On August 31st, 2011, Kyrgyzstan celebrates 20 years of independence, just as the country’s women begin protesting publicly against the traditional practice of “bride-kidnapping.”

Carmen Kong writes from London about the coming changes to UK immigration and the impact it could have on Britain’s fading relevance in a globalizing world.

China’s alternative arts scene is vibrant and thriving. But it is hamstrung by the lack of avenues to exploit and encourage new and existing art, Review Editor Laura Fitch writes. This is changing. But slowly.

By Laura Fitch Zhang Sihao’s life might have turned out differently if his parents hadn’t taken him to a fortune-teller when he was in his early teens. Adopting the mystic’s advice, they changed his given name from Yi to Sihao, meaning “a love of poetry.” “Before that I was good at maths and science, says [...]