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Interview: A Video for Chinese People 'Concerned About the Air They Breathe'

After months of documenting China's air quality, Asia Society's China Air Daily project will now take its findings to an international photography festival in China's Shanxi Province. more
Pearl S. Buck by Freeman Elliot. Oil on canvas, 1964. (Pearl S. Buck International)

The Rehabilitation of Pearl Buck

We revisit the history of writer, Pearl Buck, that looks at her catapulting into international celebrity and wealth overnight from obscurity and semi-poverty. more

China Air Daily

A daily snapshot of air quality conditions around the world. more
Beijing's skies on June 19 and June 22, 2009. (Beijing Air)

Hot Air? Beijing Slams Foreign Embassies' Monitoring of Air Pollution

The information the U.S. shares on air quality in China has a lot of value, even if it isn’t the most precise or comprehensive, writes Michael Zhao. more
The scandal surrounding ousted Chinese official Bo Xilai (L) got Asia Society Associate Fellow Jeffrey Wasserstrom thinking about some of his favorite noir books about China. (Bo Xilai photo by Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images)

Shanghai, Bo Xilai and 5 China Noirs You Should Read this Summer

After a brief primer on the "wicked old treaty port" of Shanghai, Asia Society Associate Fellow Jeffrey Wasserstrom suggests some China-crime-themed summer reading. more

Photo of the Day: The Cage Within, China

A bird cage hangs inside a house in Shanghai, China on April 7, 2012. more
Sean Leow, co-founder of the Shanghai agency NeochaEDGE, at Asia Society New York on March 9, 2012.

Video: Sean Leow on China's Bottom-Up Surge in Creativity

Sean Leow, co-founder of NeoEDGE, discusses China's emerging creative community, and the "neo-traditionalist" style taking hold there. more

Best Practices from the Best School Systems

What can American schools learn from high-performing Asian school systems? more

Best Practices from the Best School Systems

What can American schools learn from high-performing Asian school systems? more

Photo of the Day: Fierce Pandas on the Streets of Shanghai

Striking street art in Shanghai, China captured through an iPhone application on January 24, 2012. more