On April 29, 1792, two ships carrying ... potential passageway between Europe and Asia. Several expeditions had attempted to ...

In that shed, there's a big map of East Asia on the wall, with pictures and notes pinned to it. And it shows the South China Sea - with a series of lines marking what's known as China's nine-dash ...

Asia is the world’s largest continent, containing more than forty countries. Asia contains some of the world’s largest countries by area and population, including China and India. Most of Asia ...

Australia’s place as part of Asia is clear on the map, but not so, it seems, in the minds of the public in Australia and some of its closest Asian neighbours. There are bright spots for sure. For ...

The discovery suggests that trade routes along the Silk Road were far more complex than previously understood.

Asia’s rise will define the twenty-first century. Pressing matters in East, South, and Central Asia—from North Korea’s nuclear program to the economic ascension of China and India—have ...

Asia Society’s purpose is to navigate shared futures for Asia and the world across policy, arts and culture, education, sustainability, business, and technology. Asia Society takes no institutional ...

Reuters, the news and media division of Thomson Reuters, is the world’s largest multimedia news provider, reaching billions of people worldwide every day. Reuters provides business, financial ...

Trump won the election on a platform of steep import taxes, including tariffs as high as 60% on China. India’s ban on the import of Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses is under scrutiny - here's why ...