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Hong Kong: QUICK COMMENTARY ON THE BEST WAY FOR U.S. TO HELP CHINA – IN ‘USA TODAY’

by Asia Media Staff | Aug 16, 2019 | article, China, Hong Kong, Tom Plate | 0 |

ASIA MEDIA WRITES – The following succinct commentary was solicited by the editors of USA...

LOS ANGELES: TWO TOP EDITORS APPOINTED TO LMU’S ASIA MEDIA INTERNATIONAL

by Asia Media Staff | Aug 11, 2019 | article, Uncategorized | 0 |

Every August Asia Media International appoints new top editors for the impending academic year....

MOVIE REVIEW: ‘YELLOW ROSE’ BLOSSOMS BEYOND THE PHILIPPINES

by Asia Media Staff | Aug 9, 2019 | article, Film, human rights, Media, movie review, Philippines | 0 |

IMMANUEL PORTUS WRITES — On May 2 the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival opened its...

ASIA MEDIA’S VIEW: DO NOT LOOK AWAY FROM THE ONGOING ROHINGYA GENOCIDE

by Asia Media Staff | Aug 7, 2019 | article, genoicde, myanmar | 0 |

HYUNG JUN YOU WRITES – At this very moment, the world is enduring more than one genocide, but...

INSIDE THE REAL CHINA: A LITTLE VINTAGE SHOP WITH EXTRAORDINARY CLOTHES AND THE SURPRISING NAME OF ‘HAKUNA MATATA’

by Asia Media Staff | Aug 7, 2019 | article, China, Fashion | 0 |

YAWEN EVAN SUN WRITES – How do you interpret “vintage”? In China, in the metropolis...

SAUDI ARABIA: WHY THE FUTURE MAY COME TO BE NAMED ‘NEOM’

by Asia Media Staff | Aug 6, 2019 | article, Saudi Arabia | 0 |

DHARI ALDURAIBI WRITES – When people talk about Saudi Arabia, they often focus on the...

THE FAREWELL: ‘A CINEMA CHEKHOV WITH CHINESE CHARACTERISTICS’

by Asia Media Staff | Aug 5, 2019 | article, China, Film, movie review | 0 |

ASIA MEDIA WRITES – The Farewell, a knockout of controlled emotion, is in effect a cinema...

CHINA: TIK TOK, STREET SNAP – THE NEW BIG THING IN THE WORLD’S BIGGEST NATION

by Asia Media Staff | Aug 2, 2019 | article, China, Fashion | 0 |

YAWEN EVAN SUN WRITES – ‘Street Snap’ was invented for the purpose of sharing...

China: Plastic Surgery Industry Booms as Millions of Gen Z’s Go Under the Knife

by Asia Media Staff | Aug 1, 2019 | article, China, cosmetic procedures, Fashion, LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY, SEXISM | 0 |

ANTONIA HORLICK WRITES—In the past decade, cosmetic surgery worldwide has become more...

BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT: MADNESS BY Asia Media PRESS GOES LIVE ON AMAZON.COM

by Asia Media Staff | Aug 1, 2019 | andrea plate, article, BOOKS, LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY, Singapore, WOMEN VETERANS | 0 |

Asia Media Press, the ambitious new spinoff from our Asia Media International website and Asia...

AUSTRALIA AND CHINA: DESTINED TO FIGHT OVER THE ‘LITTLE CHILDREN’ OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC?

by Asia Media Staff | Jul 31, 2019 | article, Australia, China, Hong Kong, SCMP, Singapore, Tom Plate, US-China Relations | 0 |

TOM PLATE WRITES — Australia has a China problem, and it’s not clear that anyone can help it...

SOCIAL JUSTICE: SENATOR MCSALLY ON THE ASSAULTIVE QUESTION OF WOMEN IN THE MILITARY

by Asia Media Staff | Jul 30, 2019 | andrea plate, article, feminism, Not About Asia, SEXISM, WOMEN VETERANS, Women's Rights | 0 |

ANDREA PLATE WRITES – Let us all breathe a sigh of relief. Tuesday’s U.S. Senate...

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ASIA MEDIA INTERNATIONAL is a student-driven publication of Loyola Marymount University’s Asia Media Center, part of LMU’s Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts and the Department of Asian and Asian American Studies, along with the university's Dept. of Political Science and the Pacific Century Institute in Los Angeles.

MANAGING EDITOR:Dhari Alduraibi

ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR:
Senay Emmanuel

SENIOR ADVISOR (WRITING AND EDITING):
Andrea Plate

CONTRIBUTING EDITORS:
Nicole Alaverdian
Olivia Amezcua
Trisha Curry
Annalisa Del Vecchio
Ashley Flores
Antonia Horlick
Angelie Pham
Patrick Poleshuck
Immanuel Portus
Jessica Saucedo

FASHION EDITOR:
Yawen Evan Sun

SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT:
Lamiya Shabbir

SENIOR EDITOR:
Clementine Todorov

ALUMNI SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS:
Ying He
Bassem Naifar
Hiromi Ochi

EMERITUS EDITORS:
Yi Ning Wong
Aashna Malpani
Savannah Nunez
Jay Seo
Sabrina Verduzco
Mary Grace Costa
Lexi Tucker
Kelcey Lorenzo
Lexi Tucker

SPECIAL ADVISORS:
Gareth C.C. Chang
William Fulco, S.J.
Spencer H. Kim
Professor Kal Raustiala

Emeritus Executive Senior Editor
Ben Sullivan

Founder & President:
Clinical Professor Tom Plate, LMU's Distinguished Scholar of Asian and Pacific Studies