Russell Jeung, chair and professor of Asian American Studies at San Francisco State University, spoke on the increasing number of racialized incidents, in correlation with the COVID-19 pandemic, directed toward Asians and Asian Americans.
The organization received praise from two state governors — New York's Andrew Cuomo and California's Gavin Newsom — for securing ventilators and other supplies from China.
In this weekly digest of Business and Policy topics, time-travel to our very first Women's Leadership Series, learn how the COVID-19 pandemic could ease U.S.–China tensions, and more.
Ravi Agrawal and Mehmal Sarfraz say that while South Asia's two largest countries have so far avoided the worst of COVID-19, they cannot afford to be complacent.
Writing on the ethics of small actions in the era of COVID-19, Asia 21 Young Leader Vafa Ghazavi says that "each of us bears responsibility for helping to create a more just world."
In conversation with J.P. Morgan Private Bank Vice Chairman Martyn E. Goossen, MSNBC anchor Ali Velshi reflected on the effects of COVID-19 on the U.S. economy and markets, and how the government and society have responded.
Thupten Jinpa, a Tibetan Buddhist scholar and a practitioner of Western and Eastern philosophy and religious studies, discusses how principles of compassion meditation can be used to cope in times of uncertainty and fear.
In response to COVID-19, Asia Society Museum presents a series of Museum Salons to connect and discuss the new possibilities for exhibition-making and public programs in museums.
Lord Patten of Barnes, Reinhard Bütikofer, Julianne Smith, and Elizabeth Economy discuss the evolving relationship between China, Europe, and the United States.
In a conversation with Asia Society's CEO Josette Sheeran, Kalsi described how his upbringing in the U.S. South as a London-born son of Indian immigrants informed his lifelong commitment to diversity.
