HOUSTON, Texas — Danny Nguyen has shown his designs on runways from New York to Paris. The couture designer is known for weaving his heritage into innovative and colorful fashion. “I incorporate my Vietnamese culture and roots to show the diversity of Western and Eastern culture,” Nguyen said. The award-winning designer has known how to…
On Hong Kong’s Kat O island, 79-year-old Fong Sam-kiu chops wood to feed the outside stove on which she cooks her meals. Nets and pots hang on the walls, reminders of the days when she fished the local waters for sea urchins. “I will never move to the city,” says Fong, whose husband has died…
As TikTok continues its meteoric rise towards global domination, another Chinese app is quietly capturing attention in Malaysia. Xiaohongshu – or “Little Red Book” – may have its roots in e-commerce, but it is reshaping how young, Mandarin-speaking Malaysians connect with both their roots and the broader world. With more than 2.5 million users, the…
Long before the Chinese smash-hit video game Black Myth: Wukong electrified gamers around the world, sparking new interest in the Buddhist statues and grottoes featured in the game, Katherine Tsiang had already been working for decades on the conservation of such heritage sites and art. A groundbreaking project led by the Chinese-American art researcher involves…