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Corky Lee (1947-2021)

Well-known photojournalist Corky Lee died Wednesday from COVID-19. He was 73 years old.For more than 50 years, he documented the changing Asian-American and Pacific Islander communities in the Uni

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America is increasingly looking like a country it just invaded

Volunteers, health care workers and doctors participate in a protest against what they say is the city's and county's poor response to helping the homeless during the coronavirus outbreak on Apri

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Yes, savings for the rich never 'trickled down' to anywhere

For decades, conservative politicians in the West have pushed for cutting taxes for the wealthy. While the idea of reducing taxes to boost the economy has existed for at least a century, it didn't

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Economic, tech development can't be separated from military potential

Chinese soldiers learn pottery at Tianjin National Defense Education Association Military-Civilian Integration Entrepreneurship Training Base. /ecns.cn Editor's note: Keith Lamb is a Universit

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APD | Weekly top 10 hot news ( Oct. 17 - Oct. 23 )

Every weekend, Asia Pacific Daily will provide you with a run-down of the latest hot news.This week, the following hot news you should know:Top 1 | Biden campaign had t

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Japan's Suga sends offering to war-linked Yasukuni Shrine: Report

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has sent an offering to the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, Japan's national broadcaster NHK reported on Saturday.It would b

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Japanese PM Yoshihide Suga faces a new leadership test

Yoshihide Suga, new president of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), gestures before a press conference in Tokyo, Japan, September 14, 2020. /Xinhua Editor's note: Cheng Xiaohe is a

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UN 75: China publishes position paper on post-COVID-19 world order, 5G and data security

The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Thursday issued a "position paper" on China's views on the post-COVID-19 world order, data security and 5G, ahead of the annual gatherin

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In The Spotlight: The departure of Shinzo Abe

Shinzo Abe announced his resignation four days after he became the longest-serving prime minister in a single stint in Japanese history. His departure followed weeks-long speculations about his he

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Murayama's legacy on historical issue dismantled

Japan's Emperor Naruhito (L) and Empress Masako attend a mourning ceremony marking the 75th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan, August 15, 2020. /X

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"Still Asia's finest" -- Hong Kong police force in eyes of its expat officer

SuperintendentTimothy Worrall of Hong Kong's Marine Police gives an interview to Xinhua in Hong Kong, south China, Aug. 6, 2020. (Xinhua/Li Gang)-- The police force of Hong Kong was repeatedly given t

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Netherlands commemorates 75th anniversary of surrender of Japan in WWII

In presence of Dutch King Willem-Alexander and Prime Minister Mark Rutte, the Netherlands on Saturday had a national commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the surre

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Museum in NE China commemorates Japan's WWII surrender

A museum in Shenyang, capital of northeast China's Liaoning Province, hosted commemorative activities Saturday to mark the 75th anniversary of Japan's surrender in Wor

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How Pakistan got Independence?

Editor's note : the author is Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan, Sinologist (ex-Diplomat), Editor, Analyst, Non-Resident Fellow of CCG (Center for China and Globalization),

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Feature: A letter from home to "oriental Auschwitz"

Zhang Guangsheng carefully took out a well-preserved envelope dating back 77 years when flames of the Second World War (WWII), the deadliest in history, were raging ev

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Japan urged to remember WWII atrocities as Nagasaki marks 75th anniversary of atomic bombing by U.S.

Nagasaki City in Japan commemorated the 75th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing on Sunday, with about 500 people and representatives from some 70 countries and reg

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Misjudgements on the U.S. must be avoided (Part II)

Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi gives an exclusive interview to Xinhua on China-U.S. ties in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 5, 2020. /XinhuaEditor