Why Chinese Propaganda Loves Foreign Travel Bloggers
Spend some time browsing YouTube or Instagram and you might come across a growing new genre: China travel vlogs. There’s the American who made a four-hour “vlogumentary” about eating dumplings…
What’s It Like Traveling to China These Days?
By some measures, visiting China has never been easier. China has been making a huge push to attract foreign tourists in recent months. It has rolled out a visa-free program…
How to Teach a Horse to Dance
At the Paris Olympics, hundreds of competitors will try to marry athletic prowess to artistic grace, but only those competing in dressage will attempt it while sitting astride a willful…
No, You Can’t Beat an Olympic Table Tennis Player
Lily Zhang and three teammates from the United States table tennis team were hanging out on a large boat last Friday, making small talk with the N.B.A. star Stephen Curry…
Their Parents Fled War. Now South Sudan’s Young Team Is in the Olympics.
When South Sudan’s young basketball team took to the court for an exhibition game against America’s basketball royalty, there were few expectations that they could hold on against the likes…
Taylor Swift in ‘shock’ over Southport attack as fans raise £100k
Singer Taylor Swift has said the knife attack at a dance workshop themed around her music which left three children dead and nine more injured has left her “completely in…
Who is Stephen Nedoroscik, the pommel horse guy?
The US gymnastics team has a new breakout star – bespectacled, Rubik’s Cube- solving ‘pommel horse guy’ Stephen Nedoroscik. The 25-year-old gymnast specialises in the pommel horse, which demands strength,…
Sweet Valley High author Francine Pascal dies at 92
Sweet Valley High author Francine Pascal has died at the age of 92. Her agent Amy Bekower told the BBC she died on Sunday. Pascal died of lymphoma in hospital…
Analysing the Harris and Trump 2024 campaign ads
Donald Trump and Vice-President Kamala Harris have launched major ad campaigns targeting each other in key battleground states. Harris’s campaign is focusing on her career and critiquing her opponent. Meanwhile,…
Trump shooting: Five things we learned from Secret Service boss
The new acting head of the US Secret Service said he “lost sleep” over security failures that led to the attempted assassination of Donald Trump during a testy congressional hearing…