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While grandparents worldwide often enjoy the retired life – pursuing hobbies, travelling the world and occasionally visiting their children and grandchildren – retirees in China are often stuck at home, tasked with taking care of the little ones while their sons and daughters go to work. For Chen Shuxiang and her husband Guan Hongsheng, who are in their late-60s with a … [Read more...] about China’s elderly want to enjoy their golden years, not raise next generation unless get paid for it

A historic building in Chongqing in southwestern China, constructed more than 100 years ago during a time of foreign influence in Chinese architecture, has been restored as part of a bid to preserve the city’s Western heritage. The abandoned building which once was the headquarters of a British merchant was abandoned many decades ago and forgotten as trees and vines took over … [Read more...] about China ‘haunted house’ restored to East-meets-West architectural glory

TOKYO — President Joe Biden arrived in Japan on Sunday (May 22) to launch a plan for greater US economic engagement with the Indo-Pacific, facing criticism even before the programme is announced that it will offer scant benefit to countries in the region. On the second leg of his first Asia trip as president, Biden is to meet with leaders of Japan, India and Australia, the … [Read more...] about Biden in Japan to launch regional economic plan to counter Beijing

Australian voters have delivered a stark rebuke to both of the major political parties, awarding votes to a raft of new independent MPs who will take seats in the new lower house of the Australian parliament. Both major parties – the Liberal/National conservative coalition and the centre-left Australian Labor Party – lost their way in a sea of big changes to the shape of the … [Read more...] about Australian voters sweep conservative government out of power

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE — The US is looking to deepen its economic partnership with Taiwan even if though it is excluded from President Joe Biden's new Asian economic initiative, a top official said. "Taiwan won't be part of the launch," of Biden's Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF), US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said on Sunday (May 22), en route … [Read more...] about Taiwan won’t be a part of Biden’s initial Asian economic talks