Category: East Asia

VETERANS OF ASIAN WARS: THE TERRIBLY SAD STORY THAT NEVER ENDS

by Asia Media Staff | Jun 9, 2019 | Afghanistan, article, South Korea, Southeast Asia, Vietnam | 4 |

ANDREA PLATE WRITES – For 15 years, I was a senior staff social worker at the United States...

CHINA: THE ABC’s – AND FYI’s — of Those Notorious VPNs

by Asia Media Staff | Jun 6, 2019 | article, China, VPN | 0 |

GUEST CONTRIBUTOR PAUL BISCHOFF – Cuisine, tech, and business aren’t all that China...

CHINA: THE PAINFUL PARADOX OF TIANANMEN RETROSPECTIVES

by Asia Media Staff | Jun 5, 2019 | article, China, COLUMN, Uncategorized | 0 |

TOM PLATE WRITES – This is about the downside of overwrought moralizing. For inconvenient...

China: Feels Backlash of Trade War with U.S. As Graduates Scramble for Jobs

by Trisha Curry | Jun 4, 2019 | China | 0 |

TRISHA CURRY WRITES – The ongoing trade war between China and the U.S. has brought serious...

CHINA-U.S. TV FACE-OFF: ‘TOO MILD, TOO SHORT, TOO RUDE’

by Asia Media Staff | May 30, 2019 | article, China, Uncategorized | 0 |

SCMP’S KINLING LO WRITES — Disappointed commenters flooded China’s social media on...

Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival: Happy Cleaners – a Happy Review

by Immanuel Portus | May 25, 2019 | Film, Los Angeles, South Korea | 0 |

IMMANUEL PORTUS WRITES- The 35th Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival ushered in a myriad of...

THE VATICAN: POPE FRANCIS’ SECRETARY OF STATE PIETRO PAROLIN SHOWS A DIPLOMATIC TOUCH WITH CHINA

by Asia Media Staff | May 21, 2019 | China, COLUMN, Pietro Paolin, Tom Plate, Vatican | 0 |

TOM PLATE WRITES – ‘Blessed are the peacemakers’: Trust takes a long time to build up. Worse...

Film: An Ode to Hong Kong Street Food and Family

by Yi Ning Wong | May 16, 2019 | Art, China, Film, Food, Hong Kong | 0 |

YI NING WONG WRITES — The month of May marks Asian Pacific Heritage Month. Last week, I had...

A PROVOCATIVE MOTHER- WHY YUSI ZHAO’S MOM SHOULD BE APPLAUDED

by Tom Plate | May 11, 2019 | article, China, LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY | 0 |

TOM PLATE WRITES – All mothers are special, of course, as we are reminded ON International...

CHINA: China-EU Trade Talks Get Heated over Imbalances in Eastern Europe

by Fahad Alsudais | May 7, 2019 | China, East Asia | 0 |

FAHAD ALSUDAIS WRITES– As China and the European Union (EU) started a new round of trade...

South Korea: Another Battleground for the Feminist Movement

by Abdulmohsen Aljuma | May 7, 2019 | article, East Asia, South Korea, Women's Rights | 0 |

ABDULMOHSEN Al JUMA WRITES– South Korea is undergoing a measure of major social upheaval...

JAPAN: Will Naomi Osaka Pick Japanese Citizenship or American?

by Talal Bukhamseen | May 4, 2019 | East Asia, Japan | 1 |

TALAL BUKHAMSEEN WRITES– Naomi Osaka, the number one ranked tennis player by the...

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