ian Fleming worked in the building, while Winston Churchill used to give his address from the balcony of the old War Office, now transformed into a luxury hotel

Wu Tingfang went from court translator to English barrister, helped negotiate an end to the Sino-Japanese war, then went to Washington, where his diplomatic skills earned him kudos. Until he overreached.

Easter Island, a Chilean territory also known as Rapa Nui, is home to hundreds of giant stone heads that visitors can learn about – when they are not hiking, biking, snorkelling or going for a drive, that is.

The distinctive tastes of Macanese food lie not just in its singular cross-cultural roots, but in its fierce sense of tradition

Through his book A Basic History of Ancient and Modern China, Hong Kong author Chui Chuen-shun aims to teach the millions of ethnically Chinese children in countries other than China about their roots.

Controversial German far-right politician Bjoern Hoecke said he was ‘completely innocent’ as he went on trial for using a banned Nazi slogan that has already earned him a conviction.

Millions of Filipinos have Chinese ancestry. Many are having their loyalty called into question amid rising anti-Chinese sentiment

Could that new weapon of war the submarine put an end to piracy along the South China coast? Britain’s Royal Navy thought so, and sent some state-of-the-art subs to Hong Kong in the 1920s, with mixed results.

Once home to a sizeable European population, the backwater of Mengzi in Yunnan, southwest China, retains charming remnants of its early 20th century heyday.

Unesco made Macau a Creative City of Gastronomy in 2017, hailing it for its mix of traditions that have influenced food from Japan to Brazil and Africa

In his book America’s Lost Chinese: The Rise and Fall of a Migrant Family Dream, Hugo Wong recounts how his forebears and fellow Chinese migrants in Mexico became a force in small business there.

Ernest Shackleton died on the Quest on his final expedition to Antarctica, though the vessel remained in use until it sank in the 1960s.

Diane von Furstenberg’s ex, Prince Egon, was bisexual, while Prince Manvendra advocates for Aids prevention in India

The Malaysian metropolis is home to tens of thousands of trees, but just 21 tree surgeons – and they’re struggling to keep up.

David Bellis, founder of Gwulo.com, a digital repository of expat memories, talks about documenting Hong Kong and moving to Wales, ahead of his upcoming farewell talk at the Royal Geographical Society.

Revellers ignore periodic rain and flock to places such as Stanley, Tai O, Sai Kung and Tai Po to see Dragon Boat Festival races.

Harold Terens and Jeanne Swerlin tied the knot in Carentan, a key initial D-Day objective that saw ferocious fighting after the June 6, 1944 Allied landings.

Its foundations were rumoured to contain human skulls and a huge hole was blasted out of it in WWII. But it survived – and just keeps growing.

It’s a symbol of close ties. It’s a lightning rod for tensions. But one thing’s for sure as the causeway reaches 100: it’s essential.