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Center on U.S.–China Relations

Book Talk: How Chinese Tech Got Caught Up in an American Political Storm

21 Jan 2025
6:30 - 8 p.m.
House of Huawei Book talk with author Eva Dou and Yale's Paul Tsai China Center Fellow Dan Wang
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Meet the Author

Aflame by Pico Iyer: Book Launch

22 Jan 2025
6:30 - 8 p.m.
How can silence teach us more than any words, and offer us a common space in an ever more divided and despairing world? Pico Iyer discusses his latest book, Aflame, "a transfixing mix of meditation and storytelling," with William Green.
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Family Activity

Moon Over Manhattan: Lunar New Year Family Day 2025

25 Jan 2025
1 - 4 p.m.
Join us in welcoming the Year of the Snake on Saturday, January 25, 2-25. Ring in the new year with performances and craft activities inspired by Lunar New Year traditions across Asia, including lion dances, face-painting, and snake-charms!
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Panel Discussion
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South Korea in 2025: Democratic Evolution and Implications for Policy

27 Jan 2025
8 - 9 a.m.
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Join ASPI online for an in-depth discussion on the historical and regional context of the current events in Seoul.
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Meet the Author

Gambling Man: Lionel Barber on Softbank’s Masayoshi Son

30 Jan 2025
6 - 7:30 p.m.
Lionel Barber discusses "Gambling Man," the first western biography of Softbank's Masayoshi Son, with award-winning journalist and author Sheelah Kolhatkar.
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Celebrate Lunar New Year
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Lunar New Year Leo Bar

31 Jan 2025
5:30 - 8 p.m.
Join us to celebrate the Year of the Snake!
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Meet the Author

Aflame by Pico Iyer: Book Launch

22 Jan 2025
6:30 - 8 p.m.
How can silence teach us more than any words, and offer us a common space in an ever more divided and despairing world? Pico Iyer discusses his latest book, Aflame, "a transfixing mix of meditation and storytelling," with William Green.
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In-person
Family Activity

Moon Over Manhattan: Lunar New Year Family Day 2025

25 Jan 2025
1 - 4 p.m.
Join us in welcoming the Year of the Snake on Saturday, January 25, 2-25. Ring in the new year with performances and craft activities inspired by Lunar New Year traditions across Asia, including lion dances, face-painting, and snake-charms!
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In-person
Meet the Author

Gambling Man: Lionel Barber on Softbank’s Masayoshi Son

30 Jan 2025
6 - 7:30 p.m.
Lionel Barber discusses "Gambling Man," the first western biography of Softbank's Masayoshi Son, with award-winning journalist and author Sheelah Kolhatkar.
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Lunar New Year Leo Bar

31 Jan 2025
5:30 - 8 p.m.
Join us to celebrate the Year of the Snake!
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Moral

12 Feb 2025
6:30 - 9 p.m.
The second entry in Asia Society's monthly series "Films to See Before You Die". Four Filipina women navigate friendship and adulthood against a backdrop of martial rule in the late Marilou Diaz-Abaya's frank and unapologetic melodrama.
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Discussion

Young Patrons Book Club: Featuring Granta 169

26 Feb 2025
5:30 - 7 p.m.
Join the Asia Society Young Patrons Book Club to discuss Granta 169

The Eternal Breasts

12 Mar 2025
6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Kinuyo Tanaka's 1955 masterpiece 'The Eternal Breasts', based on the life of tanka poet Fumiko Nakajō, screens on an imported 35mm print from the Japan Foundation as part of our ongoing monthly series "Films to See Before You Die".
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Family Activity

Spring Into Nowruz: Family Day 2025

15 Mar 2025
1 - 4 p.m.
Join us in welcoming the Persian New Year at our Nowruz Family Day on Saturday, March 15, 2025, 1 - 4 p.m. Celebrate the start of Spring and learn about Nowruz with interactive workshops, performances, crafts, storytelling, and more!
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House of Flying Daggers

09 Apr 2025
6:30 - 9:45 p.m.
Pivotal 5th Generation Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou’s sumptuous Tang Dynasty wuxia epic features all-star trio Zhang Ziyi, Takeshi Kaneshiro and Andy Lau in a deadly passionate love triangle. Presented on 35mm.
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Meet the Author

Lahore Literary Festival in New York 2025

03 May 2025
11 a.m. - 6 p.m.
"A safe place for dangerous ideas", the Lahore Literary Festival returns to Asia Society New York, exploring contemporary Pakistan through artists, writers, and other experts.
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Suzaku

07 May 2025
6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Naomi Kawase's ethereal, Cannes prize-winning debut feature plays on an imported 35mm print as part of our monthly series "Films to See Before You Die".
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