EditorialLi Ming-che and his wife Li Ching-yu, seated at the table during a meeting with activists in Taipei, Taiwan, on June 9, 2022. (Lam Yik Fei/The New York Times)
EditorialDiana Ming, a bride-to-be, on the pedestal, consulting with the fashion designer Rosie Assoulin, far left, at Bergdorf Goodman in New York, May 13, 2022. (Gabby Jones/The New York Times)
EditorialChina: 'Night-Shining White'. Zhao Ye Bai, a favourite horse of Emperor Xuanzong (712-56). Handscroll painting by Han Gan (706-783), c. 750 CE