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Author: Tiffany May and Amy Chang Chien

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Hong Kong Bans Taiwanese Video Game for Promoting ‘Armed Revolution’

June 11, 2025June 11, 2025Tiffany May and Amy Chang ChienComments Off on Hong Kong Bans Taiwanese Video Game for Promoting ‘Armed Revolution’

The war strategy game allows players to represent fighters from Taiwan, Hong Kong and other places in plots to overthrow China’s Communist Party.

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China Braces for Typhoon Gaemi After Devastation in Taiwan and the Philippines

July 26, 2024July 26, 2024Tiffany May and Amy Chang ChienComments Off on China Braces for Typhoon Gaemi After Devastation in Taiwan and the Philippines

The storm has already left a trail of destruction in Taiwan and the Philippines, where it killed at least 15 people.

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Cooking Oil in Dirty Fuel Tankers? Report Raises Alarms in China.

July 11, 2024Tiffany May and Amy Chang ChienComments Off on Cooking Oil in Dirty Fuel Tankers? Report Raises Alarms in China.

Officials said they would start an investigation after a newspaper reported that a tanker used to carry liquefied coal was then used to transport soybean oil.

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Cooking Oil in Dirty Fuel Tankers? Report Raises Alarms in China.

July 11, 2024July 11, 2024Tiffany May and Amy Chang ChienComments Off on Cooking Oil in Dirty Fuel Tankers? Report Raises Alarms in China.

Officials said they would start an investigation after a newspaper reported that a tanker used to carry liquefied coal was then used to transport soybean oil.

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Snow and Rain Disrupt China’s Lunar New Year Travel Rush

February 5, 2024February 5, 2024Tiffany May and Amy Chang ChienComments Off on Snow and Rain Disrupt China’s Lunar New Year Travel Rush

Hundreds of flights and trains have been canceled as China’s most important holiday approaches, and more bad weather is in the forecast.

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Chinese Company Uses Facial Recognition to Restrict Teen Gamers’ Use

July 8, 2021July 8, 2021Tiffany May and Amy Chang ChienComments Off on Chinese Company Uses Facial Recognition to Restrict Teen Gamers’ Use

Tencent Games says it has been using facial recognition to enforce China’s rules on how much time people under 18 can spend playing video games.

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Why Did the Couple Marry 4 Times in 37 Days?

April 22, 2021April 22, 2021Tiffany May and Amy Chang ChienComments Off on Why Did the Couple Marry 4 Times in 37 Days?

A bank in Taiwan said an employee had a rapid succession of nuptials to the same woman to take advantage of the country’s paid marriage leave.

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‘Smart’ Office Cushions Track Workers by the Seat of Their Pants

January 12, 2021January 12, 2021Tiffany May and Amy Chang ChienComments Off on ‘Smart’ Office Cushions Track Workers by the Seat of Their Pants

A Chinese tech company designed a way to track employees’ health, but sensors were also monitoring when they were away from their desks, setting off a debate about privacy and surveillance.

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A Chinese County Aims to Curb Dog Walking by Threatening to Kill the Dog

November 19, 2020November 19, 2020Tiffany May and Amy Chang ChienComments Off on A Chinese County Aims to Curb Dog Walking by Threatening to Kill the Dog

Restrictions on dogs are common in China. But one county’s plans to uniformly ban dog walking and kill the pets of rule-breaking owners has shocked the internet.

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‘Stand by Her’: In China, a Movement Hands Out Free Sanitary Pads in Schools

November 9, 2020November 9, 2020Tiffany May and Amy Chang ChienComments Off on ‘Stand by Her’: In China, a Movement Hands Out Free Sanitary Pads in Schools

Students and teachers are placing pads outside bathrooms as part of a grass-roots campaign to fight period poverty and to remove the stigma surrounding menstruation.

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