11月20日至23日，网传的街景影像中，潮州商家“集体关门”：多家工厂停工，沿街相连的商铺大门紧闭，路上连车辆和行人也少见。网上流传各种卷帘门上的闭店告示：老板心情不好，今日店休；猪脚被偷，休息一天；夫妻吵架，休息一天；怕鬼，今天休息。

以“在联合国的一天”为名的vlog，正在如电子蟑螂般，占满了社交媒体的每一个角落。“先是秀上一口流利的英语，再是在同一个机位拍照打卡，讨论的主题不是世界儿童基金会的成立，就是如何保护海洋环境。活动结束后，再配个吃联合国午餐的视频，和工作人员谈笑风生之 ...

这里面固然也有文化的因素，欧洲人并不喜欢“防万一”这种谨小慎微的活法，而是更重视轻松自在的生活方式。相比之下，东亚社会要谨慎很多，不过在日韩、新加坡这些国家，依然没有地铁安检。

The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ daily press conference last Thursday saw the BBC verbally tag-teamed by the nationalist state-run tabloid Global Times and the ministry’s spokesperson, Lin ...

Romania’s presidential election has taken a dramatic turn. Far-right, pro-Russian ultranationalist candidate Calin Georgescu won the first round of voting on November 24, but President Klaus Iohannis ...

Code name for Zhou Yongkang, former public security chief and close ally of fallen Chongqing party secretary Bo Xilai; a popular brand of instant noodles. The kāng 康 in the brand name is the ...

COVID” policy ended has become a rare space for public remembrance of the 2022 White Paper Movement. Originally published as part of a 13-part series on the lockdowns, the essay reflects on the ...

Viral video and transcripts of two unusually critical speeches about the state of the Chinese economy—by economists Gao Shanwen and Fu Peng, respectively—have been deleted from multiple platforms ...

In a global public opinion climate marked by polarized views of China, one common tactic employed by the Party-state apparatus to dispel potential criticism is encouraging foreigners to come see China ...

The U.S. and China intensified their conflict over critical technology this week, accelerating the trend towards decoupled economies on the basis of protecting national security. The tit-for-tat trade ...

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s late-night declaration of martial law—and the immense pushback from lawmakers and the public that forced him to rescind the order—has been the talk of the ...