The release of ‘Shang-Chi’ during the pandemic is of no small import, as anti-Asian sentiment and incidences of anti-Asian hate in the U.S. and around the world continues to rise at an alarming rate.
To deal with its worst surge of COVID yet, Hong Kong will test its entire 7.4 million population three times in March, in addition to delaying an election and turning schools into health facilities. Some residents are in desperate situations, and some are choosing to flee the city.
Greg MacIsaac, who passed away last fall, dedicated himself to growing hockey in China. With the Beijing Winter Olympics recently concluded, we take a moment to remember the efforts of MacIsaac in not only developing Chinese hockey, but nurturing the wider community around him.
A year into its inception, a visa program introduced by the U.K. has opened a path to work and citizenship for millions of Hongkongers. But much work remains to make the scheme more inclusive and resettlements easier.
In a bid to boost China’s declining birth rates, Beijing is adding reproductive technologies to public hospitals’ health insurance programs. Fertility firms are cashing in.
Lots of snarky comments were directed at the site of the big air competition during the Olympics. But Big Air Shougang, an industrial park built around an abandoned steel factory, is a showcase for urban transformation.
Beijing has denied NASA’s report that a rocket booster set to collide with the moon came from China. As the United States and China compete for space dominance, expect a growing amount of space junk to be yet another source of tension between the two countries.
A surveillance system developed by a Shenzhen-based software firm can identify workers who are planning to quit by spying on their online activities. Outrage at the dystopian tool from Chinese social media users resulted in the firm taking down the product from its website.
In the final Olympic edition of the China Sports Insider Podcast, the hosts talk about China surpassing all expectations at these Games, an example of what not to do at an international press conference, and just how common it is for penises to freeze in cross-country skiing. (Apparently more common than you think.)