https://www.scmp.com/rss/330718/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Is settling down and living in the United States a wise decision for royals seeking a “normal” life? Prince Dimitri of Yugoslavia thinks so. The European prince, who has lived in New York since 1984 and has a self-named jewellery brand based there, says that the city is the best place to live because it allows anonymity. The prince grew up in Paris but prefers the US to Europe. He feels America is a much more free society, and since Europe is an older world, everything is more complicated, he... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3168952/6-royals-who-moved-america-japans-princess-mako-and?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3168952/6-royals-who-moved-america-japans-princess-mako-and?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 02 Mar 2022 22:00:15 +0000 Jingping “JP” Lai was working for the US State Department as a diplomat, assigned to locations in Malaysia, Canada and Vietnam, when he decided to turn his passion project, the English-language web novel site Wuxiaworld, into his full-time career. “There was a lot of money flowing in and out of China and I realised eventually either I leave or [the State Department] was going to kick me out, and it wasn’t going to be a pleasant kick-out,” Lai says. The founder and now CEO of Wuxiaworld, which he... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3163784/how-web-novel-site-wuxiaworld-born-asian-american?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3163784/how-web-novel-site-wuxiaworld-born-asian-american?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 22 Jan 2022 05:15:18 +0000 Writer and executive producer Miranda Kwok can really relate to the lead character of her latest TV show, The Cleaning Lady. No, she wasn’t an “illegal alien” in the US, didn’t clean nightclub toilets, doesn’t have a sick child and no medical insurance, nor has she been coerced by a mobster to do some dirty work, literally, as the drama’s lead character has had to. But to pursue a career in film and television, the Chinese-Canadian did move to Los Angeles with no money, no place to live, and no... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3162496/i-came-here-nothing-cleaning-lady-producer-and-writer?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3162496/i-came-here-nothing-cleaning-lady-producer-and-writer?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 08 Jan 2022 10:45:13 +0000 Britain and France were on Thursday looking at new measures to limit migration across the Channel and break people-smuggling networks after at least 27 migrants trying to reach England drowned off the northern French coast. The disaster is the deadliest accident since the Channel became a hub for migrants from the Africa, the Middle East and Asia who have been increasingly using small boats to reach England from France since 2018. President Emmanuel Macron vowed France would not allow the... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3157289/31-migrants-die-deadliest-english-channel-boat-tragedy-between?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3157289/31-migrants-die-deadliest-english-channel-boat-tragedy-between?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 24 Nov 2021 20:54:10 +0000 The Chinese Question – The Gold Rushes and Global Politics by Mae Ngai, pub. W.W. Norton Columbia University history professor Mae Ngai is on a mission to free the Chinese from slavery. In particular she wants to liberate most 19th century Chinese emigrants from the label “coolies”. While 300,000 or so may have set out as indentured labourers, such as those recruited or kidnapped for plantation work on assorted Caribbean islands, even more who went to the settler colonies of the United States... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/books/article/3146697/coolies-then-still-coolies-now-professor-seeking?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/books/article/3146697/coolies-then-still-coolies-now-professor-seeking?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 28 Aug 2021 12:45:19 +0000 When 33-year-old Indian audiologist Zenia Irani and her partner were granted permanent residency in Ontario, Canada in 2019, they jumped at the chance for a higher quality of life, cleaner air and better job prospects. The Mumbai-based couple “zeroed-in on Canada” after seeing how easily their friends and family members had adapted to life in the country – though they did have to brace themselves for “the extreme temperatures, snow and wind chills” of the frozen north, Irani said. “Canada is... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3127678/indian-migrants-flock-canada-trump-era-rules-make-us-less?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3127678/indian-migrants-flock-canada-trump-era-rules-make-us-less?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 31 Mar 2021 04:30:17 +0000 https://www.scmp.com/news/article/3127138/minari-makes-korean-americans-weep-plus-size-cover-models-and-more?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/article/3127138/minari-makes-korean-americans-weep-plus-size-cover-models-and-more?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 26 Mar 2021 08:06:33 +0000 When Sandra Oh took the stage on Sunday to co-host the Golden Globes with Andy Samberg, she acknowledged the sea change in Hollywood that led to her being the first person of Asian descent to host a major U.S. awards show. “I said yes to the fear of being on this stage tonight,” she said, her voice quivering, “because I wanted to be here to look out into this audience and witness this moment of change.” Later, she made history again by winning best actress in a television drama for Killing... https://www.scmp.com/culture/5-sandra-oh-movies-greys-anatomy/article/3000400?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/culture/5-sandra-oh-movies-greys-anatomy/article/3000400?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 08 Jan 2019 14:57:10 +0000