Zhu Rikun, a leading light of independent Chinese film, on its troubled future.

Chinese media organizations are riddled with informers who report directly to the government – only a minority of journalists are brave enough to fight the system.

Chen Guangcheng was forced to flee China in May after years of persecution. His advocacy on behalf of women and the poor in the face of China’s one-child policy has made him an enemy of the state.

Nationalist rhetoric won't conceal domestic political woes.

As India’s growth rates hit the buffers, the poor are sinking beneath a tide of seeming government indifference to their plight as politicians focus on looking after their cronies. Is it goodbye to the Asian tiger?

They never knew the effect their writing had on we Indians, the third worlders.

A positive move by local police after a Hindu temple was attacked.

"The End of the Chinese Dream: Why Chinese People Fear the Future" and "Scattered Sand: the Story of China’s Rural Migrants" reviewed.

The whole area still looks immaculate, but seems pointless.

The trial of Pussy Riot is encouraging Russians to talk openly about corruption. But how is their message being received in a country where feminism is still a dirty word?

The treatment of Pussy Riot says much about the close relationship between Church and Kremlin in Putin's Russia.