May 31, 2015 09:29 AM

Buy Me the Sky
The London-based Chinese author Xinran explores the effects of China's one-child policy through personal interviews of only children
May 23, 2015 10:38 AM

This is How it Really Sounds
Stuart Archer Cohen offers a sharp treatment of a New York financier seeking to start life anew in China and the travails of an aging rock star in Shanghai
May 23, 2015 10:37 AM

England's Yellow Peril
Anne Witchard lays bare the history of cultural stereotypes associated with the Chinese by the British leading back to the First World War
May 23, 2015 10:37 AM

A Search for Common Ground
In the vast garbage-strewn landscapes of the countryside, open burning and littering remain the standard solid waste management practices
May 16, 2015 14:40 PM

A Sense of Belonging
Huang Qingjun's latest photography series centers on the satisfaction of material needs and notions of personal ownership under a changing economic substructure
May 16, 2015 14:23 PM

Chander and Sudha
This gentle drama about a university student in Allahabad in the 1940s delicately touches on the nature of romantic love
May 16, 2015 14:21 PM

Hong Kong Policeman
Former English police inspector Chris Emmet offers candid depictions of his work as an officer in Hong Kong
May 09, 2015 11:24 AM

Strangled by Ivy
Instead of looking to elite schools for social cache, applicants in China would be better served by focusing on the role of education as a system of knowledge enrichment
May 09, 2015 11:20 AM

Massage
Bi Feiyu's latest novel Massage tells the story of how the blind but skilled may or may not be reaping the fruits of China's economic development
May 09, 2015 11:20 AM

The Tears of the Rajas: Mutiny, Money and Marriage in India 1805-1905
The story of Indian independence is examined in detail through the archives and memoirs of colonial hands
May 02, 2015 09:08 AM

Fateful Ties
Gordon Chang presents a panoramic sweep of the U.S.- China relationship dating back to the Revolutionary War
Apr 25, 2015 13:13 PM

A Byronic Hero for China's Supremo
The interpretive patterns of a popular 14th century classic could serve to clarify leadership aspects of President Xi Jinping
Apr 25, 2015 11:25 AM

Opium and Empire
This comprehensive biography of William Jardine and James Matheson, founders of the preeminent namesake trading firm, traces their route into the opium trade
Apr 25, 2015 11:19 AM

The Bear Whispers to Me
A short fiction novel on Taiwanese aborigines makes inroads on Chinese literature with a focus on native peoples
Apr 18, 2015 15:13 PM

The Game of 100 Ghosts
Toronto poet Terry Watada cogently synthesizes Japanese ghost-telling traditions with unconventional narrative structure
Apr 18, 2015 15:06 PM

The Defections
Barriers to group identity are explored with literary skill in this story of a young biracial woman in South Korea
Apr 18, 2015 14:45 PM

Spoonful of Sugar
Photographer Zhu Yinghao's series on Cuba turns viewers toward a sense of the oddly familiar, through images paired with nostalgia as a careful rendering of a recent past in China
Apr 11, 2015 14:34 PM

On the Well-Chosen Word
Critics of simplified Chinese logograms continue to exalt language as a receptacle of history – but they fail to take into account the system's comprehensive etymology and evolution
Apr 11, 2015 14:28 PM

The Greening of Asia
Veteran journalist Mark Clifford draws on extensive experience in region in providing definitive evaluation of companies committed to sustainable practices
Apr 11, 2015 14:25 PM

China's Foreign Places
The history of over 100 colonial outposts in China which existed in varying forms from treaty ports to leased territories is explored in this thoughtful compendium