by SubtropicalAsia | Feb 18, 2020 | CULTURE&ART, News
Myanmar’s 1970s was a period of dictatorial power, inflation, food shortages, and government corruption. It was absolutely a difficult time for youth to be themselves. Then the photo studio became an oasis. Girls and boys would come into the studio and take pictures...
by SubtropicalAsia | Feb 16, 2020 | COVID-19, News
Due to the coronavirus, China’s music industry has also been hit hard. All the live-venues were shut down, performances were cancelled or postponed, band members can’t gather for rehearsal. Meanwhile, music live-streaming is suddenly booming. We...
by SubtropicalAsia | Feb 15, 2020 | COVID-19, CULTURE&ART, News
This is the story of how she found peace from anxiety in this truly extreme situation. “At the end of 2019, I left Shanghai, where I have lived for more than ten years, and returned to my hometown Huanggang, a city not far from Wuhan. At that time, I was seriously ill...
by SubtropicalAsia | Feb 15, 2020 | COVID-19, Highlight Content, News
In Subtropical Asia’s Special Project, for three consecutive days, we will publish a diary of young people now staying in locked down Wuhan, the coronavirus epidemic center. The text and pictures are from their social media account and have been authorized. “I don’t...
by SubtropicalAsia | Feb 7, 2020 | Videos
It was a one-in-a-lifetime-chance for Doch Chkae, a band of young orphans from the slums of Phnom Penh: In 2018 they were invited to play at Wacken, the worlds biggest metal festival. But first their visa got denied and then their band almost broke apart. That they...
