Charcoal: A Healing Wonder from the Ashes
Article extracted from Asian Geographic Issue 02/2020 (141)
The story of charcoal cannot be nailed down to any civilisation, continent or century. A myriad...
Banking’s Beginnings
Article extracted from Asian Geographic Issue 02/2020 (141)
With its first appearance as far back as 2000 BC in ancient Mesopotamia, banking has come...
Are You a Wood Baby? – The Making of the Wood Person
Article extracted from Asian Geographic Issue 02/2020 (141)
Text: Shreya Acharya
When it comes to personality types, the archetypal wood baby is “the pioneer” –...
Tree of Life: The Wood Element
Article extracted from Asian Geographic Issue 02/2020 (141)
Text: Shreya Acharya
It is durable and strong, warm and cosy, and lasts up to hundreds of years....
Oceans, Seas, Rivers – What’s the Difference?
Oceans, seas and rivers are the Earth’s prized assets, influencing the survival of flora and fauna, as well as sustaining organisms and all living...
Rejecting the Crown: The Coronavirus Pandemic
The label “Made in China” is perhaps preferred in association with the nation’s consumer goods. Its notorious export at present, however, is SARS-CoV-2, the...
The Water Babies
Bruce Lee famously said, “You must be shapeless, formless, like water. When you pour water in a cup, it becomes the cup. When you...
Wu Xing: The Five Corners of a Circle
Wu xing – directly translating to “five elements” – is an ancient Chinese philosophy that encompasses five phases of the universe’s ongoing existence and...