Asia is not going to be civilized after the methods of the West. There is too much Asia and she is too old. Rudyard Kipling
Asia is rich in people, rich in culture and rich in resources. It is also rich in trouble. Hubert Humphrey
The central drama of our age is how the Western nations and the Asian peoples are to find a tolerable basis of co-existence. Walter Lippmann
Asia’s governments come in two broad varieties: young, fragile democracies – and older, fragile authoritarian regimes. Paul Samuelson
The delirium and horror of the East. The dusty catastrophe of Asia. Joseph Brodsky