Your Father’s Daughter: Asia’s Most Powerful Women
A shared past of politics and family tragedy brought together two of the most influential female politicians in Asia at a meeting in Seoul, South Korea. Aung San Suu Kyi, …
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Shifting Centres at the 5th Annual India Art Fair
The Centre is Shifting “What is the difference between a collector and a curator (of art)”? No, not a joke, or even a trick question, but an invitation to seek …
Read MoreAGI Review: Anjin: The Shogun and the English Samurai
Originally devised for a Japanese audience, to mark the 400th anniversary of Japan and the UK’s trading relationship (giving or take a few centuries of cloistered isolation on the part …
Read MoreIndian Consumers in Distress
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) blinked in its standoff with the Indian finance minister P Chidambaram. The Indian central bank lowered the rate at which it lends to banks …
Read MoreChina Hits New York Times with Smear Allegation
The New York Times has claimed that hackers from China have “persistently” infiltrated it’s webspace over the past four months- in response, the Chinese foreign ministry has claimed that the …
Read MoreMcRefugees in Japan
The economic tribulations which have dogged Japan since the burst of the bubble economy have decimated employment opportunities for generations of graduates, especially for the cohorts of generation-X, who entered …
Read MoreAsia on Film in 2013
AGI is looking ahead to what’s coming up in cinemas this year with a list that is sure to satisfy the appetite of the most avid international cinema fan. Culture …
Read MoreA Day in the Life of a Hijabi
Vilified by the media, detested by many feminists, and banned by French authorities; the hijab is surely the most politicized female garb of the twenty-first century. However, with the aim …
Read MoreChina’s ‘Pig Killing List’
In today’s China, the focus on relationships, or guanxi, in business rather than adherence to rules and regulations is leading to volatility in China’s billionaires’ wealth. Recently, they demonstrate the …
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