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Asia Society Names Josette Sheeran New President

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Today Asia Society announced the appointment of Josette Sheeran, the Vice Chair of the World Economic Forum, as the seventh president and CEO of the institution. Sheeran will assume the office on June 10.

May 21st by Asia Society | Comments

7.0 Quake Hits China's Sichuan Province

Rescuers sit on ruins of a house in Longmen township, close to the epicenter of a magnitude 7.0 earthquake that hit the city of Ya'an, southwest China's Sichuan province on April 20, 2013. (STR/AFP/Getty Images)
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Early Saturday a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck southwestern China. Asia Society takes a look at the coverage of the news.

April 20th by Bill Swersey | Comments

Vishakha Desai: 'Senseless' Sikh Temple Shooting Shows 'We Have a Long Way to Go'

People console each other at the command center near the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin on August 6, 2012. Yesterday a gunman fired upon people at a service in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, killing at least six. (Darren Hauk/Getty Images)
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Asia Society President Vishakha Desai responds to the tragic Sunday morning shooting at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin.

August 6th by Vishakha N. Desai | Comments

Fact, Fiction and the News Out of China

Artist Ai Weiwei holds a webcam that he was reportedly ordered by Chinese police to disconnect, at his home in Beijing on April 5, 2012. (Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images)
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Asia Society Associate Fellow Jeffrey Wasserstrom discusses Ai Weiwei, Mike Daisey, Bo Xilai, Neil Heywood and the "blurry divide" between real and unreal in recent China news.

April 6th by Jeffrey Wasserstrom | Comments

Desai: After Mumbai Bombings, Time to 'Stand Up to Fight for Peace'

An Indian office worker walks past wall graffiti made after the 2008 terror attacks near the recent blast site at Opera House in Mumbai on July 14, 2011. (Indranil Mukherjee/AFP/Getty Images)
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It's been just over 24 hours since three coordinated bomb blasts killed at least 21 and injured scores more in Mumbai, India's financial center.

July 14th by Dan Washburn | Comments

Photo of the Day: An Afghan School Poisoned

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An Afghan man closes the main door to the Totya Girls' School following the suspected poisoning of its students in Kabul on August 25, 2010.

August 25th by | Comments
SCMP 南華早報 Friends fear right-wing connections will hit Chen Guangcheng's credibility http://t.co/5Y3svL9qqZ
WSJ China Real Time Ed Snowden is reportedly interested in ditching Hong Kong for Iceland, but can he get there? http://t.co/oqbTPFzPEI
Reuters China 路透社中国 Breaking: #China State Council says will strictly control new credit to industries suffering overcapacity
Channel NewsAsia 22 dead in monsoon floods in Nepal http://t.co/7kGSGjgJkL

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