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Hospitality tradition helps ease Pakistan’s refugee crisis

HIRA TAJWAR

The solidarity derived from traditional hospitality has provided a pillar of strength to the embattled nation.

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Scene from a camp holding refugees from the Swat Valley.
Photo courtesy of Gulraiz Khan.


Cancer threatens China's children

LEE HAN SHIH

In a feat unparalleled in history, China has lifted an entire generation out of abject poverty. But in doing so, she may have also doomed the next generation.  theasiamag.com looks at the rising incidence of cancer among Chinese children.


The Rise of Wendi Deng Murdoch

LEE HAN SHIH

Her birth name may embody the communist spirit but she has proven a capitalist  through and through. Meet Wendi Deng Murdoch, the woman behind the world's most powerful media mogul.


What a tiger means to you

LEE HAN SHIH

It says a lot about the tigers in the 21st century that it is an occasion of joy in some quarters when a wild tiger kills a human being.


Buddhism divides Thailand

LEE HAN SHIH
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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.


Not hot on "Slumdog"

DAN-CHYI CHUA

They are Bollywood's royalty and could have struck Hollywood stardom, too. Instead Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan both declined to appear in this year's biggest movie, “Slumdog Millionaire”. Did they miss out?


"The West Wing": Season Eight, unscripted

DAN-CHYI CHUA
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The popular White House drama returns with an all-new cast, an anything-can-happen storyline and its first Asian.


Mickey Mouse woos Shanghai

DAN-CHYI CHUA
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This is the type of high-profile romance Hong Kong tabloids revel in. It is also the worst kind of relationship for eager relatives wanting to gain from the union – an on-and-off-and-then-on-and-maybe-off-again one.


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