Home is everywhere
Rachel Leow
What does it mean to be Chinese?
Category: East Asia
Nissan’s Emperor
Peter Tasker
Before Carlos Ghosn there was Ichiro Shioji
Baloney
Michael Buckley
Bogus health claims are pushing species to the brink
Frontal history
Stephen Teo
Covering three decades of the Chinese film industry
More anarchy
David Eimer
The decline of Western influence in an age of acronyms
Tea empire
Milton Osborne
How tea fuelled Western colonial endeavour
Death and life
Mark Robinson
Death and life in a Tokyo neighbourhood
Hot water
Bill Hayton
It should be obvious by now what China wants in the South China Sea
Warcraft
Geoffrey Cain
The war on diplomacy in the US started before Donald Trump
Made in Hong Kong
Graham Earnshaw
How Bruce Lee made Hongkongers proud of their Chinese heritage
Lost in Gokanosho
Wayne McCallum
Gokanosho is not just a place; it’s also a state of mind
Ramen dreams
Mark Robinson
Finding a daytime high in a perfect bowl of hot noodles
Lonely Seoul
Peter Guest
A lone figure walks Seoul’s Cheonggyecheon waterway
Unbowed
Gareth Richards
Rare glimpses into Japan’s invasion and occupation of Singapore
Leaving America
Richard McGregor
A road trip yields insights into the rise and decline of megapowers
Tunnel visions
Kishore Mahbubani
The West ignores the story of Asia’s remarkable rise at its own risk
Vanishing
Scott Ezell
Trading away priceless heritage
Firefly
Michael Freeman
Exploring grief and defiance in North Korea
Gaijin
Peter Tasker
Ian Buruma comes of age in Japan’s warm, wet days of low-tech chaos
Forgotten Naga
Rupert Winchester
On the trail of elusive hornbills and freedom fighters in India’s tense border zone
Turning east
Sebastian Strangio
What explains Southeast Asia’s periodic lurch to authoritarianism?
Post-1997
David Parrish
Hong Kong’s post-handover generation takes on the political system
Daydream believers
Mark Robinson
How young and ambitious Vietnamese find themselves working in Tokyo’s convenience stores.
China calling
David Eimer
Can Aung San Suu Kyi resist China’s influence? The generals before her couldn’t
What China wants
Peter Tasker
China is back in charge in Asia.
Miserablism
Rupert Winchester
Modern-day India, where societal oppression is balanced by personal freedom
Midday’s children
Rupert Winchester
Two new books labour under the shadow of Salman Rushdie’s masterpiece.
Thread songs
Gill Green
How a French traveller stumbled upon the Miao and their textile culture
Pinball wizardy
Rupert Winchester
The multigenerational family saga comes of age in Asia
Tangled up in red
Chris Taylor
The US love affair with China is marked by cycles of exuberance and deflationary despair.
Borderlands
Vu Duc Liem
The true history of the Cambodian-Vietnamese border.
Chat Tomuk
Chat Tomuk
Jaipur’s emergence as a literary hub.
I say Poona
Easterine Kire
Where it all started for the writer.
Threadbare
Gill Green
Enthusiasts will appreciate Devare’s book, but not experts in the field
Standing up to China
Nicholas Chapman
Friction is nothing new in Vietnam–China relations
Damming the Mekong
Michael Buckley
Vietnam lies at the wrong end of the Mekong River.
One Chinese
Chris Taylor
‘Do you speak Chinese?’ is akin to asking ‘Do you speak Romance?’
Meatamorphosis
Rupert Winchester
Han Kang’s The Vegetarian is a short, dark, depressing but brilliant novel
Sorrow in a shopping mall
Chris Taylor
The word “miracle” is bandied about far too much in the context of China
Dreamworld
Rupert Winchester
A huge step forward for Beijing-based Hong Kong novelist Chan Koonchung