'Rubber time', bottoms up and reading the silence: What's doing business like in Asia?

In Australia, a good deal builds relationships. In Asia, the opposite is often true. Here are some other cultural differences to understand.

Ube is enjoying a purple reign in the US. That’s causing problems in the Philippines

From coffee shops in New York to bakeries in Sydney and beauty retailers in London, global demand for the Filipino purple yam known as ube is rocketing. But satisfying the world’s appetite is bringing challenges.

Haggis and traditional dancing in WA's outback

Scottish expats in WA's outback host traditional Ceilidh in a belated honouring of Burns Night. 

Many Asians try to hide cultural clothing – now it's centre stage at an exhibition

For many South Asians, museums in the West have historically been places where their cultures were displayed as static artefacts. An exhibition like The Offbeat Sari has flipped that script, presenting South Asian creativity as innovative and globally influential. 

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Western Standard: Canadians with German, Ukrainian and Dutch Bloodlines Are Not Pure ‘Ethnic Canadians’

A right-wing alternative media outlet gave a soap box to a white nationalist. You won’t believe what happened next.

The "Cultural Protestant" Origin of Multiculturalism

A conservative blog for peace had an article on “Unitarianism, Modernism and multiculturalism are all Protestantism gone bad” with a link to 西儒 ─ The Western Confucian: The “Cultu…