Sep 28, 2016 18:14 PM

Borrowed Writers on Borrowed Time
Expat literature is a key component of the city's literary history because expatriates passing through town have been, for better or worse, elemental to its society
Jul 27, 2016 12:02 PM

A Billion Voices: China's Search for a Common Language
Since the turn of the 20th century linguists and politicians have tried to create a common language for China with mixed results
Jul 26, 2016 14:31 PM

Opera for All
Top tenor and founder of Opera Hong Kong Warren Mok talks about how he overcame backstage prejudice and his plans to make opera accessible to all
Jun 12, 2016 12:13 PM

Lessons from a Troubled Neighbor
Japan's rapid post-war growth that ended in years of stagnation serves as a mirror for China to reflect on its own economic model
Jun 12, 2016 12:07 PM

That Man in Our Lives
An exploration of the constantly changing notions of identify and self in a globalized world
Jun 05, 2016 09:55 AM

Afghan History Through Afghan Eyes
Instead of relying on colonial narratives, this volume paints a vivid picture of how Afghans view their own past
Jun 05, 2016 09:55 AM

The Bones of Grace
British Bangladeshi writer Tahmima Anam concludes her trilogy with a novel that, in recounting the story of a love across continents and ethnic lines, subtly addresses the deepest concerns of our age
Jun 05, 2016 09:49 AM

The Clash between Ideological Correctness and Academic Freedom
A witty novel, about how intellectuals survived the political upheavals in the 1950's, sheds light on the historical limits on free thought
May 28, 2016 09:38 AM

Unraveling the Myth of A Korean Robin Hood
There are few means of social control more powerful than myth and The Story of Hong Gildong fits that, critics say
May 28, 2016 09:37 AM

Bearing Witness to the China Story
Acclaimed photojournalist Fritz Hoffmann talks about the challenges of chronicling the country's growing economy and changing society
May 28, 2016 09:36 AM

Japan at Nature's Edge
The books explores the aftereffects of blurring boundaries between the natural and the man-made, in a country at the forefront of engineering nature
May 26, 2016 17:29 PM

Acclaimed Chinese Writer, Yang Jiang, Dies at Age 105
Yang, the first to translate the Spanish classic Don Quixote into Chinese, remained prolific even late in life, publishing her last novel aged 103
May 21, 2016 08:41 AM

Exposing the Brutality of False Benevolence
White Deer Plain, China's One Hundred Years of Solitude, explores the cruelty hidden behind the veil of Confucian ideology at the turn of the 20th century
May 21, 2016 08:36 AM

Restless Continent: Wealth, Rivalry and Asia's New Geopolitics
An essential road-map for a region in transition
May 21, 2016 08:35 AM

Poetry of Addiction
The poet dives into the dark folds of drug-riddled Bombay to feel the feeble pulse of colorful characters high on defiance
May 14, 2016 09:38 AM

The Tumultuous Link between Pop Music and Politics
Popular Music is a barometer of social change in modern China, surviving periods of censorship and political upheavals
May 14, 2016 09:37 AM

Postcards from Standland
A travelogue through Central Asia exploring the complex ethnic and geo-political relationships in the region
May 14, 2016 09:37 AM

The Thirsty Dragon
The book explores how China's Lust for Bordeaux wines threatened the World's Best Vineyards
May 07, 2016 09:03 AM

The Untold Story of Vice, Money and Murder in New York's Chinatown
A riveting true tale of Chinese gang wars that engulfed a city from the 1890s through the 1930sin the early 1900s
May 07, 2016 09:03 AM

The Story of China's Most Radical Population Experiment
An investigation of how the country's controversial family-planning rules have skewed the gender balance and left several generations with lifelong scars