HISTORICAL FACTS: 4 | History Defined

Taiwan kidnapping charges over botched marriage proposal dropped

Prosecutors decide woman bundled into suitcase and driven off in car boot was surprise gone wrong

The Guardian - UK · Jul 6, 2022

Yang Guofu Tempts Investors with Spicy Hotpot IPO in Hong Kong

Key takeaways: •      Leading Sichuan-style hotpot chain Yang Guofu has filed for a Hong Kong IPO, extending a recent series of restaurant listing applications •      Company has expanded rapidly using a franchise model, but poses investor risk due to its nature as a family-run business

Benzinga · Mar 15, 2022

‘After Yang’ review: Showtime’s exquisite bit of futurism with Colin Farrell asks what androids really dream of

They’re known as “techno-sapiens.” In order to raise their adopted Chinese daughter, a struggling Anglo tea shop owner and a Black businesswoman — married but growing ever-more-faintly distant from each other — go to a discount retail outlet known as Second Siblings and buy a used techno, a companion wired…

Chicago Tribune · Mar 2, 2022

Trending in China: Video of Mother in Chains Causes Uproar

Xuzhou authorities were quizzed on why more hadn’t been done to help the woman, who was previously hospitalized with mental illness

Caixin Global · Feb 7, 2022

'After Yang' review: A24 just made the first great sci-fi film of 2022

Elevated by Colin Farrell's aching performance and its meditative look at life, loss, and memory, Kogonada’s second film is another transcendent marvel of insight.

Inverse · Feb 4, 2022