Apology for a Rape
The Nanjing Massacre is a sore point in Sino-Japanese relations and something has to be done about it soon.
LEE HAN SHIH
The Chinese in Canada: A Survey
These are exciting times for Chinese immigrants in Canada as China rises in status on the world stage. But with great change comes great conflict.
SUSANNA NG
Feng Shui Master Fights for Nina Wang's Fortune
The tussle over Little Sweetie's billions shows that when there is a will, there is a fight.
LEE HAN SHIH
Indonesia's bridal wave
One man, many wives. Should it be a free-for-all? Indonesia gets frisky with the concept of polygamy.
DAN-CHYI CHUA
The Fuqing connection
The rise of Liem Sioe Liong owes a lot to circumstances, particularly the fact that he hails from Fuqing in the northern Fujian province of China.
LEE HAN SHIH
Days of plunder
There are many who practise crony capitalism — getting economic gains by toadying up to the powers that be — but few, if any, match the scale of Liem Sioe Liong.
LEE HAN SHIH
Disappearing Deity
India, with half the world’s population of wild tigers, sees red over China’s plans to reopen the trade in tiger parts.
DEBBY NG
Hybrid for better or worse
Greener cars for a greener future? If green is the colour of toxic waste, then yes, maybe so.
DEBBY NG
Mining the long-term gains
Pollution-intensive industries can yield profits by improving environmental efficiency.
DEBBY NG
The Wretched Act of Animal Release
Taiwan’s annual ritual of releasing animals as a form of relieving suffering might just be achieving the opposite.
DEBBY NG
Thailand: Where Coups Still Rule
The Thais take pride in being the only Asian country that has never been invaded by a foreign power, while always maintaining her sovereignty.
LEE HAN SHIH
Talking Buddhism
Some 1,100 years after Prince Siddhartha Gautama founded a philosophy in India, two monks in China created a fissure in his teachings that still affects the hundreds of millions of Buddhists today.
LEE HAN SHIH
Buddhism Divides Thailand
There is a certain political restlessness in Thailand and it is not just dissatisfied political groups taking to the streets, disrupting public order. It also has to do with the document that runs the government.
LEE HAN SHIH
Explosion imminent
On March 20 six years ago, US-led forces entered Iraq for a military campaign that continues till today. theasiamag.com looks back spillover effect on its neighbours.
LEE HAN SHIH
A hairy situation
Who would have thought an unattractive, tasteless, and unbeneficial microbe with a fancy name would be so important?
DEBBY NG