9 Best Articles in 2022
TechCrunch
The Unicorns Of Southeast Asia
TechCrunch
6 min read · From 2016 · I have spent most of my life living and traveling in Southeast Asia; the last two years as the mentor to Asian startups. Southeast Asia — home to 620 million people across 11 countries …
Shared by 21, including Mo Schuster, spruch, Vikram Dutt, Parin Vachhani, Faizal Ardiansyah, Nico Luchsinger
BBC Future
How China could shape the future of technology
BBC Future
8 min read · 2020-11-19 · One of the world’s fastest-growing apps, TikTok could usher in an era where Asia – not Silicon Valley – leads the tech industry. That change could be transformative.
Reader View · Shared by 144, including Katja Evertz, Johannes Dornisch, Howard Getson
Guardian Travel
My voyage through a world of language in just one word: snow
Guardian Travel
5 min read · 2021-01-22 · Missing the wild regions where I have worked, I took a linguistic trip from Asia to the Andes, via Russia and Finland, instead
Reader View · Shared by 85, including Jane, Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator, Neuropsychology
The New York Times
Asia Argento, Who Accused Weinstein, Made Deal With Her Own Accuser
The New York Times
8 min read · From 2018 · The actress and director Asia Argento, among the first women to publicly accuse Harvey Weinstein, arranged to pay an actor after he said she sexually assaulted him when he was 17, documents show.
Reader View · Shared by 33, including Jean-Patrick, Moritz Moser, Ste Davies, Alex Barrera
The Guardian
If the west can harbor Ukrainians, it can accept the many climate refugees to come
The Guardian
4 min read · Apr 1st · The Ukraine war has revealed the double-standards of the Global North’s immigration policies. Refugees from Africa, Asia and Latin America deserve the same sympathy
Summary · Reader View · Shared by 84, including PhilanTopic, Emmy van Deurzen☀️🌍 🌻🌹🌳🇪🇺🇫🇷🇳🇱🇬🇧🇺🇸⭐️, Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò
Prospect Magazine
China’s Belt and Road could have been great but now threatens to be disastrous
Prospect Magazine
5 min read · From 2019 · China’s mammoth Belt and Road Initiative promises to build energy, transport and digital infrastructure across Asia – and to reach as far west as Rotterdam. Just six years in, the project has already partnered with more than 100 countries; estimates of its eventual size run as high as $1.3 trillion. But Western critics, including the EU and the International Monetary Fund, are pushing back. In a succinct article for Prospect, British journalist Isabel Hilton outlines Western objections to Beijing’s agenda and identifies the West’s best point of leverage.
Summary · Shared by 82, including getAbstract
China Xinhua News
新华视点：中国发展 世界机遇——读取“一带一路”上的中国“经济信心指数”
China Xinhua News
From 2019 · Proposed by Chinese President Xi Jinping in 2013, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has extended from Asia and Europe to Africa, Americas and Oceania, stringing countries together in support of free trade and multilateralism. In April, 2019, China held the second annual Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation to reaffirmed China’s commitment to opening up and continue to build bridges with partner countries. In this article, state-owned news agency Xinhua News gives a concise overview of the points arising from the event and what to expect of the BRI going forward.
Summary · Shared by 3, including getAbstract
World Economic Forum
In 2020 Asia will have the world's largest GDP. Here's what that means
World Economic Forum
4 min read · From 2019 · By 2030, Asia will contribute roughly 60% of global growth with the bulk of that coming from China, India and developing markets throughout South-East Asia.
Reader View · Shared by 31, including Chris Skinner, Howard Getson, Marvin “Polymath but really Just Generalist” Liao, Balaji Srinivasan, Merkstatt, Vala Afshar, Sandy.nft
TIME
Why Face Masks Are Encouraged in Asia, but Shunned in the U.S.
TIME
6 min read · From 2020 · While wearing a mask in the face of the COVID-19 outbreak is second nature to people in parts of Asia, health experts in the West suggest otherwise
Reader View · Shared by 31, including hardmaru, John Nosta, Marsha Collier, Vikram Dutt
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The Guardian
If the west can harbor Ukrainians, it can accept the many climate refugees to come
The Guardian
4 min read · Apr 1st · The Ukraine war has revealed the double-standards of the Global North’s immigration policies. Refugees from Africa, Asia and Latin America deserve the same sympathy
Summary · Reader View · Shared by 84, including PhilanTopic, Emmy van Deurzen☀️🌍 🌻🌹🌳🇪🇺🇫🇷🇳🇱🇬🇧🇺🇸⭐️, Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò
joysauce.com
Asian American identity beyond Asian and American
joysauce.com
6 min read · May 10th · After moving to London, Taiwanese American writer Vivian Ho grapples with her identity beyond Asia and America
Reader View · Shared by 67
The New York Times
Climate Change Will Accelerate Viral Spillovers, Study Finds
The New York Times
4 min read · Apr 28th · In a warming world, bats in Southeast Asia will be especially prone to spreading viruses to other mammals, researchers found.
