Author Simon Winchester talks with China scholar John Major about his book, The Man Who Loved China, and the book's subject, Joseph Needham— a British scientist who eventually became the Western world's preeminent Chinese scholar.

Zhao Zhongxian, Vice Chairman of the Chinese Association for Science and Technology, discusses the future of green energy technologies.

Speakers Zhou Dadi, Dian Grueneich, Robert Larson, Mark Levine, Matt Rogers, and Carolina Woo present their findings and opinions during the US-China Green Energy Conference.

Speakers Tim Brown, Suzanne DiMaggio, Frika Chia Iskandar, Mahmuda Islam, Chakravarthi Rangarajan, JVR Prasada Rao, and John Tedstrom preset the findings of the first report of the Independent Commission on AIDS in Asia.

Panelists Thaung Htun, Scot Marciel, and Sean Turnell revisit the situation in Myanmar in light of the military government's recently announced "roadmap to democracy."

Asia Society Museum Director Melissa Chiu talks to Atul Dodiya, Arani Bose, and Hugo Weihe to examine current issues, emerging trends, and new directions in India's contemporary art scene.

Moderator Phillippe Koutouzis speaks with Beijing artists Tie Ying and Xu Zhongmin during Asian Contemporary Art Week 2008.

Ambassador Kishore Mahbubani in conversation with Vishakha N. Desai on U.S. Policy Towards Asia: An Asian Leader’s Advice for the Next American President.

James C. Chapman, Jeffrey D. Heller, and Kirsten Ritchie discuss how green design is taking off in China.

Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz talks about his new concept of economics, and his latest book, 'Making Globalization Work.'

In New York, the former cricket star and emerging political force lays out some fundamental problems afflicting Pakistan.

Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, Secretary General of the Massoud Foundation, provides an up-to-date analysis of the current situation in Afghanistan and the challenges that lie ahead.