Geoff Dyer's new book anticipates "an old-fashioned struggle for influence and power between China and the U.S., the two most important nations in the world."
A bee hovers towards some blossoms on a tree in Zhejiang, China on March 11, 2014. (Peng AN/Flickr)
It's obvious the situation in Sri Lanka has improved since the end of the civil war, but the government’s loftier and more consequential promises remain unfulfilled, writes Bhavani Fonseka.
A young boy drifts on a boat all alone in Kampong Chhang, Cambodia on February 24, 2014. (Suivez-Nous . Asia/Flickr)
Time-lapse footage captures the extraordinary process by which a Tibetan Buddhist sand mandala comes into being.
A bicycle stands parked next to an open road by a paddy field in Khanh Hoa, Vietnam on March 2, 2014. (shoot film, not bullets/Flickr)
Asia Society's second annual Pacific Cities Sustainability Initiative conference convenes a disaster response master class, whose speakers have dealt with typhoons, tsunamis, and earthquakes.
A modern bridge lit up under the evening sky in Singapore on March 8, 2014. (Qhairizad/Flickr)
A young boy and his monkey walk along Marine Drive in Mumbai, India on March 1, 2014. (NEENAD ARUL/Flickr)