Reader View · Shared by 27, including Jonathan Overpeck, Hiroko Tabuchi, Deborah Blum, Carl Zimmer
Literary Hub
The Many Wars Within the Last Great War
Literary Hub
4 min read · Apr 8th · Once it was enough to explain the Second World War as a military reaction by peace-loving nations to the imperial ambitions of Hitler and Mussolini in Europe and the Japanese military in East Asia.…
Reader View · Shared by 144
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The Conversation
How Asia Transformed From The Poorest Continent In World Into A Global Economic Powerhouse
The Conversation
4 min read · From 2019 · As a hugely diverse continent, one thing has united Asia in the last 50 years: economic development.
Reader View · Shared by 28, including Vala Afshar, Howard Getson, Gutly Myrat
a16z
16 Ways QR Codes are Being Used in China
a16z
6 min read · From 2017 · We’ve talked a lot about the rise of QR codes in Asia, but they may now finally be moving from being a “joke” to being more widely adopted in other places as well. Simply put, QR codes let you…
Reader View · Shared by 69, including Balaji Srinivasan, Nils Hitze, DON’T PANIC, Stephanie A Kowalski, Chris Kloss, Myke Näf, William El Kaim, Mark Kaigwa, Danny Prol, Dominik Grolimund
The New York Times
Opinion | The End of Babies
The New York Times
~18 min read · From 2019 · From Scandinavia to East Asia, fertility rates are falling and families are shrinking. Has modern life become hostile to reproduction?
Reader View · Shared by 69, including Nancy, Stew Friedman, Clemens M. Schuster, Ryan Hoover, Kyle Chayka, Joe Germuska, Alexia Bonatsos, David Madden, M. Serdar Kuzuloğlu, Jason Silva, Alexandra Lange, Faik Ersoy, Adam Singer
newsnowfinland.fi
How Finland's fake four-day week became a 'fact' in Europe's media
newsnowfinland.fi
4 min read · From 2020 · We take a look at how media outlets in the UK - and in Europe, Asia, Australia and USA - were all caught out by a Finland story that was just too good to be true. Because it wasn't.
Reader View · Shared by 68, including Tom Connor, Marcus Schwarze 🚀, Stefan Diepolder, Christopher Lauer, Adam Tinworth, Gerd Leonhard, Charles Arthur, Mikael Krogerus, Thomas Power
joysauce.com
Asian American identity beyond Asian and American
joysauce.com
6 min read · May 10th · After moving to London, Taiwanese American writer Vivian Ho grapples with her identity beyond Asia and America
Reader View · Shared by 67
The New York Times
Is the Subway Risky? It May Be Safer Than You Think
The New York Times
9 min read · 2020-08-02 · New studies in Europe and Asia suggest that riding public transportation is not a major source of transmission for the coronavirus.
Reader View · Shared by 68, including Tibor Martini 🇺🇦, Trey Tweets Into the Void, John Burn-Murdoch, David Wallace-Wells, Allison Arieff, Brooks Rainwater, Deborah Blum, Carl Zimmer, Monica Gandhi MD, MPH, Emily Badger
TechCrunch
Uber has already made billions from its exits in China, Russia and Southeast Asia
TechCrunch
6 min read · From 2019 · Uber’s exits from China, Russia and Southeast Asia were billed as failures from the company, but the ride-sharing giant has already made billions on paper from those moves, according to its IPO…
Reader View · Shared by 10, including Bernhard Huessy
The New York Times
Carlos Tejada, Deputy Asia Editor for The Times, Dies at 49
The New York Times
4 min read · 2021-12-22 · He was an editor in Asia for 13 years, including with The Wall Street Journal. One colleague said he had embodied the phrase, “Edit ferociously and with joy.”
Reader View · Shared by 25, including John Schwartz, Lauren Young
Guardian Tech
'Accidental hero' finds kill switch to stop spread of ransomware cyber-attack
Guardian Tech
8 min read · From 2017 · Move by @malwaretechblog came too late for Europe and Asia, but people in the US were given more time to develop immunity to the attack
Reader View · Shared by 66, including Helmi, Azeem Azhar, Liv 😷, Merkstatt, Shanna Peeples she/her 🏳️🌈, Stephen C Sanders, Ian M Calvert, Cory Doctorow, Tibor Martini 🇺🇦, Thomas Power, Jane, George M 🇪🇺, Dayyan Smith, Esther Schindler
