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The color pink is omnipresent in the works of Nici Jost. "Land of Peach Blossom“ is based on her experience in Shanghai and the perception of the color pink in Chinese culture.
The fourth episode brings us to one of the world’s most crowded countries: Bangladesh. Dr. Faraha Nawaz and Sara Hossain will share their view of the country, and discuss the changing role of women in Bangladesh.
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In the Asia Society Switzerland Book Salon we read and discuss fiction from or about Asia in an informal setting.
This time we will read The Glass Palace by Amitav Ghosh.
The third episode brings us to the Sultanate Brunei located on the island Borneo in maritime Southeast Asia. Iswandy Ahmad and Dr. Vanessa Teo will discuss the government’s as well as entrepreneurial activities in the agricultural sector.
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The tour will take you through 4000 years of ceramic history, focusing on the importance and meaning of this fascinating art for Chinese culture.
In the second episode we’ll explore the land locked and most populous country of Central Asia: Uzbekistan. Dilfuza Kurolova and Dr. Farkhod Tolipov will discuss the country's challenges and development of civil society.
Learn about the fundamentals of architecture in Asia, how foreign concepts can be adapted to a local context, and ask your questions directly to the architects Zhang Xi and Eduard Kögel.
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A film team from the Swiss Alpine Museum toured the mountainous Korean peninsula during the brief thaw in relations between the two Koreas. The stories captured on film tell of an everyday existence that you won’t see on TV.
