British Records on the Atlantic World, 1700-1900 focuses on the two centuries of Britain’s colonial, missionary, commercial and literary relations with Africa and the Americas. The database contains 14 collections of rare primary source documents, with the total number of images at almost 300,000. British Records on the Atlantic World,
NEW YORK, August 22, 2012 — Author, public intellectual, and Taiwan Minister of Culture Lung Yingtai (龍應台) shared her views on cross-strait bridge-building and how she navigates between writing and politics. An event at Asia Society, NYC. Watch the complete video recording (1 hr., 28 min.).
Following a recent trip to Hawaii, Guam, Japan, Thailand, India, and South Korea, Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton B. Carter will describe the contours of the United States’ strategic rebalance to Asia. Dr. Carter will be joined in conversation with Ashley J. Tellis, Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Ri Sol-ju was identified as wife of the young N. Korean leader, Kim Jong-un. See the full article in The New York Times.
Chinese legal activist Chen Guangcheng speaks about grassroots activism and the pressure for change in China.
In 1991, Burmese Aung San Suu Kyi was under house arrest and unable to collect Nobel Peace Prize. On 16 June, 2012, she finally delivered her Nobel Lecture in Oslo, Norway. Watch the video presented by Nobelprize.org and read Suu Kyi’s nobel Lecture, her interview and the speech delivered in
Hear from the experts! Event at the New York Asia Society, June 21, 2012. Can Its Economic Miracle Continue Under Its Current Political System? Can China enjoy a second change of leadership without crisis? In the wake of the Bo Xilai scandal, Ian Johnson, Roderick MacFarquhar and Orville Schell assess
The Organization of Chinese Americans (OCA), a national advocacy group, responds to the Pew Research Center’s report, The Rise of Asian Americans.
