Tag: asia

• What is the cure for the West’s individualist worldview? | Aeon Essays

  June 1, 2025

  It runs deeply through the Western outlook, hailed and condemned in equal measures. For a corrective, look to Confucius https://aeon.co/essays/what-is-the-cure-for-the-wests-individualist-worldview?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=054df2db96-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_05_30&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-947a0f3c79-71652312 more ›

• Afghan Style – Thousand Yard Studio

  March 15, 2025

  Afghan Style is a fashion study of the Afghan man. Afghans have proven to be the most stylish men I have ever encountered; self-possessed, proud, sophisticated, & nuanced. As individuals & … more ›

• Undercurrents — Ian Teh

  March 15, 2025

  A selection of images from my first monograph, Undercurrents, published by TImezone 8. The work consists of 5 stories photographed in China from 1999 – 2008. Sino-Russian North-Korean tri-border. China.… more ›

• Scams, casinos and high-rises: The BBC visits a bizarre city in a war zone

  February 19, 2025

  The tall, shiny buildings which rise out of the cornfields on the Myanmar side of the Moei river are a sight so jarring you find yourself blinking to be sure… more ›

• 33 Ways To Improve Your Life, Japanese Style

  February 9, 2025

  Tokyo is a city of extremes. https://www.mrporter.com/en-us/journal/lifestyle/life-lessons-people-tokyo-japan-style-food-24538500 more ›

• Visionary Leaders Of Small Nations

  February 1, 2025

  As the great powers battle it out over the shape of the world order, visionary leaders of small nations are pragmatically positioning themselves as best they can for whatever comes… more ›

• As We Enter the Year of the Snake, Let’s Revisit the Serpent’s Role in Art

  January 30, 2025

  On January 29, it’s time for the celebration of Lunar New Year across many parts of Asia, from Korea to China and Southeast Asia, and among those of the Sinic… more ›

• The Secret Sauce of Chinese Social Media Apps

  January 27, 2025

  Addictive algorithms fuse social networking with shopping and entertainment. https://restofworld.org/2025/tiktok-algorithm-shopping-china/ more ›

• The wisdom of traditional architecture in Asia

  December 22, 2024

  Terraforming Singapore Is the future made of sand? https://kontinentalist.com/stories/wisdom-of-vernacular-architecture-asia more ›

• How Singapore became the ideal testing ground for self-driving cars

  November 28, 2024

  Singaporean Sharon Ong’s toddler son, like most kids his age, is fascinated by all modes of transportation. On a recent visit to the resort island of Sentosa, mother and son… more ›