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Art and Celebrity Asia
The Birth of a Nation: Israel in Pictures
David Rubinger was there at some of the most significant moments of Israel's history. His photographs are a testimony of its tumultuous past, which remains very much a part of the country's present. He shared these works of his in an exclusive interview with theasiamag.com.
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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.
A House for Asia
Asia House holds the only literary festival in the UK dedicated to books about Asia. Its director Adrienne Loftus Parkins tells Clarissa Tan why such a festival is necessary, and relates Asia House’s journey from a basement to a smart townhouse in the centre of London.
Wendi wins the war
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.
Chinese women who redefined fierce!
If Wendi Deng Murdoch is ever in need of a role model, she needs look no further than Washington DC, the hometown of Anna Chan Chennault.
Three weddings and a takeover
Or how Wendi Deng Murdoch could end up running the world’s most aggressive media empire.
Israel through the eyes of Amos Gitai
One of the region’s most acclaimed directors tells the story of modern Israel.
Korean Queens
How to sell a squeaky-clean TV soap with no sex
Dae Jenggeum, the Korean TV serial about a 16th century royal physician that broke virtually all viewing records in Asia, has no sex, no violence and very little action. Its most revealing scene took place in the story, when the king walked unannounced into Jenggeum’s room and caught her taking off her socks. It was the only time in the 70-part serial that he actress, Lee Yong-ae, ever showed her feet, or indeed any part of her body apart from her head, her neck and her hands.
Russian tennis: Blonde, armed (with rackets) and dangerous
They took tennis to a different level and turned it into an even more compelling show.
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AT A GLANCE A quick insight to the top stories
A tale of two terminals
Instant noodles rule the world!
Nano car. Big questions. (Part 1 of 2)
"The West Wing": Season Eight, unscripted
The elixir of youth
Death by mining - A Third World affair
A tale of two bronzes
Chasing the sun
SPAM, I am
Life, unscripted
India's silent gender cleansing
Bhutan: Weaving a future
Fight of the moon goddesses
The wretched act of animal release
A flare-up over going solar
Disappearing deity
Villages jump on the Internet Bus
Bridging the digital divide
Does communication save lives?
Singaporeans rise to the occasion
Flight of the Kiwi
Crossing the Muslim-Buddhist divide for love
Singing to read
Fascinating Asia by Rail
10 Eco-Myths Busted
Another Point
From Jerusalem to the West Bank