Asians seek to break western literary stranglehold
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UBUD, Indonesia  - Indonesian author Vira Safitri is only 18, but already has two novels under her belt.
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East Asian nations must pull together to boost their global stature but Australia and New Zealand should be excluded due to their Western ideology, former Malaysian leader Mahathir Mohamad said.
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Children at International Schools overseas live out the raw material of a literature unique to them and to their experiences.
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Yoshiaki Murakami has become a lightening rod for public ire at JapanÂs tilt toward American-style capitalism.
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âA Bloody Aria,â by the Korean director Won Shin-yun, is a sort of Asian âDeliverance.â
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SRINAGAR, India  - Books are back on the shelves of insurgency-wracked Kashmir which has been blighted by a literary drought for several years.
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The countdown is on. With less than a year to go until massive bundles of books leave Incheon International Airport for Germany, preparations for the 2005 Frankfurt Book Fair are underway with South Korea set ...
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Analysis: Business is booming between the two Asian juggernauts, but decades of geopolitical hostility remain unresolved
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Lisa Seeâs âPeony in Loveâ is a novel built on research about prettily oppressed 17th-century Chinese women who yearn for literacy and freedom.
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Sandra Luque, 28, was browsing the familiar books on the Asian culture shelf at the Casa Asia Centre in Barcelona before her eyes halted on a book titled: Viet Nam.
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Asians tend not to be very straightforward. They avoid precise questions and exact answers, even on matters of paramount importance - like money.
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Chinese publishers discover that online novel sales help move physical books off the shelves. And for a growing number of authors and readers, epic tales on the web are a thriving art form.
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A Japanese-developed adult-themed   computer game has incensed some of China's Internet surfers who   deem it a bawdy slur on the classic novel, "Dream of the Red   Chamber."
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Long on talk and short on substance, the only forum exclusively dedicated to dialogue between Asian and European leaders is still trying to prove its global relevance after its latest summit here.
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The world's biggest book fair kicks   off this week in Frankfurt and will focus on authors and   culture from India as well as the challenges new media pose for   the industry.
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Seven of the 10 bestselling dailies are in Asia, a result of rising incomes and literacy levels.
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The broad extent of the decline underlined Asiaâs deepening connection to global financial markets.