Monat: Januar 2014

This essay is by Daniel Ziv, who has worked in Indonesia for 14 years as a journalist, editor, and now filmmaker. He wrote the bestselling book “Jakarta Inside Out” and directed the award-winning documentary film JALANAN, about the lives o… Read the rest “Understanding Indonesia”

This is the first chapter of my new Singapore 2014 book.

When I tell people I live in Singapore, the most common misunderstandings I hear are:

• “How can you live in that sterile squeaky-clean police state?”
• “Isn’t that where they cane people f

This essay is by Jeremy Wellard, who is based in Hanoi. This is the first chapter of my new Vietnam 2014 book.

The only thing most people know of Vietnam is the Vietnam War. In Vietnam, they call it the American War, and it’s just old history. The… Read the rest “Understanding Vietnam”

This essay is adapted from an excerpt of the great book “A Geek in Japan” by Héctor Garcia. It is the first chapter of my new Japan 2014 book.

If three Japanese people are talking together, and a fourth one joins the conversation, he will apolog… Read the rest “Understanding Japan”