Aung San Suu Kyi. Photograph: Getty Images.
By Ivan Lewis - 14 December 1:32

If Aung San Suu Kyi dares to hope that Burma’s future can be better, then we have a duty to support her with every means at our disposal.

The Stanserhorn mountain in Central Switzerland.
By Ritwik Deo - 05 December 10:36

A love story based on scenery, souvenir T-shirts, watches and hope.

Pakistani students protest in Lahore earlier this month
By Samira Shackle - 04 December 10:21

While politicians shy away from watering down official discrimination, the situation isn't going to improve.

A chai-wallah makes a brew in the Jari Mari slum, next to Mumbai Airport
By Ritwik Deo - 28 November 11:17

How could something so bland and corporate ever compete with the muzzein-like call of the friendly chai-wallah?

A worker holds cotton at a cotton factory
By Leah Borromeo - 27 November 10:31

Cotton farming has such narrow margins that finding cash to hold a family together can prove too much.

Sea View Beach in Karachi
By Samira Shackle - 19 November 16:25

The threat of terror attacks in Pakistan make things difficult sometimes, but life goes on with good humour and pragmatism.

Missiles are displayed during a North Korean military parade
By Alex Ward - 15 November 10:27

Pyongyang accused of violating UN sanctions to export missile technology to Assad.

By Caroline Crampton - 12 November 12:46

Olivier Desbarres fired after a video of him yelling abuse at construction workers in Singapore was posted online.

Neelam, a 14-year-old schoolgirl from Madhya Pradesh, India.
By Rose George - 09 November 18:11

The subject of periods and menstruation is even more taboo for India's girls than defecation - many have no idea what is happening when the bleeding starts.

Mohammad Zafar (R) and wife Zaheen Akhtar
By Samira Shackle - 09 November 10:15

Samira Shackle interviews Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, one of the directors of the Oscar-winning documentary "Saving Face".

A US soldier of a team protection squad. Photograph: Getty Images.
By Dan Jarvis - 06 November 18:03

The US and its allies should take a much harder look at our partners against the Taliban.

An Internet user points to the account page in Beijing on February 22, 2010 of C
By Alex Hern - 29 October 16:48

The NYT has made enemies. Powerful, incompetent enemies.

New Statesman
By - 25 October 18:52

In a remote corner of Tibet, life goes on as it did a thousand years ago, far from the transformation boom taking place in China's sprawling cities

New Statesman
By New Statesman - 25 October 18:28

Four rising stars of Chinese photography give a glimpse into the country's youth culture and fashion scene.

Mengniu Dairy. Photograph: Getty Images
By Wang Xiaoshan - 25 October 14:38

Documentarist Wang Xiaoshan writes about the corruption at Mengniu Dairy.

Statues at the Songzhuang Culture Arts Festival. Photograph: Getty Images
By Zhu Rikun - 25 October 14:28

Zhu Rikun writes about the perils of trying to make political films in an authoritarian state.

New Statesman
By Ai Weiwei - 25 October 14:10

China's architecture has transformed over the past decade, but at what cost?

Wengniu milk. Photograph: Getty Images
By Wang Xiaoshan - 25 October 14:03
Malala recovering in hospital in the UK with her family.
By Samira Shackle - 25 October 11:31

The shooting of the brave child activist Malala Yousafzai by a Taliban hitman shocked Pakistan. But politicians there are less keen to confront the state’s own role in sustaining extremists.

Malala Yousafai. Photograph: Geoff Brokate and Kaye Martindale.
By Geoff Brokate and Kaye Martindale - 22 October 12:23

While travelling through the Swat Valley in 2010, we interviewed the young school girl standing up to the Taliban.

Pakistani woman Mukhtar Mai. Photograph: Getty Images.
By Samira Shackle - 19 October 15:30

An interview with the Pakistani rape victim who became an iconic advocate of women's rights.

Anish Kapoor reads from Ai Weiwei's New Statesman leader.
By New Statesman - 19 October 14:52

Photos from the launch of Ai Weiwei's guest-edit of the New Statesman at The Lisson Gallery in London.

Great Hall of the People
By Alex Ward - 18 October 16:10

A split between the "Red Princelings" and party technocrats threatens to derail the smooth leadership transition.

By Alex Hern - 18 October 11:51

艾未未问他的170,000个推特粉丝中国的未来如何。他们的回复构建了独特的城市肖像

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