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International Women's Day 2026 focuses on legal equality, #GiveToGain, and women's rights in practice — not just on paper.

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Adam Williams writes historical novels that pull apart the mechanics of power and violence in distant centuries. Born in Hong Kong, he spent decades in the machinery of international trade, Jardine ...

Debra Liu is an Australian author and Daoist practitioner whose work intersects cultural history, religious ritual, and personal experience. Of Anglo-Celtic background, she was ordained into Qing Song ...

T.A. Morton is an Irish-Australian writer with a background in journalism and editing in Hong Kong. She holds a Master’s degree in Crime and Thriller Writing from the University of Cambridge and has ...

Emily Cheng is an artist, professor and curator, born in New York City. She received her BFA from Rhode Island School of Design and attended the New York Studio School. Her renowned artworks are large ...

Lijia Zhang captures the remarkable transformations that have taken place in China. One of the leading Chinese voices and minds who regularly contributes in English to foreign journals is Lijia Zhang, ...

Staceyann Chin is a well-known LGBTQ+ rights advocate, spoken-word poet, and performer, originally from Jamaica. She moved to New York City in 1997 after being raised by her grandmother. In 1998 she ...

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The Leshan Giant Buddha (樂山大佛T, 乐山大佛S), also known as the Lingyun Giant Buddha, whose full name is the Great Stone Statue of Maitreya of Lingyun Temple in Jiazhou, is the largest stone Buddha statue ...