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Once Peter Young (楊良棟) gets going, you can’t be sure where he’ll end up. One minute, it’s eighteenth-century Baltic history, the next, the health benefits of chokeberry wine. A discussion of the current situation in his native Hong Kong kicks off a sweeping tour of Chinese history that begins with the 1966 riots in the city state, then jumps back seven centuries to Mongol rule, before rejoining the twentieth century with the massacre of the Manchus in the wake of the 1911 Revolution...

BEIJING (AP) — Each afternoon, just after the midday rest break, we’d gather in the music room of Fangcaodi Elementary School. The teacher would hand out a song sheet, mimeographed on pulp paper. We’d stand, ramrod straight, and sing Chinese songs with stirring tunes and — no other way to put it — lyrics of Communist propaganda.

Taipei, Feb. 19 (CNA) The Taipei Department of Health on Saturday published a list of locations visited by six COVID-19-infected individuals, urging people who may have been in these areas to get tested if they develop symptoms.

The 41-year-old SKIMS mogul revealed in her March cover story for Vogue that working on her main home with now estranged husband Kanye West sparked her interest in minimalist design.

Since H2 2021, under the guidance of the "carbon peaking and carbon neutrality", Asia, the United States, and Europe are experiencing the pain of optimising the energy structure transformation, and the global energy crisis has become increasingly prominent.

The Consumer Protection Committee on Sunday offered tips on avoiding disadvantageous gym contracts, after nearly 4,000 complaints were filed against fitness centers last year. Before signing a membership or training contract, people should make sure that the terms of service are clear, the committee said in a statement. Included in the contract should be the hours of operation, gym capacity, accident insurance, total payment amount and method, and services provided, it said. Contracts with perso...

China’s dairy industry has been in a precarious state since 2008, the year of the Sanlu milk-powder scandal, when babies across the country were poisoned by melamine-tainted infant formula. This incident revealed to the world the flaws in China’s milk industry, including deep structural problems.

Chinese New Year, one of the worlds most celebrated festivals, is almost upon us. We all know that traveling is a popular way to spend the holiday, but what other Spring Festival customs and traditions are there?

Taipei, Jan. 26 (CNA) Seven people who recently tested positive for COVID-19 visited several retailers and traveled on public transport in Taipei and Taoyuan before their infections were confirmed, the local city governments said Wednesday.

According to SMM data, the weighted average full cost of alumina refineries in China was 2,604 yuan/mt at the end of Q4 2021, a drop of 407 yuan/mt or 13.5% from the end of Q3 2021, but up 14.7% from the same period of 2020.