A personal reflection on Moon Over Wuyi, exploring how art transcends language and opens a window into Zhu Xi's philosophy, Chinese intellectual heritage and the enduring relationship between knowledge, nature and human
Princess Astrid of Norway has died at the age of 94, the Norwegian royal household announced on Friday, 11 September. “Princess Astrid has died,” the royal household said in a brief statement,
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The Pathfinder Foundation and the Embassy of the United States of America in Sri Lanka have launched a lecture series marking the 250th anniversary of American independence, opening with a discussion on
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The television series Asking the Vast Earth (问苍茫, 2023) opens with a scene of a young Mao Zedong swimming in the Xiang River, swollen from the heavy rains. A fisherman calls from the bank
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Those demanding accountability from Sri Lanka over alleged war crimes are strangely silent about LTTE atrocities. Under Velupillai Prabhakaran, the LTTE killed hundreds of members of rival militant groups, assassinated President Ranasinghe
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Today marks the publication of Francis Fukuyama’s new memoir In the Realm of the Last Man. To purchase a copy, please click here. I composed my essay “The End of History?” sitting in
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Fifty years after Mao Zedong died, China has changed almost beyond recognition, yet one of his most enduring ideas remains firmly embedded in the political machinery of the Communist Party. China is
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Twenty-five years after the September 11 attacks shifted American fears towards threats originating overseas, public concern has increasingly turned inward, with Americans now considerably more worried about attacks by domestic extremists than
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo When General Shavendra Silva sat down with Ankit Chauhan, an Indian national and the founder and host of the Impact Stories podcast, the conversation quickly moved beyond
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The UK government has rejected Jamaica’s demand for financial reparations over Britain’s role in the transatlantic slave trade, reaffirming on September 7 that it will not enter negotiations or pay compensation, even
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The year 1874 marks a silent turning point in India’s freedom struggle—not through political uprisings, but through cultural awakening. While historians often trace organised nationalism to the founding of the Congress in
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European countries are increasingly confronting the history and continuing consequences of the transatlantic slave trade, yet formal apologies and meaningful reparations remain rare as governments draw a legal line between acknowledging the
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The Episcopal Church has a Very Reverend Dean who trans-identifies as a man. The Dean is married to a woman who also trans-identifies as a man and is a Lutheran pastor. So, what
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The crimson flags hanging over Nanjie village’s “East is Red” Square barely move in the sweltering summer heat as tourists pose for photographs beside a towering statue of Chairman Mao Zedong. Nearly
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Wittenoom no longer appears on Australia’s road signs. It has been removed from official maps, abandoned and effectively erased. Nobody lives there, and visiting is prohibited. Yet for decades this remote settlement
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Senior Serbian politicians and military figures have attended a memorial ceremony for the recently deceased war criminal Ratko Mladić, drawing renewed criticism over his public commemoration and prompting the European Union to
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