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Fragments of Cai Yang's Life: An Angry Young Man Gets Swept Up in Protests Against Japan

People take pictures of a Japanese car damaged during a protest against Japan's 'nationalizing' of the disputed Diaoyu Islands, also known as Senkaku Islands in Japan in Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi province, on September 15, 2012. (AFP/GettyImages)
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ChinaFile, the new online magazine of the Center on U.S.-China Relations, has translated a rare story from the Chinese newspaper, Southern Weekend.

November 6th by Ouyang Bin | Comments

Photo of the Day: Purple Splendor in Japan

A dusky purple glow bathes Maiko Park in Kobe, Japan on October 7, 2012. (halfrain/Flickr)
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A dusky purple glow bathes Maiko Park in Kobe, Japan on October 7, 2012. (halfrain/Flickr)

November 2nd by Tahiat Mahboob | Comments

You've Heard About Halloween, But How Does Asia Honor the Dead?

Countless lanterns illuminate the night sky to honor those lost during the Obon festival in Japan. (laurenz/Flickr)
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Halloween isn't the only celebration honoring the dead. Countries all over the world have their own ways of honoring those generations long gone.

October 31st by Saira Siddiqi | Comments

Photo of the Day: Walking on Water in Japan

A group inches towards the Itsukushima Shrine on the Miyajima Island of Hiroshima, Japan on May 13, 2012. (Guwashi999/Flickr)
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A group inches towards the Itsukushima Shrine on the Miyajima Island of Hiroshima, Japan on May 13, 2012. (Guwashi999/Flickr)

October 12th by Saira Siddiqi | Comments

Video: Anti-Japan Protests a Reminder That Not Everything is Changing in China

Asia Society Fellow Jeffrey Wasserstrom weighs in on China and Japan's dispute over islands in the East China Sea.
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Asia Society Fellow Jeffrey Wasserstrom weighs in on China and Japan's dispute over islands in the East China Sea.

September 21st by Tahiat Mahboob | Comments

Photo of the Day: Standing in a Rainy Halo in Tokyo

A girl waits in the rain in the Asakusa district of Tokyo, Japan on June 19, 2012. (CaDs/Flickr)
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A girl waits in the rain in the Asakusa district of Tokyo, Japan on June 19, 2012. (CaDs/Flickr)

September 10th by Tahiat Mahboob | Comments

Photo of the Day: Caught in Motion in Japan

A bus leaves the stop under a row of cherry trees in Japan on April 12, 2012. (halfrain/Flickr)
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A bus leaves the stop under a row of cherry trees in Japan on April 12, 2012. (halfrain/Flickr)

September 5th by Tahiat Mahboob | Comments

Photo of the Day: Splashing Through Tokyo

Children run through puddled Ueno Park, Tokyo on March 9, 2012. (Rob Shaw BFL/Flickr)
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Children run through puddled Ueno Park, Tokyo on March 9, 2012. (Rob Shaw BFL/Flickr)

August 20th by Tahiat Mahboob | Comments

To Boldly Go … Where Foreign Faces Speak Mandarin

A scene from Hunan TV's
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"When I first went to China in the mid-1990s," writes Asia Society's Chris Livaccari, "I often felt like a zoo animal with all the attention I got just from walking down the street."

August 14th by Chris Livaccari | Comments

Multimedia: 6 Asia-Related Controversies From the London Olympics

Referee urges Indonesian and South Korean athletes to play fairly in women's doubles badminton match on July 31, 2012. (Adek Berry/AFP/GettyImages)
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It's not just the 300 events in 26 sports over 16 days that made the Olympics exciting. It's also the scandals, specifically the Asian ones that kept viewers hooked on Olympics news.

August 9th by Asia Society | Comments

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