Hope for myopes
Most 12- to 14- year-olds in China are short-sighted Experts say they should get out more THE PHONE on Wang Xiaoying’s desk rings incessantly on a weekday morning. An optometrist...
A growing number of Japanese have become recluses
Mental health in Japan A growing number of Japanese have become recluses Pressures from work and society are causing some to shun the world ABOUT A YEAR ago Mika Shibata’s...
Why Turkey subsidises organic tea
THERE IS SO little Turks agree on these days that even settling on the country’s national drink is hard. Secularists pick raki, a tipple best had with grilled fish and music.[……]
Disney Reigns Supreme Over the film industry
迪士尼公司的发展史就像一部童话。去年，迪士尼像漫画里的超级英雄一样主宰了票房。对于迪士尼来说，2019年是异常辉煌的一年；2020年迪士尼将发行的影片包括：《花木兰》的真人翻拍和广受欢迎的奇幻小说《阿特米斯》的改编。虽然这两部电影的影响力不及《狮子王》和《阿拉丁》，但是随着21世纪10年代接近尾声，迪斯尼王国可能是地球上最幸福的地方。 Disney Reigns Supreme Over the film industry The studio took more than $11bn at the global box office in 2019, beating its own record THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY trades...
Deathwatch
Although its cradle is the sparsely wooded savannah, humankind has long looked to forests for food, fuel, timber and sublime inspiration.[……]
