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Belonging cannot be inherited overnight. Rebecca F Kuang captures the quiet heartbreak of realising your connection to home is as fractured and imperfect as the language you speak.
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Michelle Yeoh will receive the Asian Filmmaker of the Year award at the 2026 Busan International Film Festival on Oct.
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Yang Shuang-zi and translator Lin King secure a historic double victory as the first Mandarin novel to win the prize,
Haruki Murakami’s The Tale of KAHO introduces his first sole female protagonist, Kaho—a 26‑year‑old picture‑book author navigating beauty, judgment, and
Tatsuya Fujiwara headlines the stage adaptation of Haruki Murakami’s Hard‑Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World, embodying data specialist
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Bestselling novelist and Yale PhD candidate Rebecca F. Kuang says America’s universities are “in a tailspin,” broken by skyrocketing tuition,
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Belonging cannot be inherited overnight. Rebecca F Kuang captures the quiet heartbreak of realising your connection to home is as
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Joshua Tan discusses conducting Wong Kar Wai’s In the Mood for Love live in Singapore, from its emotional score to
Director Marie Jamora begins production on an independent romance examining diaspora family tensions, wealth divides, and modern dating between Manila
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Chen Sicheng’s forensic procedural led China’s holiday ticket sales and now brings four real-life criminal investigations to British screens.
Chinese actress Li Bingbing credits her younger sister, manager Li Xue, with shaping her rise from a modest upbringing to