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Takashi Murakami was everywhere at Art Basel Hong Kong 2025
29 June 2025 11:58 AM | No CommentsThe Japanese artist, both in physical presence and in spirit, seamlessly crossed over to the worlds of art, fashion, sports and even food.
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Paris 2024: Gymnastics – U.S. women victorious in “Redemption Tour”
29 June 2025 2:46 AM | No CommentsThere should have been no doubt: the U.S. women were the favorites to win the Olympic gold. And yet there was, stemming from what happened in Tokyo.
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Paris 2024: U.S. women hang on to win eighth straight Olympic basketball gold
23 June 2025 11:54 AM | No CommentsThe U.S. women's team held off France, 67-66, at Bercy Arena.
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Paris 2024: Oh Sang-uk wins South Korea’s first Olympic men’s individual fencing sabre gold
22 June 2025 10:11 AM | No CommentsFor all their accolades in the team sabre event, South Korea individual results were here and there. That changed in Paris.
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Paris 2024: Amid upheaval, South Korea defends Olympic men’s fencing team sabre title
22 June 2025 7:56 AM | No CommentsIn a sport born in France and traditionally dominated by Europeans, Team Korea has worked their way to the top of the men’s sabre fencing world.
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Asia Archive
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Searching for Hong Kong cinema in Macau
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on May 29, 2013 | No CommentsWhat is a mere 40 miles between two administrative regions in China? Plenty, as it turns out from a cinematic standpoint. -
Hong Kong’s Golden Harvest tribute: Nostalgia through film, footage
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on May 5, 2013 | No CommentsFor the next generation of film fans, the Hong Kong Film Archive’s efforts in keeping Golden Harvest's films alive should serve as a required reminder of an important era in cinema history. -
Retracing ’60s and ’70s Cambodian cinema, one building at a time
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on April 17, 2013 | No CommentsInspired by Davy Chou's documentary "Golden Slumbers," the author set out in search of Phnom Penh theaters from the golden age of Cambodian film. -
Our top 2012 video: North Korean girl wows on xylophone and drums
Meniscus MagazinePosted on January 5, 2013 | No CommentsVideo footage of a percussionist in Pyongyang, appearing to be no older than six, captured the attention of many of our readers, including a bogus television network and Bob Bryar of My Chemical Romance. -
![Although the subject of this long-delayed second column was to focus on an education of ramen in the dish’s motherland, a recent bout of cold weather and the calendar have […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/kogashi-miso-ramen-115x115.jpg "Battling crowds, assumptions, hunger: Ramen at New York’s Ippudo")
Battling crowds, assumptions, hunger: Ramen at New York’s Ippudo
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on December 16, 2010 | No CommentsAlthough the subject of this long-delayed second column was to focus on an education of ramen in the dish’s motherland, a recent bout of cold weather and the calendar have […] -
![On 8-8-08, the day of the Opening Ceremonies – lucky in Chinese terms since the number ‘8’ symbolizes “prosperity” – it was hard not to get into the Olympic spirit […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/aussies-115x115.jpg "Beijing cheer permeates Olympic atmosphere")
Beijing cheer permeates Olympic atmosphere
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on August 15, 2008 | No CommentsOn 8-8-08, the day of the Opening Ceremonies – lucky in Chinese terms since the number ‘8’ symbolizes “prosperity” – it was hard not to get into the Olympic spirit […] -
![Roberto Cavalli at H&M, thankfully, this was not. A patient gaggle of people stood outside in the cold, waiting for America’s first MUJI to open its doors to the public. […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/store-115x115.jpg "Magnificent, minimalist MUJI opens its doors in the U.S.")
Magnificent, minimalist MUJI opens its doors in the U.S.
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on November 17, 2007 | No CommentsRoberto Cavalli at H&M, thankfully, this was not. A patient gaggle of people stood outside in the cold, waiting for America’s first MUJI to open its doors to the public. […]