Bilingual US schoolchildren spread the word
Financial Times May 18 2004 The footsoldiers of globalisation are getting younger as American children take up Chinese, reports Amy Yee. It’s a typical afternoon for thexiao pengyou – or […]
First ‘walkies!’ Now talkies
Financial Times February 28, 2004 Amy Yee tests the Japanese-made Bow-Lingual, whose makers claim to use voiceprint technology to translate dogs’ woofs into human language. Freddie may be chatty but […]
Film’s image fades, eclipsed by digital
January 26 2004 Financial Times Kodak has signalled the beginning of the end for 35mm photography as a product for the mass market. Amy Yee asks what will be left […]
The green shoots of recovery
Financial Times September 27, 2003 It is autumn in New York but the future looks green. At least itdoes if you’re peering up at the 27 storeys of the Solaire, […]
Mohawks celebrate dizzy heights of NY construction skills
Financial Times 4 September 2002 An exhibition near Ground Zero charts achievements of the native Americans who shaped the city’s skyline. On the morning of September 11, ironworker Herby Kirby […]
Ancient Art From Sichuan Twists Chinese History
The Asian Wall Street Journal May10, 2002 A summer’s day began like any other day for a group of Chinese brickworkers in the village of Sanxingdui, in Sichuan province. They […]
Scribbles From the Underground
The Asian Wall Street Journal 8 February 2002 During the dark years of China’s Cultural Revolution, the writer-artist Mu Xin was imprisoned in an abandoned air-raid shelter in Shanghai. His […]
Dancing Into the Future — Cambodia Restores Its Lost Culture
The Asian Wall Street Journal 28 December 2001 Traditionally in Cambodia, dance is the stuff of gods. For centuries, Cambodia’s folklore has been preserved in narratives enacted by prancing apsara, […]
New York’s police wake up to racial impartiality
Financial Times July 19, 2001 Jose, a New York police officer for 26 years, remembers when Mexican immigrants began moving into a Puerto Rican neighbourhood in Brooklyn. The newcomers became […]
Modern Chinese Painting Flies Like a Heavenly Horse
The Asian Wall Street Journal June 15, 2001 During the early 20th century, in a relatively short period of time, China’s longstanding imperial traditions crumbled and gave way to the […]
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