Asian singers and actors who relocated to Asia see global crossover opportunity

Twenty years after he was a young, struggling actor in Toronto, Thomas Lo is now the one giving young Asian actors their big breaks. He just had to go to Hong Kong to do it.

The Chinese Canadian has been the creative director of one of the island city’s biggest TV broadcasting companies for only a few years, but is already making original English-language content to reach viewers around the world.

“It was a bit of a full-circle moment for me,” Lo told The Associated Press. “You...