Pages of history — April 1, 2014 Fulfilling a specialist niche, Hong Kong’s rare and antiquarian bookshops focus on the passion for Continue Reading ...
Eslite Expands Aggressively into China — April 30, 2013 Taiwanese bookstore Eslite is expanding at a time when bookstores around the world are folding. Continue Reading ...
Go all James Bond at the JW Marriott Venice Resort & Spa — June 28, 2015 What is it? A brand new 266-room hotel on its own island (below) within the Venice lagoon. Isola delle
Weapons of mass distraction — August 20, 2013 Sea life and mini golf are North Korea’s latest propaganda tools
Barhopping through Shanghai’s hard-to-find speakeasies — November 24, 2013 Speakeasies are springing up all over Shanghai.
Holocaust survivor — January 25, 2019 Budapest-born literary agent Eva Koralnik recalls the 1944 Nazi invasion of Hungary that ended her happy
Aung San Suu Kyi draws thousands to Myanmar’s first literary festival — February 5, 2013 Though the “Lady” was the main attraction, the Irrawaddy Literary Festival managed to focus