A street kid from Mumbai who escapes the reformatory and rescues a child from a vicious dog. He then begins a search for the boy’s mother. The problems faced by a young Japanese divorcee who returns to her hometown with her daughter. The lives of three Beijing taxi drivers, between memories of the Cultural Revolution and aspirations of entrepreneurial success. The strange journey of a Palestinian man who washes dishes in a Japanese restaurant while attempting to become a sumo wrestler. The tale of how music and dance can help a group of Filipinos address anger issues. These are the protagonists and stories of the films presented in Hong Kong at the latest edition of the Asia Society Summer Film Series. These are the stories of the Aspirasians, of those attempting to enter or living on the margins of the new Asia, which is widely expected to control the future of our planet. In order to do that, however, it will first have to deal with hundreds of millions of people such as these.