Tag: Asia Pacific

China will not send ducks to tackle locusts in Pakistan, says expert

Beijing scholastic declines regional report that 100,000 ducks would be sent out to eliminate pester China will not be sending out ducks to Pakistan to munch through an afflict of locusts after all, a professional from Beijing’s repairing group has actually stated. A report in the Ningbo Evening News had actually stated 100,000 ducks would […]

‘Parenting here means checking the ingredients of teargas’: my return to Hong Kong

Emma-Lee Moss, who makes music as Emmy the Great, on life, new motherhood and her divided birthplace It feels as if the entire worlds press is there, standing on the pavement outside the Foreign Correspondents Club. Theyre in Hong Kong to cover the protests, but tonight, the Friday before National Day, theyre off duty. From […]

Bruce Lee’s daughter on resurrecting his lost TV epic: ‘We righted the wrong’

Shannon Lee has finally made the martial arts saga her father dreamed up. She remembers the inner energy of the kung fu superstar Hollywood and Tarantino made a mockery of The legend that Shannon Lee grew up with goes like this. In 1971, when her father Bruce Lee was at the height of his Hollywood […]

Baked cod, miso and bok choy: unpacking Japan’s healthy school lunches

Japans state-run kyushoku system integrates flavour with fresh components and high dietary worth at low expense T he list of meals checks out like a health-conscious menu at an upmarket coffee shop: mackerel prepared in miso, a light salad of daikon radish and sour plum, very finely sliced pickled veggies and a choice of fresh […]

Japanese woman, 116, named world’s oldest living person

Kane Tanaka, born in 1903, identified by Guinness World Records A 116-year-old Japanese female who enjoys playing the parlor game Othello has actually been called the world’s earliest living individual by Guinness World Records. Kane Tanaka was identified in an event on Saturday at the assisted living home where she resides in Fukuoka, in Japan’s […]

Blue-sky thinking: how China’s crackdown on pollution is paying off

Clear skies above Beijing once again however some fear the issue is simply being pressed in other places T he photos on display screen at Wu Di’s Beijing studio envision China and Beijing at their dystopian worst. Naked, expectant moms look out from the walls, their tummies exposed however their faces concealed behind green gas […]