Until recently, the "Asian Century" seemed a compelling narrative but now it is not what it used to be. It was supposed to herald a shift in global economic power from the West to the East, driven by ...

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Senator Loren Legarda emphasized the power of culture and history in shaping modern Filipino identity at the relaunch of the ...

Bob Pang set out on a mission to discover the forgotten story of brutalism in Hong Kong. Now with the publication of the bilingual Brutalist Hong Kong Map, he’s hoping to engage a global community of ...

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