An ancient Chinese document called the Shan Hai Jing dating back to 2000 BC, describes a legendary paradise to the east of China - Fusang. However a particular style of ancient Asian map indicates Fusang on the American coastline. Listen to what Charlo...

"Yam Sing" is a Cantonese cheer commonly heard at celebratory occasions like weddings. Simon Wu's dinner theater production of Yam Sing involves two strangers who meet at a HK wedding banquet – Mark, ex-lover of the Bride; Marco secret lover of the Gro...

This week on Asian Threads we talk to M.J. Akbar, author of Tinderbox - The Past and Future of Pakistan, who traces the journey of an idea, people, circumstances and mindset that gave birth to Pakistan. He questions the viability of defining religion b...

"It is the intangible spirit of a place that is most elusive when you're trying to create a visual portrait."

---------- John McDermott, an award winning fine art photographer

Originally from Little Rock, Arkansas, McDermott has crisscrossed...

We've all heard about how Amy Chua's Tiger Mom tactics can make the perfect child but are years of cramming and top grades really the best thing for kids? The idea of the "perfect child" has become status quo in places like Hong Kong and Singapore. Sin...

Music is rarely more pure than when it comes from the minds, hands and vocal chords of bands like the Doobie Brothers who have been making great music for four decades. A quintessential American rock band, that has sold over 40 million albums worldwi...

Have you lived in any one place long enough to designate it as home even though you are originally from somewhere else? Do you identify yourself with where you were born or where you live? On this episode of Asian Threads, Reenita Malhotra Hora examine...

In today's episode of Asian Threads, Reenita looks at the story of Mongolia through the eyes of travel writer Carl Robinson who wrote a book called "Mongolia: Nomad Empire of the Eternal Blue Sky". The programme also features the music of Mongolian eth...

Have you ever wondered about the origins of the Dragonboat festival? Or why proverbs are so important in Chinese colloquial dialog? On this episode of Asian Threads, Reenita Malhotra Hora takes a look at three Chinese folk tales that have influenced la...

On this episode of Asian Threads, we follow the story of author and solicitor Robert Wang who fled Shanghai during the Chinese Civil war to arrive in Hong Kong as a 5 year old.

Robert Wang's is a true Hong Kong fairytale. He came to the colony...