China’s frontiers: Is there anything left to explore? — June 11, 2014 Exploration is challenging. If it’s too easy, then it’s not real exploration. So says Wong Continue Reading ...
What can tourists expect when visiting North Korea? — December 2, 2013 The tour bus bounces along one of North Korea’s potholed roads, pop music blasting out over the Continue Reading ...
Malaysian novelist wins Man Asian Literary Prize — March 15, 2013 Malaysian author Tan Tweng Eng has won this year’s Man Asian Literary Prize for “The Garden Continue Reading ...
Hong Kong’s giant rubber duck — May 2, 2013 Hong Kong’s busy harbor is never short of action, but the great big yellow duck that floated into Continue Reading ...
Cancer a catalyst for creativity — December 13, 2016 Siak drew from her own life and her family story for her debut novel, The Woman Who Breathed Two Worlds,
Sleep in Kim Jong-il’s bed — June 2, 2014 The power had gone out. I was lying on the floor in the pitch black, listening to waves crashing on the
Experience the nomadic lifestyle — January 25, 2020 Their simple life in harmony with nature is vanishing, but a social enterprise using nomads as guides
Home swapping app — December 14, 2019 James Asquith holds the Guinness World Record as the youngest person to visit every country in the world
The ties that bind — March 22, 2015 A pictorial book documents the last women in China with bound feet, writes Kate Whitehead
The rising son — April 28, 2013 Born to Hong Kong parents, Nathanael Wei is the youngest member of Britain’s House of Lords.