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For China’s Auto Market, Electric Isn’t the Future. It’s the Present.

Zhang Youping, a Chinese retiree, purchased an all-electric, small sport-utility vehicle from BYD — China’s largest electric vehicle maker —…

Asia (Much of It, Anyway) is Back. And So Are Deals for Hotels, Cruises, Tours and More

The Asia travel pause at Kensington Tours, where monthly sales figures were recently up 80 percent over the same period…

To Defend Democracy, Is Brazil’s Top Court Going Too Far?

RIO DE JANEIRO — The group chat on WhatsApp was a sort of digital locker room for dozens of Brazil’s…

Your Monday Briefing: Protests Grow in Iran

Protesters in the streets of Tehran last week.Credit...Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesProtests swell in Iran Iran’s largest antigovernment ...

An Anti-Muslim Symbol From India Is Paraded on Main Street, New Jersey

EDISON, N.J. — The India Day Parade featured a pretty standard lineup of festival fare. A Bollywood actress waved to…

Cinema Tehran Brings a Dance Party Vibe to Indie Movie Theaters

When Arya Ghavamian was growing up in Iran, a satisfying film experience was hard to come by. After the 1979…

‘Suddenly, a Sanitation Worker Jumped Out of the Truck’s Cab’

Hosed Down Dear Diary: I was walking my dog on an extremely hot, humid July morning when I passed a…

Exploring ‘The Land of Morning Calm’

Before South Korea became globally known for its beauty products, kimchi and pop groups, it was known as the Land…

Kyoto Wants You Back, but It Has Some Polite Suggestions

In the months before March 2020, the food sellers in Kyoto’s Nishiki market often wished for an end to the…

On the Edge of Delhi, a Dynamic Cultural Scene Takes Shape

“Delhi is a soldiers’ town, a politicians’ town, journalists’, diplomats’ town. It is Asia’s Washington, though not so picturesque,” wrote…

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