china Inside Qingdao's authentic German quarter: A colonial legacy in modern China Séamus Bellamy

Japan Japan's rice crisis: Greedy tourists won't stop eating it Ellsworth Toohey

disasters Deadly 7.7 earthquake hits Myanmar and Thailand (video) Carla Sinclair

censorship Indian government censors tweets critical of Indian government censorship Mark Frauenfelder

Food How to avoid tourist trap restaurants in Nepal Mark Frauenfelder

photography Kevin Kelly's new book: a massive 3-volume set of stunning photography in Asia Mark Frauenfelder

News 'Kim Jong-un appears not to have undergone surgery,' South Korea media reports Xeni Jardin

world news North Korea launches cruise missiles in 5th weapons test this year Xeni Jardin

Business How to beat AI facial expression software for screening job seekers: "smile with your eyes" Mark Frauenfelder

News China has 500+ Uighur camps and prisons and is holding far more than one million, activists say Xeni Jardin

Japan Why South Koreans are boycotting Japan Mark Frauenfelder

Food This soup has been simmering for 45 years in a Bangkok restaurant Mark Frauenfelder

photography Trippy shots of Asian cities with a fractal lens Andrea James

china Street interviews: what Chinese think of white foreigners Mark Frauenfelder

censorship South Koreans explain how they get around government porn censorship Mark Frauenfelder

asia What the Chinese think of Japan Mark Frauenfelder

scholarship Americans perceive overweight Asian people as 'less foreign' than skinny Asians Cory Doctorow

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politics China gives outlaw artist Ai Weiwei his passport back. Finally. For now. Xeni Jardin