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Face Masks on TV and Cheesy Memes: How China’s Pop Culture is Reacting to the New Coronavirus Outbreak
TV networks are leading by example to encourage people to wear face masks, while regular citizens are creating posters to attract and inform older relatives.
Photos of a Hotpot Dinner That Blew Up and Made an Absolute Mess
“With no warning, no cracking sound, it just exploded and shattered.”
How People Around Asia Celebrate the Lunar New Year
Envelopes filled with cash, soups that make you ‘age,’ and housekeeping rules for good luck!
Chinese Theme Park Under Fire for Forcing a Pig to Go Bungee Jumping
The pig was tied up and thrown off a 68-metre-high platform as a laughing crowd watched.
Here's Your 2020 Forecast Based on Your Chinese Zodiac Sign
Horoscopes are great and all but Chinese zodiacs are a fresh look into your future. Here's what the year of the Metal Rat has in store for your career and relationships.
China's Mysterious and Deadly Coronavirus Is Spreading Faster Than Previously Thought
The number of confirmed cases tripled over the weekend, and it's now clear that the virus is spread by human-to-human contact.
Haggis and Chow Mein Collide at Seattle's Gung Haggis Fat Choy
The annual dinner celebrates Chinese New Year and Burns Night, both of which tend to fall around the same time.
Where Is the Pig In Malaysia's Year of the Pig Celebration?
It might be Lunar New Year, but the Muslim-majority country is not letting the pigs out this year.
‘India Is Home to Us Even Though We Look Like Foreigners’
On Chinese New Year, we speak to Sne Aribam Sharma, a half-Indian half-Chinese makeup artist from Kolkata who talks about growing up mixed race.
The Origins of Fake Meat Are Rooted in Chinese Cooking
Seitan “chicken” burgers and vegan sausage rolls may seem like a recent phenomenon, but meat substitute dishes date back to Medieval China.
Drugs, Crime, and Superstition: Welcome to Lunar New Year at an Australian Casino
It's the period in which many casinos make the bulk of their year's earnings.
Chinese Australians Reminisce on Scoring Red Pockets and Feasting on New Years
We asked people for their memories of food, family, and being interrogated about their marriage plans.