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When Preachers Were Rock Stars
The New Yorker· 5 days agoIn nineteenth-century America, sermons were a widely diffused entertainment medium. People bought print collections of sermons, but the sermon itself was...
Florida to teach public school students about communism
Just the News· 2 days agoGov. Ron DeSantis signed that will require public schools to implement age-appropriate teaching...
How a ‘Russian James Bond’ Conquered the World of Luxury Hotels
The Wall Street Journal· 3 days agoVlad Doronin lives large as the owner of cultish hotel chain Aman, meditating on his private jet and...
Why Taiwanese Islands With View of China Aren’t Worried About Rising Tensions
The Wall Street Journal· 6 days agoThe Kinmen archipelago has been on the front line of friction with Beijing for decades, but most of...
Opinion | China is embracing sustainability to cope with economic headwinds
South China Morning Post· 2 days agoMany Western narratives red-flag China’s economic situation when, in fact, these are the...
Switzerland has 1 Michelin-starred Chinese restaurant. Meet its chef
South China Morning Post· 3 days agoBefore his current decade in Switzerland, he launched Shang Palace at the Shangri-La Paris, Europe’s...
From Pearl Harbor to Beijing: Middendorf's journey through major historical events
The Providence Journal via Yahoo News· 4 days agoHe also served briefly on the security detail for Gen. George Marshall, who tried to broker peace...
Li Qiang Is on the 2024 TIME100 List
Time Magazine· 2 days agoFind out why Li Qiang is on this year’s list
Indian police kill 29 suspected Maoist rebels in a gunbattle in a central state
U-T San Diego· 3 days agoIndian soldiers have been battling Maoist rebels across several central and northern states since 1967, when the militants — also known as Naxalites — began fighting to demand more jobs, land ...
‘Mao’s Last Dancer’ returns to Houston for film screening, talk
Houston Chronicle· 4 days agoLi Cunxin, the Houston Ballet dancer who caused an international incident by defecting to the West...