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…
Hong Kong’s Urban Renewal Authority has launched free tours after recruiting retired volunteers to tell residents first-hand stories about Central and Sheung Wan districts, paving the way for more in-depth offerings for visitors. The “Touring Central with Locals” walks also feature digital art integration at five locations where the authority applied augmented reality (AR) technology…
U.S. relations with China have been incredibly complex for many years. Ebbing and flowing among different trade policies, the two economic supergiants are poised to see increased strain amid new tariff plans. The re-elected incoming president Donald Trump campaigned on imposing high tariffs on China and all foreign entities—which economists have argued will have devastating…
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In the remote village of Liqian, nestled in northwestern China’s Gansu province, a captivating myth once captured global attention and sparked an intriguing question: are the local people descendants of a lost Roman legion? In the 1990s, the presence of Romanesque architecture and the villagers’ European traits – evident in their facial features – fuelled…
Hong Kong authorities announced in October that dinosaur bone fossils had been discovered on Port Island, a remote, uninhabited island off the northeastern part of the special administrative region. Palaeoecological experts believe that the small bone fragments date back to the Cretaceous period (145-66 million years ago), and could be the remains of larger types…
Bill Gates sure is strict on how his children use the very technology he helped bring to the masses. In a recent interview with the Mirror, the tech mogul said his children were not allowed to own their own cellphone until the age of 14. “We often set a time after which there is no…
Everything from a healthy diet to an active lifestyle is a part of the human quest for longevity. There are several examples of individuals who have lived beyond the age of 100, and people often wonder what they did to have such a long life. However, scientists now believe they have figured out how long…
On Friday afternoon, the New York Times and other outlets reported that, for the first time in almost 50 years, the Washington Post would not be endorsing a candidate in the 2024 presidential election—and would refrain from endorsing candidates in all future presidential elections, too. In a note to staffers, the newspaper’s beleaguered publisher, Will…
It was a bright spot in the history of Sino-US relations, when more than 250,000 Americans joined Chinese soldiers to fight against Japanese forces in what was then known as the “China-Burma-India” theatre during the second world war. But that episode of wartime alliance – with its stories of heroism and sacrifice – has largely…