How Taiwan Became a Refuge for Buddhism NYT | China Aatish Taseer and Maxime Fossat 14 May 2026 at 17:01 A Sinicized form of the religion has been preserved on the island, where daily life itself now sometimes seems like an exercise in Buddhist practice.
Xia De-hong, 94, Dies; Persecuted in China, She Starred in Daughter’s Memoir NYT | China Adam Nossiter 9 May 2026 at 02:46 “Wild Swans,” a best-selling 1991 memoir, told the story of a stoic mother holding her family together amid torture and imprisonment under Mao’s regime.