AsiaThe Japanese Air Force One Jumbo Jet Is Up for Sale...
AAD REPORTS 17/08/2019Slightly used VIP 747 built for the Prime Minister of one of the largest economies in the world.
If you’ve been scanning the skies for your next private plane, you need look no further: A very special jumbo jet has just popped up on our radar,...[Read More]0 Comments
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AsiaCovert Designs unveiled: Why the China-Russia Alliance...
AAD REPORTS 06/08/2019It all comes down to this:
China is just biding its time till Russia implodes, and Beijing steps in and sweeps up the choice pieces.
So, now everybody wants to be Bismarck. They see themselves shaping history by artfully moving big pieces on...[Read More]0 Comments
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AsiaSign of the times: China's capital orders Arabic,...
AAD REPORTS 01/08/2019Arabic a no no in China. Does this mean arabic numbers are next?
BEIJING (Reuters) - Authorities in the Chinese capital have ordered halal restaurants and food stalls to remove Arabic script and symbols associated with Islam from their signs,...[Read More]0 Comments
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AsiaFour big Chinese films have been pulled in a month...
AAD REPORTS 29/07/2019Censorship strikes even the blockbusters as four major movies get pulled from the market within one month of release.
God help us if Winnie the Pooh gets poked on the stomach too many times.
Silly Pooh bear, he thinks too much.
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AsiaLet Freedom Ring
AAD REPORTS 03/07/2019China Fears A Soviet-Style Collapse in Hong Kong.
Can the protestors avoid the "Make Pie" fate of Tienamen's Tank Man?
Two weeks have passed since the initial massive street protests in Hong Kong. It was gripping, but such events tend to quickly...[Read More]0 Comments
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AsiaKim Jong-un executes general by throwing him in...
AAD REPORTS 09/06/2019Life imitates art.
Kim Jong Un appears to be a fan of Team America World Police and / or James Bond, both of which have supervillains dispose of traitorous flunkies by pulling a lever thereby causing said flunky to fall into a large tank loaded with...[Read More]0 Comments
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AsiaChinese Fugitive Living Large in Los Angeles
AAD REPORTS 23/05/2019Shi Jianxiang refuses to lay low. Perhaps he watched Jack Nicholson in the Departed too often because this Chinaman told President Xi Jinping, "no tickee no shirtee".
BURBANK, Calif.—One of China’s most-wanted men has been running a...[Read More]0 Comments
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AsiaIron Age Settlement Uncovered in Thailand
AAD REPORTS 09/04/2019LOP BURI, THAILAND—According to a Bangkok Post report, more than 10,000 artifacts dating back as far as the Iron Age have been uncovered at a newly discovered site called Khok Phutsa, which is located in central Thailand’s Lop Buri River Basin, by a team...[Read More]0 Comments
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AsiaPreviously unknown species tentatively termed...
AAD REPORTS 22/03/2019(CNN) — A newly discovered fossil site in China that dates back 518 million years contains more than 50% previously unknown species, according to a new study. The well-preserved Qingjiang site is helping scientists to fill gaps in the fossil...[Read More]0 Comments
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AsiaIndia's forgotten caves
AAD REPORTS 21/03/2019Following the tiger’s tracks, the group came to a clearing between tamarind trees and thickets that revealed the rushing Waghora and the ravine it had whittled out of the earth. Smith spotted a horseshoe-shaped escarpment on the other side with a number...[Read More]0 Comments
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AsiaAn art gallery buried on a Chinese beach - The sands...
AAD REPORTS 11/02/2019Buried beneath a sand dune, in the beach town of Beidaihe, nestles one of China’s newest art galleries. An offshoot of the Ullens Centre for Contemporary Art in Beijing, 300km away, the ucca Dune is unlike any other cutting-edge art museum in China. Most...[Read More]0 Comments
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AsiaSotheby’s Biggest Wine Auction Could Fetch HK$206...
AAD REPORTS 29/01/2019An eye opener of a sale in Hong Kong.
Sotheby’s will auction one of the most important single-owner wine collections in Hong Kong this March, featuring nearly 17,000 of the finest bottles from Burgundy, Champagne, Rhône, Bordeaux, and Italy, the...[Read More]0 Comments
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AsiaTsunami hammers Indonesia
AAD REPORTS 29/09/2018This just happened. Holy shit.
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AsiaQianlong Vase to Headline Sotheby’s Hong Kong Fall...
AAD REPORTS 20/08/2018Rare imperial vase goes to auction in Sothebys Hong Kong, similar examples without the fame of this have sold for $45 million at auction.
