Four vignettes on the godly and not-so-godly
First, the dog that was almost stoned to death, by holy decree.
DAN-CHYI CHUA
White Russians in Shanghai
Fleeing from the Bolsheviks, thousands of White Russians made Old Shanghai their home away from home. Maria Maximova searches for remnants of the enclave.
MARIA MAXIMOVA
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
Goodness, is this Israel or Iran?
So much for being the Middle East's only democracy. Pronouncements coming from Israel's political and religious leaders are starting to sound like they are being issued from Tehran, rather than from Jerusalem.
DAN-CHYI CHUA
Asia's Ancient Artforms
For three people, with more than 75 years of martial arts training between them, the fighting arts have transformed into music, movement and meditation. Chia Ming Chien traces their journeys.
CHIA MING CHIEN
White Russians in Shanghai
Fleeing from the Bolsheviks, thousands of White Russians made Old Shanghai their home away from home. Maria Maximova searches for remnants of the enclave.
MARIA MAXIMOVA
From Persia to the Islamic Republic
If the Nazis won, Hitler might have proclaimed their new empire Iran.
DAN-CHYI CHUA
Fight of the Moon Goddesses
The hunt for new sources of energy on the Moon is propelling a new space race.
LEE HAN SHIH
Chang'e, the Chinese Goddess in the Moon
Feminists claim Chang’e to be the first victim of male chauvinist propaganda.
LEE HAN SHIH
Kaguya, the Japanese Moon Goddess
Arguably the best-loved legend in Japan, the story of Kaguya traces its origin from a 10th century Japanese folktale called Taketori Monogatari, or “Tale of the Bamboo Cutter”.
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
Ancient Asian Surgeons
Modern medicine and dentistry owe a lot to ancient Asian practitioners.
FELICIA YAP
Don't Tell the Japanese Instant Noodles is Really Chinese!
In 2000, the Japanese public voted instant noodles as the most important food invented in the 20th century. Little do they know that it was invented by a Chinese.
LEE HAN SHIH
Older than Bond, James Bond
The art of stealth has deep roots in the Indian, Chinese and Japanese cultures.
FELICIA YAP
The Golden Age of Japanese Seafaring
Newly discovered sources also point to a 17th century Marco Polo of Japan, who travelled to as far as India and Siam.
FELICIA YAP