The power of the pen is rewriting Asia's future with greater-than-ever dynamism in an age where the script of the world's story is increasingly composed of ones and zeros, according to the executive director of the Asia News Network.

Digital technology is among the most international of languages. It speaks to all of us in a way no other communicative form has, Pana Janviroj told China Daily on Saturday.

Consequently, new-media collaboration has become one of the driving forces of the ANN, he said.