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Video Excerpt:Wen C. Fong illustrates an example of convergence between modern Western art and classical Chinese painting during a discussion February 18, 2009. (5 min., 12 sec.)
WASHINGTON, May 10, 2011 - Benjamin Reuben and his son Nissim Reuben describe what it's like to be part of Bene Israel, a tiny Indian Jewish community with deep historical roots. (6 min., 13 sec.)
NEW YORK, April 27, 2011 - Thai film director/producer Mingmongkol Sonakul reflects on the development of Thai cinema since the late 1990s. (10 min., 28 sec.)
Watch the complete launch of the most comprehensive report on Chinese direct investment in the US to date, commissioned by the Asia Society and the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars.
WASHINGTON, DC, May 4, 2011 - At the launch of a new report on Chinese direct investment in the US, Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke criticizes China's leadership for shutting US investors out of their country. (14 min., 55 sec.)
NEW YORK, May 4, 2011 - James Fallows, Inkai Mu, David Owen, Frederick Salvucci, and Regine Weston assess China's long-term transportation strategy. (1 hr., 24 min.)
NEW YORK, April 27, 2011 - Thailand's Mingmongkol Sonakul shares insights into her film I-San Special (2002), which depicts a surreal bus trip. (7 min., 43 sec.)
NEW YORK, May 4, 2011 - Weighing China's transportation choices, MIT Senior Lecturer Frederick Salvucci describes the pernicious long-term effects a car culture has had on the US. (4 min., 15 sec.)
NEW YORK, April 30, 2011 - Urdu poets Noon Meem Danish, Fahmida Riaz, Shehla Naqvi, Ifti Nasim, Humaira Rehman, and Raies Warsi perform in the traditional mushaira format. (1 hr, 49 min.)