This is a simple but powerful sauce, an Asian equivalent of salsa or pesto.

The new Japanese empire was presented as an Asian equivalent of the Monroe Doctrine, especially with the Roosevelt Corollary.

Miss Shao described the Lunar New Year as a religious and cultural celebration, calling it the "Asian equivalent of Yom Kippur."

Indeed, many of the essays in "Culture Matters" refer to Confucianism as a kind of Asian equivalent of the Protestant work ethic.

The Delhi Tubbies - fictional Asian equivalent of Teletubbies.

He is among the six winners of the 2009 Ramon Magsaysay Awards, considered by many to be the Asian equivalent of the Nobel prize.

And the ingredients needed for sauces are just the Asian equivalents of olive oil, Parmesan and tomatoes: soy sauce, ginger, sesame oil and chilies.

These modes, according to the program notes, are Central Asian equivalents of Indian ragas, "associated with a particular scale, mood or time of day and point of origin."

Other Asian countries have eagerly sought trade deals with China, and Mr. Wen has promoted the idea of an Asian equivalent to the European Union.

Somebody should snap up the film rights, because it would make a lovely Asian equivalent to 'Brassed Off' or 'Billy Elliot'.