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The Aussie Way of Democracy

In an era when many established democracies are backsliding, Australian democracy remains resilient. What can other countries learn from it?

By Cassidy Warner

How Durable is the Great Green Wall of China?

China is undertaking the largest afforestation project the world has ever seen. But building an enormous wall of trees is harder than it sounds.

By Cassidy Warner

South Korea Has Finally Picked a Side

After so many years of trying to please everyone, South Korea is throwing its lot in with the free world.

By Jennie Oh

Ukraine’s Finest Hour

The courage of the Ukrainian people in the face of overwhelming odds, in the face of likely death or imprisonment, puts us all to shame.

By Shaun Tan

The Certain Uncertainty of the French Presidential Race

Emmanuel Macron looks set to win a second term, but if there’s one thing about French presidential elections, it’s that they’re always surprising.

By Alexandre Philips

Idlers of the World, Unite!

The Antiwork online forum is exploding in popularity in the US, encouraging workers to reject tyrannical bosses, low wages, and even modern capitalism itself. Should employers be worried?

By Patrick Roesle

Marica Hase on Sex, Culture, and Surviving Breast Cancer

Japanese porn star Marica Hase is a strange mixture of pliability and determination, of softness and hardness. That’s probably why she’s so good at her job.

By Julien Oeuillet

Night Has Taken the City

The supernatural world bleeds into modern-day Manila in the spectacular new Netflix series, Trese.

By Shaun Tan

The World Is Learning to Say “No” to China

China is the ultimate crybully – a country that bullies others yet invokes historical suffering to try to portray itself as a perpetual victim – and other countries are getting sick of its routine.

By Shaun Tan

No One Says “No” to Chindian Food

No matter how bad relations get with China, even Indian nationalists won’t give up their Chinese food.

By Asavari Singh

Lithuania Sees a Kindred Spirit in Taiwan

Lithuania is drawing closer to Taiwan – and it doesn’t care if China doesn’t like it.

By Julien Oeuillet

Here Be Dragons

Raya and the Last Dragon is the first Disney movie set in Southeast Asia. And it’s actually good.

By Shaun Tan

Sleeper Agents

Female spies from Asia are every bit as dangerous – and as seductive – as their Western counterparts.

By B. Alexandra Szerlip

Shunga: Beyond “Edo Porn”

Shunga were highly erotic Japanese paintings and woodblock prints characterized by meticulously detailed genitalia, astonishing physical contortions, and occasional witty dialogue or commentary.

By B. Alexandra Szerlip

The World’s Election

What’s at stake in this election? The soul of a country that is also a symbol to the world; the fate of democracy itself.

By Shaun Tan

Divinity in the Mundane

Kept at home by quarantines, we grow numb to our lives, our surroundings, and the unfolding tragedy of the pandemic. But regaining our sense of wonder can help us feel again.

By Michael Pusic

Ed Simon on Wonder in the Time of Coronavirus

Writer Ed Simon discusses the role wonder can play in helping us appreciate the depth of the tragedy as well as the beauty around us.

By Michael Pusic

The Mezcal Invasion

Once derided as rotgut, tequila’s smoky, artisanal cousin is coming to a trendy bar near you.

By B. Alexandra Szerlip

Sleeping to the Top

Whilst prostitution evokes cheap perfume, immorality, and desperation, the courtesan is associated with art, fame, and riches.

By Shruti Kothari

A Prostitute’s Place

In modern Japan, prostitutes straddle both a legal and a moral boundary.

By Richard Milner

Supernatural Femme Fatales

Why are myths and legends full of supernatural seductresses?

By Shaun Tan

Sweet Dreams Are Made of This

The case for living life like you’re in a dream.

By Dustin J. DiPaulo

Pakistan’s Tribal Belt Joins the Modern World

Annexed by the British, claimed by Afghanistan, a battleground during the Great Game, the Cold War, and the War on Terror, Pakistan’s lawless tribal region is finally integrated into the rest of the country.

By Manzoor Ali

Catullus: The Original Emo Rhapsodist

Whilst the popular impression of Romans is of marble statues, one poet showed they could cry, love, and swear.

By Felix Behr

Smells like Hong Kong Spirit

Hong Kongers know when they’ve got something valuable, and if someone tries to take it from them, they’ll fight like dogs to keep it.

By Shaun Tan

Sex, Death, and God

Sex is one of the most natural of human activities. So why do we treat it as so taboo?

By Dustin J. DiPaulo

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