Chinese women who wear facekinis also sometimes wear bathing suits that cover their entire torsos and arms, similar to the burkini and to the wet suits common among surfers. In 2012 at Qingdao ...

France's burkini ban has been mocked by social media users around the world pondering what local officials would do if Chinese beachgoers turned up for a dip on the Riviera in facekinis.

A French ban on the burkini – a swimsuit that covers the whole body except for the face, hands and feet – has prompted fierce debate, but women in one part of China are wondering what all the ...

“I wear the burkini for safety ... such a problem that vast amounts of fabric are required as a deterrent. Many Chinese swimmers here wear full body­suits, some even don “facekinis ...

Halima Aden, a Somali American and Muslim model, is the first woman to pose in a burkini for Sports Illustrated's swimsuit issue, which hits newsstands Wednesday. "Growing up in the States ...

This week a set of photos went viral capturing side-by-side glimpses of a burkini-clad Muslim woman surrounded by officers who then forced her to remove her burkini. The burkini is a swim-suit ...

Three French cities — Cannes, Villeneuve-Loubet and Sisco — banned the burkini earlier in August, which sent sales skyrocketing up 200% — and only half the customers were Muslim.

But most non-Muslims in Europe are only finding out about it now because the popular British department store chain Marks & Spencer has just launched its own burkini line in Europe to appeal to a ...

A French ban on the burkini – a swimsuit that covers the whole body except for the face, hands and feet – has prompted fierce debate, but women in one part of China are wondering what all the ...