By Erin Chew Gosh, this has been happening way too often. I feel I have read and written about too many Chinese students dying horrendously in the West and Europe lately. This time its Rome’s turn. Aspiring fashion designer, 20 year old Zhang Yao was fatally hit by a train whilst in pursuit of muggers […]
Bolaji Odofin – China-Africa reporting project CHAI Xi is from Beijing, China’s capital, where she studied accounting and economics. After working for eight years in finance with various international organisations, she joined the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) mission in South Sudan in July, 2013. MSF continues to render medical assistance to hundreds of thousands of people […]
Bolaji Odofin – China-Africa reporting project In Nigeria there’s trouble to the north. An Islamist terrorist group devastates vulnerable communities, massacring residents and bombing public places. The group is incoherent, ideologically absurd, and deadly. In six years it has claimed over ten thousand lives. That didn’t deter Liu Jie, who quit her job in China to […]
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Jaychee Chan, son of martial arts film superstar Jackie, was arrested last Thursday and has been detained in Beijing on drug charges in amidst the Chinese government’s largest crackdown in years. Police say Chan, 32, had more than 100 grams (3.5 ounces) of marijuana in his home in Beijing and they also arrested Taiwanese actor […]
Film shows uncontacted Indians on the Brazil-Peru border in never-seen-before detail. It is the first-ever aerial footage of an uncontacted community. In the depths of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil live tribes who have no contact with the outside world are at risk of extinction from disease and land loss. Illegal loggers and cattle ranchers are […]
Danny Hoi-Wah Ho’s main goal is to inspire others and instil positive vibes–and if he is able to achieve this–then it is a job well done. Combining his passion for filmmaking and being a big fan of MMA, he has made an entertaining film which encapsulates elements of his Chinese identity and Martial Arts. Written […]
Check out this cover of Guns N’ Roses’ Sweet Child O’ Mine by Michelle Kwan, a guzheng player from Vancouver, Canada. The guzheng is a Chinese instrument belonging to the zither family, regarded as one of the most ancient Chinese musical instruments according to documents recorded in the Qin dynasty (before 206 BC). Michelle says: […]
A mob of motorcyclists chased down and beat up an American Chinese man driving a Range Rover in New York City in a bizarre and terrifying road rage incident on Sunday. His wife and 2 year old child were also in the car. In the video below, posted by one of the bikers who had […]