Category: article

CHINA: THE DEEPLY DISTURBING QUESTION OF XINJIANG

by Asia Media Staff | Dec 3, 2019 | article, China, East Asia, Xinjiang | 2 |

TIA CARR WRITES – The United Nations has recently called for an “immediate and unfettered...

BHUTAN: SUSTAINING TOURISM AND AN ECO-FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT

by Asia Media Staff | Dec 3, 2019 | article, Butan, Environment | 0 |

SAMANTHA CLANCY WRITES — The Royal Kingdom of Bhutan has recently announced that it would be...

JAPAN: PEACE-MESSAGE BEARING POPE FRANCIS DAZZLES TOKYO TOWN

by Asia Media Staff | Dec 2, 2019 | article, Japan, POPE | 0 |

TALIN DEROHANESSIANS WRITES –For the first time in nearly 40 years, a Catholic Pope visited Japan....

CHINA’S FAMOUS NANCHANG FLIGHT CONVENTION: SOARING WITH BOTH DELIGHT, AND NATIONAL-SECURITY CONCERNS

by Asia Media Staff | Dec 2, 2019 | article, China | 0 |

ANDRE HACOBIAN WRITES – On November 2 the internationally famous Nanchang Flight Convention...

WAR CRIMES DEBATE: HOW A COLLEGE CLASSROOM WENT FROM KNOWING EVERYTHING TO DEALING WITH THE COMPLEXITY OF DEMOCRACY

by Asia Media Staff | Dec 1, 2019 | andrea plate, article, VETERANS | 0 |

Andrea Plate Writes — I just concluded a three-year run teaching “Gender and the Military”...

INDONESIA: CAN A COUNTRY WASTE ITSELF AWAY? WITH THE HYPOCRITICAL WEST (TRASHER-IN-CHIEF) PILING ON?

by Asia Media Staff | Nov 26, 2019 | article, Environment, Indonesia | 0 |

NATASHA VASS WRITES – What happens to your trash once you throw it in the bin? It’s no longer...

SNEAK ATTACK: ADIDAS GETS ANOTHER JUMP ON ITS COMPETITION IN ASIA

by Asia Media Staff | Nov 26, 2019 | article, China, Vietnam | 0 |

ANNALISA DEL VECCHIO WRITES – With the Asian market in mind, Adidas shut down its footwear...

NORTH KOREA: THE DEPORT OF LAST RESORT

by Asia Media Staff | Nov 25, 2019 | article, North Korea, South Korea | 0 |

DANIELA GUEVARA WRITES – In an unusual case this month, South Korea has deported two North Koreans...

CONGRATULATIONS HONG KONG!

by Asia Media Staff | Nov 25, 2019 | article, China, Hong Kong, Uncategorized | 0 |

From Asia Media International in Los Angeles — Congratulations, Hong Kong! Under conditions...

WITH OR WITHOUT GLASSES, ASIA’S WOMEN HAVE THEIR OWN VISION

by Asia Media Staff | Nov 24, 2019 | article, feminism, Japan, South Korea, Women's Rights | 0 |

TALIN DEROHANESSIANS WRITES — It’s no surprise that women in Japan are held to strict beauty...

HIP HOP POPS: 88RISING BREAKS THROUGH FOR ASIAN AMERICANS

by Asia Media Staff | Nov 22, 2019 | article, Hip Hop, MUSIC REVIEW, Rap, rap music | 0 |

JOSEPH LITTAUA WRITES — Asians have always held a somewhat contentious place in American pop...

MIDDLE EAST: WILL ISIS AND ITS FEARED ALLIES JUST DRONE ON AND ON?

by Asia Media Staff | Nov 21, 2019 | article, ISIS, middle east | 0 |

LUCA FRANCINI WRITES — On the 26th of October, Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi was killed by US forces...

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