Singapore grandmother Tan Chwee Lian carved warriors and Taoist gods for most of her life. She leaves intricate tasks to younger members of the family now, but still greets visitors to the workshop.
Beijing broke the tacit rules observed for decades by armed forces on both sides of the Taiwan Strait on Thursday (Aug 4), the first day of its unprecedented military drills. The People's Liberation Army (PLA) fired dozens of ballistic missiles directly over Taiwan, sent warplanes and vessels across the median line that divides the strait, flew drones over Taiwanese airspace.