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VET AND VETERAN ACTOR WES STUDI: ‘War may be hell—but peace can be a killer, too’

by Asia Media Staff | Jun 10, 2019 | article, Los Angeles, MARSHALL CAVENDISH ASIA, Uncategorized | 1 |

Actors of color have fought long and hard for cinematic breakthroughs— Sidney Poitier, the...

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-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...

HONG KONG: SO WHEN WILL CHINA’S ‘WORLD DOMINATION TOUR’ COMMENCE?

by Tom Plate | Apr 11, 2019 | article, China, COLUMN, Uncategorized | 0 |

TOM PLATE WRITES – In coming months look for broad gripes and bright anti-red stars over the...

KUWAIT: TRAIL-BLAZING SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCER CLAIMS VIDEO CAPTURE OF ‘CHEATER’

by Faisal Bin Eisa | Mar 30, 2019 | Media, middle east, Technology, Uncategorized | 0 |

FAISAL BIN ESSA WRITES — Turning her misfortune into fortune is what Rawan Bin Hussain does....

HONG KONG: THE VERY THOUGHT OF TRUMP’S IMPEACHMENT STARTS TO SHAKE UP THE WORLD

by Asia Media Staff | Mar 13, 2019 | article, Hong Kong, Tom Plate, Uncategorized | 0 |

TOM PLATE WRITES – When President Donald J. Trump abruptly folded his diplomatic tent in...

THAILAND: WHY LOYALTY TO THAKSIN REMAINS SO STRONG

by Asia Media Staff | Mar 10, 2019 | article, Thailand, Uncategorized | 0 |

KHON KAEN, THAILAND — When business started to sag a year ago at the shoe factory where she...

US-CHINA RELATIONS: TRUMP POLICY IS HUAWEI OFF …

by Asia Media Staff | Mar 9, 2019 | article, China, East Asia, Uncategorized | 0 |

KISHORE MAHBUBANI WRITES — Meng Wanzhou, Huawei’s finance chief, is under house...

HONG KONG: ‘Peace is hard work; war is for simpler, cruder minds’

by Tom Plate | Feb 26, 2019 | Uncategorized | 0 |

TOM PLATE WRITES – A friend of mine, someone I’ve known for decades – surely my best...

INDONESIA: LOBBYING FOR A MUSLIM NATION?

by Tungga Basuki | Feb 17, 2019 | Uncategorized | 0 |

Indonesia, which has long prided itself on being a secular nation, is now seeing a rise in the...

HONG KONG: WHAT HAPPENS IF CHINA AND THE U.S. WIND UP DRINKING ALONE?

by Asia Media Staff | Feb 12, 2019 | Uncategorized | 0 |

TOM PLATE WRITES – Two guys walk into a drinking saloon. Only three in the afternoon and...

Wang Qishan could be the new face of Chinese pragmatism after Zhu Rongji – and a voice of reassurance for the West

by Tom Plate | Feb 3, 2019 | Uncategorized | 0 |

During his run as premier under President Jiang Zemin, Zhu Rongji – a former Shanghai mayor...

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