For the Tibetan community in London, the upcoming Chinese mega-embassy at Royal Mint Court is just another physical manifestation of the surveillance and climate of fear they have to navigate.
The way Daniel York Loh, a London-based actor of Singaporean and British heritage, sees it, there’s no way anyone can resist rising facism simply by being ‘reasonable’ and ‘sensible’.
In the mountains of the Nujiang region, China, the Catholic faith has been shaped by generations of isolation and woven into local custom and ritual.
Singapore proudly declares itself a “pro-family” nation. But in Unease: Life in Singapore Families, Teo You Yenn uncovers a sense of unease among Singaporean parents from all walks of life.
A former teacher turned resistance medic supports civilians and fighters in the revolution against the Myanmar military junta.
A father and son travel to experience Vietnam through the birds that call it home, even if only for a little while.
There are no longer any Muslim families in Mari in eastern India, yet the Hindu residents continue tending to their village’s empty mosque.
Chinese law allows the state to punish its citizens for consuming cannabis outside its borders, but many young Chinese citizens see Thailand as a safe haven for mind-altering experiments.
After years of internet disruptions, a generation of Kashmiri cricket commentators is turning village matches into digital broadcasts, and building livelihoods through a connection they once lived without
The three volumes of Eiji Yoshikawa’s Musashi: The Novel contain a rollicking yarn with a cast of colourful characters that swirls about its nucleus, Musashi, with curious and often calamitous results.
Independent bookstores opening on Hong Kong’s islands not only offer good reads, but also operate as third spaces that serve their local communities.
Uyghur dance performances are invariably showcased by Chinese officials in an attempt to show that everything in Xinjiang is ‘normal’. It’s a move that, through its absurdity, creates even more unease.
The General: Vietnam in the Age of Tô Lâm shows that not even foreigners or non-Vietnamese speakers have immunity from the iron fist Tô Lâm, the Communist Party of Vietnam’s general secretary.
Beyond Geopolitics: The Philippines in the New Marcos Era is a good guide to the first half of the Marcos Jr administration, and much of what is written on corruption, political dynasties, elite competition, and debilitated institutions helps to explain present circumstances.
In contexts where public narratives are written and rewritten according to the whims of those in power, and selective amnesia is imposed upon the population, remembering becomes a political act.
In Nguyễn Bình Phương’s 1994 novel, The Young Die Old, magical realism thus functions as a mirror for a society in anguish
How many places exist only in narration because today they are lost, or they are not as they were?
A short story by Cicilia Oday, translated from Indonesian by Fulvia.
In media partnership with the 2026 George Town Literary Festival.