asia! is an online and mobile platform for Asian bloggers and other writers. For readers, asia! is a place to get a feel for what ordinary Asians are thinking and saying and doing, a glimpse of the Asia that lies beyond the news headlines.

Our editors scour the web for fresh thinking and good writing about what’s going on in Asia. We look for interesting or entertaining perspectives on issues both big and small, and we ask these bloggers and writers to contribute their posts or to collaborate with us in one or another way.

We keep an eye out for interesting people in Asia and we talk to them. Some may be famous, some deserve to be famous; most are just ordinary people going about their lives in the world’s largest, most populous and most diverse continent.

We also watch out for trends that are taking shape, the changing patterns of life – whether personal or professional, social or economic - as Asian countries develop.

And we look for pictures or photo essays that capture all these aspects of Asia.

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The asia! team

Publisher: Lee Han Shih

Managing Editor: Margaret Thomas

Editors: Dan-Chyi Chua, Vivienne Khoo, Debby Ng, Clarissa Tan, Bernice Tang

Site Manager: Carmela Mendoza

Business Development: Sakina Dhilawala

Blogs we love

Bangladesh: Back to Bangladesh

China: ChinaGeeks, China Hush, EastSouthWestNorth, Fool's Mountain: Blog for China, Jenny Zhu

Hong Kong: iCubed

Indonesia: Pagun View, Inside Indonesia

Japan: Japan Explained

Malaysia: Kecek-Kecek

Mongolia: Asian Gypsy

Nepal: Vital Voices, Wagle Street Journal

Pakistan: Deadpan Thoughts

Philippines: Gibbs Cadiz, House on a Hill, The Marocharim Experiment, Virtual Journals

Singapore: The Long and Winding Road

Sri Lanka: A Voice in Colombo

Thailand: Absolutely Bangkok, Personal Thailand, Philip Golingai, QuoteThai

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