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Asia Society India Centre Executive Director Bunty Chand (L) and Bachi Karkaria, Festival Director, in Mumbai on Dec. 7, 2012. (Asia Society India Centre)

Asia Society's Opening Night Dinner at Times Literary Carnival

A very special evening of dinner, music, and talk with Carnival speakers and some of Mumbai's most dynamic and distinguished personalities. more
Chinese author and 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature winner Mo Yan arrives for a press conference at a hotel in Gaomi in China’s Shandong province, October 12, 2012. (Ed Jones/AFP/GettyImages).

China's Online Community Reacts to Mo Yan's Nobel Prize

Mo Yan's Nobel Prize inspires mixed responses among China's Internet community. more
Chinese writer Mo Yan, the 2012 Nobel Literature Prize winner, attending the premiere of a TV series in Ningbo, in eastern China's Zhejiang province, in July 2010. (STR/AFP/GettyImages)

Will Mo Yan's Nobel Prize Finally Mean Better Book Sales Abroad?

Mo Yan's English translator talks about what winning the Nobel Prize in Literature means for the Chinese author. more
Exiled Chinese poet Bei Ling at the 2011 Frankfurt Book Fair. (Ekko)

Exile Now Even Lonelier: Chinese Poet Says London Book Fair Excludes Dissident Voices

Chinese poet Bei Ling says the London Book Fair's celebration of China is shutting out some of its most important dissident voices in the name of money. more
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)

Fact, Fiction and the News Out of China

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. more
A portion of the cover of Liu Xiaobo's new book 'No Enemies, No Hatred.'

Interview: Perry Link, on the New Book From Chinese Dissident Liu Xiaobo [UPDATED]

Asia Blog speaks with one of the editors of 'No Enemies, No Hatred,' a collection of writings by Liu, the Chinese dissident and Nobel Peace Prize winner who helped author the 'Charter 08' pro-democracy manifesto. more

Interview: Playwright Zayd Dohrn on Being an 'Outside Person' [Photos]

Dohrn discusses how his new off-Broadway play 'Outside People' bridges the gap between Chinese and American culture. more
Playwright David Henry Hwang congratulates actress Jennifer Lim at the 'Chinglish' Broadway opening night after-party at the Brasserie 8 1/2 on Oct. 27, 2011 in New York City. (Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images)

Three Questions for 'Chinglish' Playwright David Henry Hwang

Asia Blog caught up with the Asian-American Tony Award winner for a few quick questions about his latest Broadway play, 'Chinglish,' which TIME magazine called "a serious and nuanced study of the Chinese/American cultural divide." more
Chinese author Murong Xuecun speaks during the Chindia Dialogues at Asia Society in New York on Sunday, November 6, 2011. (Elsa Ruiz)

Video: Chinese Author Murong Xuecun Talks Government (and Self) Censorship

Before he was featured on the front page of the New York Times, the 37-year-old novelist spoke at Asia Society in New York. more

Asian Arts and Ideas Forum: The Chindia Dialogues

Biographies of confirmed participants for the inaugural event, slated for November 3-6, 2011 in New York City. more