Tag: Asia Explained
China’s new condom tax will prove no effective barrier to country’s...
Dudley L. Poston Jr., Texas A&M University
Once the world’s most populous nation, China is now among the many...
Large trunks discovered in a basement offer a window into the...
Sam Vong, Smithsonian Institution
In 2005, Antonio Somera, a Filipino American member of the Legionarios del Trabajo, a Masonic...
Trump tariffs and warming India-China ties have silenced the Quad partnership...
Hyeran Jo, Texas A&M University and Yoon Jung Choi, Texas A&M University; Sejong Institute
When leaders of “the Quad”...
Singles’ Day is a $150B holiday in China. Here’s why I...
Peter McGraw, University of Colorado Boulder
On Nov. 11 each year, a curious holiday takes over China. What began...
Japan’s sumo association turns 100 – but the sport’s rituals have...
Jessamyn R. Abel, Penn State
A visitor to Japan who wanders into a sumo tournament might be forgiven for...
How hardships and hashtags combined to fuel Nepal’s violent response to...
Nir Kshetri, University of North Carolina – Greensboro
Days of unrest in Nepal have resulted in the ousting of...
China’s arrests of boys’ love authors does not equate to a...
Michel Hockx, University of Notre Dame
Western media was quick to report on the subject of the latest “crackdown”...
That $20 dress direct from China now costs $30 after Trump...
Vivek Astvansh, McGill University
Fast fashion got a lot pricier for Americans this spring – and it’ll likely get...
EXPLORING NATURE
A connection to nature fuels well‑being worldwide, according to a study...
Stylianos Syropoulos, Arizona State University; Christina Jinhee Capozzoli, Arizona State University, and Lea Barbett, FernUniversität in Hagen
When life...
