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      • Jordan
      • Kazakhstan
      • Kiribati
      • Kuwait

      • Kyrgyzstan
      • Laos
      • Lebanon
      • Macau
      • Malaysia
      • Maldives
      • Marshall Islands
      • Micronesia

      • Mongolia

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      • Myanmar

      • Nauru

      • Nepal

      • New Caledonia

      • New Zealand

      • Niue
      • North Korea

      • Northern Marianas
      • Oceania
      • Oman

      • Pakistan

      • Palau
      • Palestine

      • Papua New Guinea
      • Philippines
      • Qatar

      • Samoa
      • Saudi Arabia
      • Singapore

      • Solomon Islands

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      • South Asia
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      • South Korea
      • Sri Lanka
      • Syria
      • Taiwan
      • Tajikistan
      • Thailand
      • Tibet
      • Tokelau
      • Tonga
      • Turkey

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"People of my generation saw hope in the West; young Asians these days see opportunity in China," says author of "Five Star Billionaire."
"Narcopolis" author Jeet Thayil (L)  and filmmaker Dev Benegal (R) in Mumbai on August 1, 2013. (Asia Society India Centre)
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Tagore: To Express and Not to Explain

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Birds of Paradise Lost

Andrew Lam breaks free of confining fact to capture greater truths.
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Anchee Min recounts early U.S. years in "Cooked Seed."
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Interfaith Activist Eboo Patel on 'Sacred Ground'

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