Category: East Asia

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...

ASIA’S NEW TRASH TALK: STOP DUMPING ON US, WASTEFUL WEST!

by Asia Media Staff | Aug 13, 2019 | China, Environment, Indonesia, MALAYSIA | 0 |

NICOLE ALAVERDIAN WRITES–Asia is starting to focus on its own environmental problems, rather...

ASIAN MOVIES: A MARVEL-OUS BREAKTHROUGH? OR YET ANOTHER SON OF FU MANCHU?

by Asia Media Staff | Aug 12, 2019 | Arts and Culture, China, Film | 0 |

IMMANUEL PORTUS WRITES — Following the slew of “Asian movies” that have been gaining traction this...

CHINA: HUAWEI WOOS TOP-NOTCH TALENT WITH A LOT MORE THAN 5G PAY!

by Asia Media Staff | Aug 9, 2019 | China, Technology, US-China Relations | 0 |

TRISH CURRY WRITES—“If you are the best of the best and you want to push the boundaries of...

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...

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...

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...

SINGAPORE: WITH THE TRADE WAR IN FASHION, ZILINGO BECOMES EVEN MORE THE FASHION

by Asia Media Staff | Jul 26, 2019 | article, China, Fashion, Singapore | 0 |

ANTONIA HORLICK WRITES — Zilingo is a Singapore-based e-commerce beauty and lifestyle...

NORTH KOREA: HOW IN THE WORLD DID KIM JONG UN GET THAT NEW LIMO?

by Asia Media Staff | Jul 23, 2019 | article, North Korea | 0 |

TRISHA CURRY WRITES – An increasingly asked question these days: Whom do economic sanctions hurt...

TRUMP DIPLOMACY: HOW UNREAL IS THIS LATEST ‘DIPLOMATIC’ REALITY SHOW?

by Asia Media Staff | Jul 15, 2019 | article, North Korea, South Korea, Trump | 1 |

SENAY EMMANUEL WRITES – On June 30th, 2019, US President Donald Trump met with North Korean...

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