A rare vase from the Imperial collection of the Chinese Emperor Qianlong, which has remained in a private...[Read More]0 Comments
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AsiaWhy China censors banned Winnie the Pooh
AAD REPORTS 06/08/2018The blocking of Winnie the Pooh might seem like a bizarre move by the Chinese authorities but it is part of a struggle to restrict clever bloggers from getting around their country's censorship.
When is a set of wrist watches not just a set of wrist...[Read More]0 Comments
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AsiaExplore Ancient China, Luoyang, Here’s What You...
AAD REPORTS 08/06/2018So, you’re in Xian and you need a little break from all your Terracotta-ing. Thanks to a bullet train that began late last year, it now only takes less than two hours to get to Luoyang – one of the most celebrated historical areas in all of China.
The...[Read More]0 Comments
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AsiaVan Gogh & Japan
AAD REPORTS 20/03/2018The exhibition 'Van Gogh & Japan' will shed light on the influence exerted by Japanese art on Vincent van Gogh. On view from 23 March 2018.
The above from the Van Gogh Museum's You Tube Page - Follow that page here
Van Gogh created his own...[Read More]0 Comments
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AsiaPhotos emerge of arrested ex-CIA agent suspended from...
AAD REPORTS 21/01/2018Photos of a former CIA agent currently in US custody for suspected espionage have emerged showing a rugged “strongly built” man who had worked at auction house Christie’s in Hong Kong for nearly two years.
Hong Kong resident and US citizen Jerry Chun...[Read More]0 Comments
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AsiaChristie’s Suspends Ex-CIA Officer Suspected of...
AAD REPORTS 18/01/2018A former Central Intelligence Agency officer arrested on charges of unlawfully retaining classified information has been suspended by Christie’s as its head of security in Hong Kong.
The auction house said Wednesday it had suspended an unnamed...[Read More]0 Comments
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AsiaConstruction workers just accidentally discovered 30...
AAD REPORTS 31/12/2017Dinosaur eggs found in the Dragon of the East.
The holidays are all about happy surprises, and paleontologists got one heck of a shock earlier this week after learning about an unexpected discovery in China. Chinese construction workers digging on...[Read More]0 Comments
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AsiaApple accused of racism after Face ID fails to...
AAD REPORTS 21/12/2017Apple has been accused of racism, amid reports that the Face ID authentication technology on its new iPhone X is failing to distinguish between Chinese users.
A man from Shanghai bought his wife the new gadget soon after it was released last month, but...[Read More]0 Comments
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AsiaInternational Loan Exhibition of Korean Painting to...
AAD REPORTS 15/12/2017
Exhibition Overview
The Diamond Mountains—perhaps the most famous and emotionally resonant site on the Korean peninsula—is the theme of this international loan exhibition. Though the region has inspired cultural pride since ancient times, its...[Read More]0 Comments
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AsiaAsian collectors to define future art market:...
AAD REPORTS 30/10/2017Collectors in the region will write the future narrative for the international art market, according to Ben Clark of Christie's Asia.
To see...[Read More]0 Comments
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AsiaBeyond Angkor Wat, forgotten Cambodia
AAD REPORTS 27/10/2017If you've heard of one Cambodian temple, it's probably Angkor Wat -- an awe-inspiring yet well-trodden UNESCO World Heritage Site in Siem Reap.
But many travelers don't realize the Seventh Wonder of the World is one of thousands of ancient Khmer temples...[Read More]0 Comments
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AsiaMonet Collection Shipped off To Les Chinois
AAD REPORTS 15/10/2017To see the full catalogue entitled Dear Monsieur Monet property from the family of Claude Monet, click on the image below:
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AsiaEconomist Xie Says China's Property Market a Ponzi...
AAD REPORTS 26/09/2017Watch the interview on ATT.net:
http://start.att.net/player/category/finance/article/bloomberg_global_bus-economist_xie_says_chinas_property_market_a_ponzi-5min
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AsiaChinese Antiques Collection, Princeton University Art...
Robert Alexander Boyle 19/04/2017Chinese, Tang Dynasty 618-907, Tomb figure (detail)
One of the few steady bright spots in the art and antiques field these days is the Chinese market, and the best way for a dealer to learn good-better-best is to go to art museums. Princeton is one of...[Read More]0 Comments
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AsiaPax Americana Returns?
AAD REPORTS 07/02/2017Op-Ed: President Trump's major Asian breakthrough
Rival power designs about throwing Uncle Sam out of Asia just got more difficult – or well-nigh impossible. And that crowd sloshing in the snow of ridiculously expensive Alpine resorts will have...[Read More]0 Comments
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AsiaAncient Chinese Secret
AAD REPORTS 07/11/2016The ancient walls of a lost city in southern China have been uncovered in a remarkable find by archaeologists. The northern section of the city was found at the Sansingdui archaeological site located in Sichuan province. It dates back than...[Read More]0 Comments
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AsiaDecorated Scientist Claims That The Founders of...
