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Then-New York Knick Jeremy Lin (#17) in action at New York City's Madison Square Garden on March 16, 2012. (Al Bello/Getty Images)

Photos: From Linsanity to Galloping Gangnam, a Look Back at Asia in 2012

As the world bids 2012 adieu, we look back at some of the year's most memorable people and events from Asia. more
Myanmar president Thein Sein (L) and legislator Aung San Suu Kyi (R) speaking at Asia Society events in 2012. Aung San Suu Kyi was last year's winner of our reader poll for Asia's Person of the Year — will her countryman take her spot this year? (Kenji Takigami/Joshua Roberts)

Poll: Who Was Asia's Person of the Year in 2012?

Asia Blog has compiled a list of 12 of the most newsworthy figures of 2012. It's your turn to vote on who you think had the most impact. more
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary R. Clinton (R) chats with Aung San Suu Kyi (C) and her assistant Tin Mar Aung (L) before the Myanmar parliamentarian spoke at the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 18, 2012. (Asia Society/Joshua Roberts)

Revealed: The Asian 'Global Thinkers' Who Made Foreign Policy's Top 100 List for 2012

In 2012, Asia Society hosted several of the global thinkers on the annual Foreign Policy list. more
Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng listens to a question at the Council on Foreign Relations on May 31, 2012 in New York. (Don Emmert/AFP/GettyImages)

Video: Since 2005, Sustained Rollbacks Have Stunted Legal Reform in China

Fordham Law's Carl Minzner discusses the past, present, and future of legal reform in the modern developing Communist China. more

Video: James Fallows on the 'Chinese Dream' vs. the 'American Dream'

Journalist James Fallows compares the 'Chinese Dream' with the 'American Dream', and examines the significance of the arrival of Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng in the U.S. more

James Fallows: 'Chinese Dream' vs. 'American Dream'

Journalist James Fallows compares the 'Chinese Dream' and the 'American Dream'. more

James Fallows: 'Chinese Dream' vs. 'American Dream'

Journalist James Fallows compares the 'Chinese Dream' and the 'American Dream'. more
Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng listens to a question at the Council on Foreign Relations on May 31, 2012 in New York. (Don Emmert/AFP/GettyImages)

Chen Guangcheng, Hoping to Return Home, 'Waiting' on China to Enforce Laws

Blind legal activist Chen Guangcheng said during a public appearance today in New York that he hopes China can follow its own laws and that he can return to his native country after studying in the U.S. more
A man begs on a street as a woman passes by in Shanghai on May 9, 2012. China could face an economic crisis in the next 20 years if it does not quickly overhaul its development model, World Bank and Chinese government researchers warned recently. (Peter Parks/AFP/GettyImages)

The Paradox of China's Reform

If China’s national imperative today is reform, the greatest threat to that goal is the massive influence and institutionalized corruption of the country’s entrenched elites, writes Asia Society Senior Fellow Jamie Metzl. more
Blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng makes remarks to the media upon arriving on the campus of New York University on May 19, 2012 in New York City. (Andy Jacobsohn/Getty Images)

Schell: Chen Guangcheng a 'Hopeful Breakthrough'?

The arrival of Chen Guangcheng in the U.S. after years of prison and house arrest raises the larger question of what the incident will mean to the status of dissidents in China and in U.S.-China relations, writes Orville Schell. more