Digital nomads have set up communes across China to opt out of the rat race. Faced with a youth unemployment crisis, Beijing is now backing alternative ways of working.

Convenience stores in Asia give new meaning to the term: Customers can pay bills, ship packages, eat a nutritious meal and — in some locations — work out.

China’s parade of advanced new weapons underscore Beijing’s ambitions to develop a world-class fighting force able to go toe-to-toe with the United States.

With the prospect of a Chinese invasion generating growing anxiety, Taiwan’s entertainment industry is tackling the sensitive subject through TV shows and games.