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Table top tennis players compete in front of a large blue banner

A fresh call for ‘pingpong diplomacy’ on the 50th anniversary of the first US-China games

The 1971 Table Tennis World Championship featuring US and Chinese teams has never been forgotten. Now, original players are calling for renewed diplomacy as tensions continue to mount between the two countries.

A fresh call for ‘pingpong diplomacy’ on the 50th anniversary of the first US-China games
A model of the coronavirus in red is displayed next to boxes of COVID-19 vaccines

China OKs first homegrown vaccine as COVID-19 surges globally

China OKs first homegrown vaccine as COVID-19 surges globally
A young woman writing on a notepad

I am from Hong Kong, not China

I am from Hong Kong, not China
Chinese sci-fi blockbuster The Wandering Earth is coming to Netflix.

The sci-fi of another language

The sci-fi of another language
sepia toned image of young boy, with some damage to photo around edges

For a child migrant, days feel like a lifetime when you’re imprisoned and alone

For a child migrant, days feel like a lifetime when you’re imprisoned and alone
A man stands in the middle of Grand Central Terminal as he speaks on a cell phone.

If you get a robocall in Mandarin, just hang up

More than 30 Chinese immigrants in New York say they have been the victims of a Chinese robocall scam. A local councilor suspects the number is much higher. The NYPD estimates $3 million has been stolen since December.

If you get a robocall in Mandarin, just hang up
Former French embassy employee Bernard Boursicot, 41, left and Shi Pei Pu, 47, a singer in Chinese traditional opera face the judge as their trial began in Paris, May 5, 1986.

At 83, the embassy worker at the center of the 'M. Butterfly' story is still an enigma

The director of a new Baltimore production of "M. Butterfly" got to meet the real French embassy worker at the heart of the story. And he came away with even more questions.

At 83, the embassy worker at the center of the 'M. Butterfly' story is still an enigma
Woman seated in club with people walking around her

What to say when you’re Asian American and someone calls you ‘exotic’

Paula Williams Madison wasn’t on a panel, but she brought a different take on race to the audience at Asian American ComicCon.

What to say when you’re Asian American and someone calls you ‘exotic’
Attendees take photos in front of a Chinese C919 passenger jet after its first flight at Pudong International Airport in Shanghai.

China's first domestically made passenger jet is a warning to Boeing and Airbus

The world's fastest-growing aviation market wants to stop buying foreign-made planes. Or at least not as many.

China's first domestically made passenger jet is a warning to Boeing and Airbus
Women pray in front of paramilitary policemen at Yonghegong Lama Temple on the first day of the Lunar New Year of the Rooster in Beijing, China.

Religion is alive and kicking in officially atheist China

A variety of religions are thriving in post-Mao China.

Religion is alive and kicking in officially atheist China
Chinese boy bundled up. Critics say that the UNFPA has supported coercive abortions of women who tried to have more than one child

Trump officials say the UN supports coercive abortion in China. But does it?

In slashing financial support for the United Nations Population Fund, the Trump administration revived nefarious claims that the agency supports coercive abortion of girls. What's behind this claim.

Trump officials say the UN supports coercive abortion in China. But does it?
Students from the Daum School on a field trip with their teacher. Their faces are blurred to protect their privacy. Many North Korean refugees have trouble adjusting to life in fast-paced South Korea, especially at school.

North Korean students learn to deal with trauma at this Seoul school

When young North Korean refugees make their way to South Korea, they're often unprepared for life there. Now there's a high school that helps them deal with their trauma.

North Korean students learn to deal with trauma at this Seoul school
Chinese President Xi Jinping addresses a joint news conference with US President Barack Obama in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, DC, Sept. 25, 2015.

Donald Trump and Xi Jinping will talk North Korea and trade in first face-to-face meeting

No one is 100 percent sure what will happen when the most powerful Chinese leader in a generation meets a mercurial American president who has been in office fewer than 100 days, as Trump and Xi open a new chapter in the world's most consequential relationship.

Donald Trump and Xi Jinping will talk North Korea and trade in first face-to-face meeting
Chinese gather near Baiyun Temple in Beijing to pray for good fortune on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year

A Chinese American author explores the East-West culture gap

Gish Jen is well aware of the dangers of stereotyping. That doesn't stop her from unpacking the controversial notion that a deep culture divide separates East and West.

A Chinese American author explores the East-West culture gap
Willis Wang

How Trump's rhetoric could cost colleges billions in lost tuition revenue

Walk up and down Commonwealth Avenue on the Boston University campus, and it's easy to see and hear the presence of international students. The largest percentage of foreign students — here and nationwide — come from China. So when President Donald Trump sounds off, college administrators get anxious.

How Trump's rhetoric could cost colleges billions in lost tuition revenue