WASHINGTON -- For a military general, witnessing artists confront a totalitarian regime armed with a million-strong army -- not through force, but through beauty, art, faith, and tradition, restoring what decades of propaganda have eroded in the human heart -- is deeply moving.

For decades, South Asia's security logic has been grounded on land: the Line of Control in Kashmir, disputed borders, and crises that almost invariably began on land.

For decades, South Asia's security logic has been grounded on land: the Line of Control in Kashmir, disputed borders, and crises that almost invariably began on land.

AUSTIN, Texas -- Texans are being mesmerized by Shen Yun Performing Arts, a touring classical Chinese dance company -- not from China but from New York -- that aims to revive ancient dance and spirituality through its mission to remind the world of "China before communism.

"They call this the city of a hundred spires," the guide told me as we walked the cobblestones of Old Town. But the truth is, there's more.