Asia
Two operas, one in Hong Kong, the other in Moscow, seemed to speak on current themes. I had the good luck this year of seeing two operas I hadn’t seen before (hit exit button if you don’t like opera). [...]
Asia
Hong Kong—Looking out over Hong Kong harbor, it’s easy to grasp the logic of the town’s marketing slogan, “Asia’s World City.” Flocks of ships come and go from expanded ports. Businessmen from [...]
Asia
London, March 23, 2015—(Please note a comment by friend Dimon Liu at bottom) There’s no doubt that Lee Kwan Yew, the Singapore political leader and patriarch who died over the weekend at 91, transformed [...]