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Following the Footsteps of Harry Parche: Creative Music and Instruments in Hong Kong

HONG KONG, March 16, 2016 — Composers, creative instrument designers, and musicians gathered to develop a creative musical project in Hong Kong. Like famous creative musician Harry Parche, they built new instruments with limited resources and composed original music that harmonizes the ensemble of creative sounds. (1 hr., 31 min.)

Nassim Nicholas Taleb: What We're Doing Wrong
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Nassim Nicholas Taleb: What We're Doing Wrong

HONG KONG, September 28, 2009 - Professor Nassim Nicholas Taleb offers a grim view of how the global financial crisis is being handled at the Asia Society Hong Kong Center's 2009 Annual Dinner. (1 min., 31 sec.)
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Border Crossing
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Border Crossing

A student-produced video about border crossings--of people and of pollution.
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Aki Ra on Becoming a Khmer Rouge Soldier

Aki Ra on Becoming a Khmer Rouge Soldier

Aki Ra on Becoming a Khmer Rouge Soldier
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Sneak Preview: Taintless Spring
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Sneak Preview: Taintless Spring

Sneak Preview: Taintless Spring
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Vidya Dehejia: There and Then Vs. Here and Now
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Vidya Dehejia: There and Then Vs. Here and Now

NEW YORK, October 5, 2009 - Vidya Dehejia contrasts traditional and present-day attitudes towards the sensuous element in Indian art and expression. (1 min., 32 sec.)
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Vidya Dehejia on Chola Bronzes (Complete)
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Vidya Dehejia on Chola Bronzes (Complete)

NEW YORK, October 5, 2009 - Art historian Vidya Dehejia illuminates the Asia Society Museum exhibition Devotion in South India: Chola Bronzes in this slide lecture. (57 min.)
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Stephen Roach: This Is Asia
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Stephen Roach: This Is Asia

NEW YORK, September 30, 2009 - Morgan Stanley Asia Chairman Stephen Roach illiustrates the state of today's Asian economies with a stark visual aid. (41 sec.)
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The Emergence of a New Asian Middle Class
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The Emergence of a New Asian Middle Class

Richard Dobbs, director of the McKinsey Global Institute, on the emergence of a "billion new middle class consumers" in Asia, and their role in global economic recovery.
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On China's Need for Payroll Taxes
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On China's Need for Payroll Taxes

NEW YORK, October 1, 2009 - Jonathan Woetzel, director of McKinsey & Co. Greater China, on how implementing payroll taxes can boost growth in China, despite resistance at the local level. (1 min., 43 sec.)

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Unleashing the Chinese Consumer (Complete)
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Unleashing the Chinese Consumer (Complete)

NEW YORK, October 1, 2009 - Drawing on a yearlong research project, Richard Dobbs of McKinsey Global Institute and Jonathan Woetzel of McKinsey & Co. Greater China, discuss  how a more consumer-centric China could impact recovery. (1 hr., 17 min.)
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Stephen Roach Surveys The Next Asia (Complete)
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Stephen Roach Surveys The Next Asia (Complete)

NEW YORK, September 30, 2009 - In conjunction with the launch of his book The Next Asia, economist Stephen Roach assesses the prospects for Asian economies in the years ahead. (1 hr., 9 min.)
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Sri Lanka PM on ICRC Access to Camps (Excerpt)

Sri Lanka PM on ICRC Access to Camps (Excerpt)

NEW YORK, September 24, 2009 - Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickramanayake discusses his government’s position on ICRC access to Tamil internment camps with Asia Society’s Jamie Metzl at Asia Society headquarters. (1 min., 58 sec.)
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