AAD REPORTS 09/10/2016On a cool Sunday evening in March, a geochemist named Sun Weidong gave a public lecture to an audience of laymen, students, and professors at the University of Science and Technology in Hefei, the capital city of the landlocked province of Anhui in...[Read More]0 Comments
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AsiaChina and Tibet
AAD REPORTS 24/09/2016
Perspective Map of Lhasa; Lhasa, Tibet; early 20th century (pre-1912); ink, watercolor, and gold leaf on rice paper; Collection of Knud Larsen; L179.4.1
Architectural landmarks act as anchors for the identity of a place as well as focal points for...[Read More]0 Comments
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AsiaLegends Say China Began in a Great Flood
AAD REPORTS 04/08/2016
Legends say China began in a great flood. Scientists just found evidence that the flood was real.
"Yu the Great Fights a Flood Dragon" (Totoya Hokkei/William Sturgis Bigelow Collection)
It's said the flood looked like "endless boiling...[Read More]0 Comments
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AsiaSecrets of lost Cambodian cities to be revealed:...
AAD REPORTS 12/06/2016Secrets of Lost Cambodian Cities To Be Revealed
Archaeologists are set to unveil further details of medieval cities hidden under jungle in Cambodia near Angkor Wat, the world's largest Hindu temple complex, the Guardian newspaper said...[Read More]0 Comments
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AsiaChinese archaeologists may have stumbled onto the...
AAD REPORTS 10/06/2016Chinese Archaeologists May Have Stumbled Onto The Fabled 'Greatest Palace That Ever Was'
For centuries the imperial palace of Kublai Khan's Yuan dynasty was shrouded in mystery. After the dynasty collapsed, there were no clues as to where it was...[Read More]0 Comments
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AsiaBehold the Haunting Decay of Gunkanjima, Japan's...
AAD REPORTS 04/06/2016Battleship Island. It's a fantastic name for an unbelievable place. A place unlike any in the world. A tiny island, once home to 5,259 people with the highest population density in history, abruptly abandoned and left to the elements for decades.
The...[Read More]0 Comments
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AsiaThe Indus Valley civilisation is 2,500 years older...
AAD REPORTS 03/06/2016The Indus Valley civilisation may be even older than initially thought.
A group of researchers in India have used carbon dating techniques on animal remains and pottery fragments to conclude that the Indus Valley settlements could be 8,000 years...[Read More]0 Comments
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AsiaAsia Week NYC, Full of Surprises
AAD REPORTS 24/03/2016ASIA WEEK NYC, FULL OF SURPRISES
Fresh on the heels of Art Asia Week (which is really 10 days) in NY, the questions started coming…how did the slowdown in China and other Asian countries affect the market for Asian Objects in New York?...[Read More]0 Comments
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AsiaPeabody Essex Exhibition: Asia in Amsterdam: The...
Robert Alexander Boyle 04/03/2016
1. Gerrit Adriaensz. Berckheyde. The ”Golden Bend” in the Herengracht, Amsterdam, 1671-1672. Oil on panel. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Purchased upon the recommendation of the Vereniging Rembrandt with the support of the Stichting Nationaal...[Read More]0 Comments
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Asia‘Time Waterfall’ to be unveiled at ICC Hong Kong...
AAD REPORTS 04/02/2016Internationally acclaimed Japanese artist Tatsuo Miyajima will present a new large-scale public light installation during Art Basel’s show in Hong Kong in March. Each night from March 21 to 26 ‘Time Waterfall’ will be shown across the...[Read More]0 Comments
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AsiaFrisky At Asia Now
Maura Haverly 21/10/2015Billing itself as “the first human sized fair in France and Europe for contemporary Asian Art“, Asia Now opened at the Espace Pierre Cardin on 19 October. Twenty-one galleries from 10 countries on two floors , the timing couldn’t be...[Read More]0 Comments
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AsiaThe MET’s Chinese Fashion Exhibit
The Epoch Times 25/05/2015
Christine Lin @ The Epoch Times
The MET’s Chinese Fashion Exhibit Neglects 94 Percent of Chinese Fashion
The Metropolitan Museum’s new gargantuan fashion exhibit, China: Through the Looking Glass, has its fair share of...[Read More]0 Comments
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AntiquesIvory : Facts vs. Emotion
04/05/2014There are a number of false claims about ivory that are currently circulating in the news. The biggest false claim is that New York is the second largest ivory market in the world. I don’t know where or how this fact was established, but anyone...[Read More]0 Comments
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