The Line, Ep. 14: Raising Excellent Sheep
A spirited discussion with a panel of experts reveals a link between the educational arms race and increasing class anxiety.
The Line Podcast
The Line Podcast
The Line, Ep. 13: Are We Slave Drivers?
Is the way we treat our domestic help morally defensible? We put three tai tais on the hot seat.
The Line Podcast
The Line, Ep. 12: Ageing in Asia
How to be filial in an unfilial age?
International Relations
Whither Asia in the Era of Trump?
While the election of Donald J. Trump in the 2016 U.S. election has thrown the world into a tizzy, it is also true that…
Material Culture
Abundance vs. Scarcity
How much is enough? This is the eternal question. In Asia, where memories of poverty are still widespread, the scarcity mentality has long absolved…
The Line Podcast
The Line with Durand, Wallace and Gibson Ep. 7
Durand and Wallace drew the map of modern Asia. They know the place. And Gibson is, in her own words, “a liberally-educated, middle-aged frog, climbing out of her tropical…
Immaterial Culture
Where Are the Humanities in Asia’s Schools?
Maya Thiagarajan is the author of Beyond the Tiger Mom, a more thoughtful take on parenting differences between East and West than that other…
The City
Yes, Paris Is Beautiful, but…
It is a truth universally acknowledged that Paris is the most beautiful city in the world, but should we all be trying to copy it?
Material Culture
So Long, Indy
The non-scandal around the recovery of a ninth century shipwreck.
The City
Before There Was Hong Kong…
Hong Kong was really a creation of Quanzhou.