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A hospital in Shanghai has informed its employees to prepare for a “tragic struggle” with COVID-19, as it anticipates that half of the city’s 25 million residents would be infected by the end of the year as the virus sweeps through China mostly uncontrolled. China has begun dismantling its “zero-COVID” policy, which has taken a significant financial and psychological toll …

The latest picture by James Cameron, “Avatar: The Way of Water,” not only placed second in Japan’s box office, but also caused its cinema projectors to malfunction. In the Avatar sequel, the famed filmmaker utilized High Frame Rate (HFR) technology to create jaw-dropping graphics. Unfortunately, its film projectors were incapable of handling it, resulting in technical difficulties. At the time …

Female university students in Afghanistan were barred from campus after the Taliban-led government announced a ban on tertiary education for women. In a Tuesday evening letter to colleges, the minister of higher education revealed the decision to exclude women, bringing censure from international countries and the United Nations. Shaista, a business studies student at a private institution in Kabul, remarked, …

The United States joined the Philippines in urging Beijing to stay out of the West Philippine Sea and abide by international maritime law, less than a week after the defense department blew the whistle on Chinese warships loitering near the Spratly Islands. “The United States supports the Philippines’ continued calls on the People’s Republic of China (PRC) to respect the …

The yen jumped on the government’s report. It might soon revise a joint statement with the Bank of Japan (BOJ) for the latter’s inflation target. On Monday, the yen rose on the news that the Japanese government will revise a joint declaration with the Bank of Japan (BOJ), regarding the inflation target. This could open the door to a change …

Saturday, December 17, funeral facilities in China’s capital Beijing, a population of 22 million, rushed to meet up with burial and cremation requests as personnel and drivers testing positive for the new coronavirus phoned in sick. China quickly modified its COVID-19 management rules more than a week ago, following an announcement that the Omicron strain had diminished and huge public …

Netflix undoubtedly has a number of popular foreign series, particularly in other languages. We provide a wide selection of Asian TV shows in addition to Spanish, French, Dutch, and German programmes. When we talk about them, k-dramas are the first thing that comes to mind. People frequently believe that South Korean TV shows can only be good if they fall …

China accused the United States on Wednesday, December 14, of using subsidies to bolster domestic sectors and refusing to adhere by World Trade Organization norms (WTO). Li Chenggang, China’s Ambassador to the WTO, stated in a speech that he was dissatisfied with the United States’ trading record, stating that it did not live up to President Joe Biden’s inauguration commitment …

The Financial Times reported on Wednesday, December 14 that Chinese tech giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd cannot purchase some of the most advanced chip designs after SoftBank-owned British chip tech firm Arm Ltd determined that the United States and the United Kingdom would not approve export licenses to China. This is the first time that Arm has determined it cannot …

The housing rates are going to increase in Taiwan after the  average land rights regulations. The maximum penalty has been set up to 50 million. In order to contain the fried house, the Ministry of the Interior adopted the (average land rights regulations) amendment at the end of 2021, which was passed in the Executive Council in April this year.  …