What’s a nonya to do when nobody seems to know what a nonya is?
VIVIENNE KHOO
Decades after the end of colonisation, it remains embedded in the culture of the colonised. Case in point: the English in India.
JADED16
Jin Jin, or Yecholiya Jin, is a Kaifeng Jew who moved to Israel five years ago.
DAN-CHYI CHUA
They look no different from the millions of Han Chinese living in China, but what set this community apart is their roots. Meet the Kaifeng Jews.
DAN-CHYI CHUA
我回家了。That was how she felt when she first arrived in Israel, that she had finally come home, after 19 years, as one of the pioneering Chinese Jews to have returned.
DAN-CHYI CHUA
Before you dismiss them as cautious, conservative, cliquey folks, read this article and think again.
ANDREW HONG
For blogger, Benign0, Tagalog has never been a national language. Continuing to believe that it is just deprives Filipinos of better opportunities.
BENIGN0
The mooncake has received a bashing. But there’s more to this confectionery than sugar and lard.
SIMONE ERASMUS
Is being “uncouth”, as manifested through various acts of distastefulness (spitting, liking Paulo Coelho, remarking about other people’s weight), synonymous with being Indian?
GREATBONG
Tibetan youth show that they are capable of creating an identity for themselves that exists entirely outside of the Chinese imagination.
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As interest in China grows with her ascendance, one should think twice about fixing quick labels on this once-mysterious giant.
XUJUN EBERLEIN
Britain’s Eurasians uncover the painful truth behind the disappearance of their Chinese fathers.
ARWA ABURAWA