Stories

This page features stories by Young Leaders Network members about their experiences in Asia and at Asia-related events.

Two months in Shanghai

From the Rolling Stones to stewed silkworms, Wellington journalist Amanda Strong packed plenty of experience into two months working for the Shanghai Daily.

First year at NUS

Huge campus, tough education, great opportunities: Robina Ang reports on her first year as an engineering student at the National University of Singapore.

A New Wave of ‘Guanxi’

Derek Cheng asks: what was the inaugural Asia:NZ Young Leaders Forum all about?

Dining with Lee Kuan Yew

James Lau and Tessa Irving were invited to a dinner with Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew in Auckland in April 2007.

Navigating the redwood forest

For James To, the key benefit of the inaugural Asia:NZ Young Leaders Forum was the network it helped to create.

Exploring Myanmar’s treatment of religious minorities

In Myanmar, Donna Hendry found, many of her sources couldn’t talk for fear of persecution.

Fieldwork in Kolkata slums

Lorena Gibson travelled to Kolkata to learn about the work of grassroots organisations helping to alleviate poverty.

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