China’s Dispute With Taiwan Is Playing Out Near This Tiny Island
by A small island controlled by Taiwan a few miles off China’s coast lived for decades in constant readiness for war. At one point in 1958, …
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China’s Plan to Spur Growth: A New Slogan With Familiar Ideas
From the top of the government, China is heavily promoting a plan to fix the country’s stagnant economy and offset the harm from a decades-long …
Modi’s Party Doesn’t Control All of India. But He’s Working on It.
It is the final frontier for India’s most powerful leader in decades. Narendra Modi, over his 10 years as prime minister, has made it his …
In One Key A.I. Metric, China Pulls Ahead of the U.S.: Talent
When it comes to the artificial intelligence that powers chatbots like ChatGPT, China lags behind the United States. But when it comes to producing the …
Insooni Breaks Racial Barrier to Become Beloved Singer in South Korea
When she took the stage to perform at Carnegie Hall in front of 107 Korean War veterans, the singer Kim Insoon was thinking of her …
Holi: What to Know about India’s Most Colorful Tradition
A rainbow haze swirls through India, where raucous laughter rings out as friends and strangers douse one another with fists full of pigmented powder. Holi …
India’s TikTok Ban: What Lessons Does It Hold for the U.S.
In India, a country of 1.4 billion, it took TikTok just a few years to build an audience of 200 million users. India was its …
Shohei Ohtani Drives Huge Ticket Demand Across MLB
It has already been a sweet life for Fumihide Oda, chief executive of Rokkatei, one of the oldest confectionary shops in Hokkaido, Japan, and the …
Friday Briefing: The U.S. Sues Apple
The U.S. accused Apple of being a monopoly The Justice Department filed an antitrust lawsuit against the technology giant Apple. The lawsuit — which includes …
In New Zealand, Experiencing the Miracle of Flight Anew
The Australia Letter is a weekly newsletter from our Australia bureau. Sign up to get it by email. This week’s issue is written by Natasha …