Share this post🥟dumpling.substack.comCopy linkFacebookEmailNoteOther🥟Stay on the pulse of AsiaMay 13, 20233Share this post🥟dumpling.substack.comCopy linkFacebookEmailNoteOtherShareDUMPLING PICKS #004 outlines the latest macro and micro forces influencing Asia’s cultural zeitgeist today and likely in the future 🔮Lighter Fare 💥Discover candy-like toothpaste 🍬 and a beautiful prayer stool 🧎🏻. The tomato hype: Tomato chiffon cake and cocktails made with Ugly Tomatoes 🍅. Circular tiles and bricks 🧱 and student turning local seaweed into bioplastic innovation 🔬 An outdoor community mall 🛖, and cabin escape 🌳 in Thailand. Exploring Indonesia’s multi-layered female identities 👩🏼🎤, and a 106-year-old tattoo artist from the Philippines ✍️. Longer Reads 🔍Protecting an ancient rainforest system 🌴, the need for future health preparedness 🤒, and the positive spillovers of China's reopening in Asia 🚀. Japan's vision of a 'children-first economic society' 👶🏻 and Southeast Asia's new anxieties on unemployment, economic recession, and climate change 😨 –Thanks for reading! If you want to chat about all things Asia, get in touch with Jess🥟↓ This is a great idea ↓Subscribe