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Jackie Chan, now 71, discovered a shocking family secret in his forties: his father, Charles, was a spy and his real surname ...

Japan has decided to outlaw overly flashy and unconventional baby names in the country, locally known as ‘Karikari’ names.

Japan is putting outlandish baby names to rest by cracking down on niche monikers that have become trendy in recent years, ...

Mohammed Sarkawt Azeez, a freshman at Iraq's Salahaddin University, has claimed first prize in the 24th "Chinese Bridge" Chinese Proficiency Competition for foreign university students in Iraq.

On one occasion, he even applied to use a wacky name that contains 48 Chinese characters. The man, from a village in Guiyang county, Hunan province, central China, was born as Zhu Yunfei ...

The remarkable success of the movie “Sinners” has sparked a renewed interest in how the two communities wrestled with life ...

Japan will impose rules on Monday on how children's names in Chinese characters are pronounced, amid growing concern over ...

Today, Thailand’s oldest bastion of Chinese republicanism, located in a glass and marble 1990s-government-style building in ...

It was revealed that the upcoming Zhang Ziyi film will be released in two parts. As reported on Epoch Times, the film, "She's ...

While Americans may try to find the most whimsical, beautiful, and one-of-a-kind baby names for their children, in Japan, ...

Jiang also shared the cultural significance of five iconic plants in China — plum, orchid, bamboo, chrysanthemum, and lotus.