Ayesha Haroon:Those who make and implement policies do not send their children to public education system.
The internet is abuzz with musings on what might be pictured in satellite images of the desert in China. We've compiled some of our favorite wild guesses from Twitter.
The author of Mao's Great Famine, which was a runner-up in the 2011 Asia Society Bernard Schwartz Book Award, spoke with Asia Blog about China, famine, and why the Great Leap Forward doesn't get enough attention.
"It remains to be seen whether the government, the bureaucracy, and the military can hold back the waters," the Asia Society Associate Fellow said.
View of the Singapore skyline showing the Central Business District from the Esplanade bridge on November 15, 2011.
Kashmiri anthropologist Mohamad Junaid and authors Arundhati Roy and Pankaj Mishra argue for Kashmiri self-determination in a discussion with Professor Philip Oldenburg.
Navy suits instead of aloha shirts: President Obama vetoes a beloved tradition at this year's APEC summit.
Authors Arundhati Roy and Pankaj Mishra appeared at Asia Society in New York on November 11, 2011, to discuss their new book "Kashmir: The Case for Freedom."