NEW YORK, November 2, 2009 - Composer Tan Dun offers paradoxical thoughts on the idea of revolution, whether artistic or political. (1 min., 19 sec.)

NEW YORK, November 2, 2009 - Visual artist Wenda Gu and composer Tan Dun discuss current and future directions in Chinese art with Asia Society Museum Director Melissa Chiu. (1 hr., 12 min.)

The report offers specific recommendations to further the demonstration and deployment of CCS technologies through US-China collaboration in order to mitigate carbon dioxide emissions.

Asia Society Bernard Schwartz Fellow Hassan Abbas describes the brief window of opportunity that might follow a successful campaign in the tribal areas by Pakistan's military.

Hassan Abbas and journalists Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and Mary Anne Weaver

Asia Society screens Kambozia Partovi's Border Cafe as the third and final film in its Women of Iran series.

Asia Society screens Manijeh Hekmat's Women's Prison (2002) as the inaugural film in its Women of Iran film series.

HONG KONG, October 16, 2009 - Richard Eu, Group CEO of medicinal giant Eu Yan Sang, talks about the drawbacks of having professional managers run a family business. (2 min., 44 sec.)

NEW YORK -- Time-lapse video shows art handlers installing High Rise: Lake City Drive, by Huma Mulji, part of Hanging Fire: Contemporary Art from Pakistan at Asia Society Museum through Jan 3, 2010. (1 min., 37 sec)

 

NEW YORK, October 20, 2009 - Jun Xia, Dennis Poon, and Douglas Mass discuss Gensler's 632-meter Shanghai Tower, currently under construction. (1 hr., 43 min.)

NEW YORK, October 20, 2009 - Gensler's Jun Xia, design architect of the Shanghai Tower, on how the project can help develop Pudong as a "world financial center." (1 min., 16 sec.)

NEW YORK, October 19, 2009 - Former Prime Minister of Malaysia the Honorable Tun Abdullah Badawi and Asia Society President Vishakha Desai discuss the role of Islam in Southeast Asia and how the economies of the ASEAN region are coping with the world financial crisis. (1 hr., 26 min.)