By Kang Hyun-kyung In the 1980s, Kim Bo-sub used to spend time with local artists in Incheon’s Chinatown, in the South Korean city’s eastern coastal Jung district. The area was a trendy spot for painters and photographers like him, drawn to its unique and exotic atmosphere. “I was told that the Chinatown area was dark … Read more
Although it is an unlikely weapon, the “flying guillotine” was a big hit with martial arts fans when it featured in the eponymous film The Flying Guillotine in 1975. The gruesome invention quickly inspired numerous copycat films, as well as a sequel and a rival version featuring no less a star than Jimmy Wang Yu. … Read more
Some 25 years before Deng Xiaoping first proposed “one country, two systems” as a creative political solution to facilitate Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau’s return to China, Mao Zedong tasked him with finding an answer to the Tibet issue. It was 1957, six years after Beijing and Lhasa signed the Seventeen-Point Agreement that confirmed Tibet … Read more
The building is open to visitors keen to learn more about the organisation’s long history of protecting the young and innocent – the only out-of-bounds area being the children’s residential area on the second floor. The entrance to Po Leung Kuk’s headquarters in Causeway Bay is a traditional Chinese “paifang” gate. Photo: Jonathan Wong Enter … Read more
During a tour of temples and other establishments built in his honour, the group was tailed by secret agents throughout its entire trip, the Taipei-based China Times reported on Monday. An unnamed host of the group told the newspaper that religious exchanges between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait had been going on for … Read more
But other online posts still sought to defame Hu and stir up anti-Japanese sentiment. There has been a wave of online Chinese ultranationalism directed at Japan in recent years amid rising tensions between the two countries, especially over Tokyo’s support for Taiwan and territorial disputes in the East China Sea, apart from historical enmities. Tech … Read more
Hau Lung-bin, a former mayor of Taipei, will visit mainland China next week, following the “journey of peace” visit by former Taiwan president Ma Ying-jeou which began this week. Speaking on a radio programme on Wednesday, Hau, the son of former Taiwan premier Hau Pei-tsun, said he would spend three to four days visiting central … Read more
