Richard Bernstein is a writer based in New York. He is a former China correspondent for Time Magazine and bureau chief of the New York Times in Paris and Berlin. His new book is The East, the West, and Sex: A History of Erotic Encounters.

My Sex Research Trip to Asia

My Sex Research Trip to Asia

From the streets of Beijing to the girlie bars of Bangkok, my exploration of the erotic tension that links East and W...

Posted 7:54 AM | Jun 4, 2009
A Harem for Every Man

A Harem for Every Man

In an excerpt from his new book about the West's erotic obsession with Asia, Richard Bernstein points to long-held se...

Posted 7:53 AM | Jun 4, 2009
The Inevitability of Barack

The Inevitability of Barack

Was Obama's election surprising? Not if you know your history. Simon Schama talks about his new book, The American F...

Posted 6:48 AM | May 20, 2009
Why Many Chinese Dont Want Freedom

Why Many Chinese Don't Want Freedom

Westerners wrongly assumed Chinese people were up in arms that Jackie Chan said they "need to be controlled." Richard...

Posted 6:37 AM | Apr 26, 2009