Why Buildings Die Young in China
More bad news for the environment: many young, strong buildings are demolished in China amidst a frenzied appetite for “newer”, more prestigious ones.
ANNIE LEE
We're Rational Critics, Not Angry Young People
As anti-Japanese demonstrations erupt across mainland China, Hong Kong netizens prefer a cooler approach.
SIMON SHEN. Translated by ROLAND SOONG
China’s One-Child Policy: Blessing or Curse?
Even if the one-child policy were revised, the Chinese might still shy from producing more children.
BERLIN FANG
Asian Tiger Economies Beware
Provocative economist Lord Meghnad Desai warns against taking Asia’s re-emergence for granted.
VIVIENNE KHOO
China Obsessed with World Heritage
Why China is spending billions to win UNESCO World Heritage status for its scenic spots.
ANNIE LEE
South Asian Laggard
London School of Economics professor Lord Meghnad Desai discusses India’s slow growth.  
VIVIENNE KHOO
They are all foreigners, but some are of a better breed
The Israeli government voted to deport hundreds of children born to migrant workers  here in the country. It is astonishing how what would have been the country of Anne Frank has become one that deports children.
DAN-CHYI CHUA
The “Most Hopeless” MTV in History
What, or how long, does it take you to buy a property in China? This MTV has the answers.
KEY
An Adventure with a Khmer Ox Cart Vendor
In Cambodia, vendors continue the tradition of using ox carts as part of their survival and identity.
CHAN SOVANNARA
So You Think You Know Pakistan?
Despite its current political turmoil, Pakistan today is better than it was 20 years ago. Farid Ahmad defies the pessimists and tells us why.
FARID AHMAD
“Israel doesn't like what you say”
Israel banned left-wing Jewish-American academic Noam Chomsky from lecturing at a local Palestinian university. Is an Israeli clampdown on its critics really the lesson to be learnt from this?
DAN-CHYI CHUA
The Tycooning of the Humble Chinese Peddler
Filipino-Chinese are among the wealthiest people in the Philippines. Find out how and why entrepreneurship runs in their families.
MYRNA RODRIGUEZ CO
Here's a riddle: Name one thing Palestinians and ultra-Orthodox Jews in Jerusalem agree on
Hint: It's what's been tearing up the heart of the city for years now.
DAN-CHYI CHUA
Could you be any funnier?
It's not easy to steal the show be funny next to someone like British comedian Michael Palin, but Palestinian writer Suad Amiry proved she had just what it took.  
DAN-CHYI CHUA
Post-Election Analysis: Why everyone called it wrong
On Saturday May 16th, India's ruling Congress Party was kept in power, winning an astonishing 262 votes, its best results since 1990. Just ten votes short of the 272 needed for a parliamentary majority, it will be able to govern without the need to make deals with regional parties. The markets responded with a resounding 17 percent surge in share prices, its biggest one-day-gain in three decades. Yet this was a victory margin none of the pundits saw coming. As India Votes 2009 Illustration: Vikash Sharma
KARISHMA VASWANI