JOSEPH LITTAUA WRITES — Asian countries have never been considered powerhouses in the world of rugby. Of those that participated in the Rugby World Cup circuit, only Japan made it to the tournament—as the host country. So, when the pools were drawn and the preliminary qualifying tournaments finished, few expected…
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CHINA INNOVATION: A NEW WAY TO SEE FASHION, WITHOUT LEAVING HOME
ANNALISA DEL VECCHIO WRITES – The future is now and — once again –and it has an Asian look. The gigantic conglomerate Alibaba, creator of Tmall, an online retail platform based in China, is refashioning fashion. Tmall uses an Al (Artificial Intelligence) clothing store that relies on “smart mirrors” to offer information to…
SINGAPORE SUMMER SLING: IT’S TOO HOT AND WE’RE NOT TALKING POLITICS
TALIN DEROHANESSIANS WRITES – The world is heating up fast, and according to the Meteorological Service Singapore (MSS), the island city-state is heating up twice as fast as the rest of the world– at a rate of 0.25 degrees Celsius, per decade. That may seem low, but to a nation…
MIDEAST TENSIONS: TRYING THEIR BEST TO LAUGH IT ALL OFF
MATHEW ANDROVETT WRITES — In recent years, citizens of the Middle East, faced with unimaginable turmoil, have looked to comedy to heal their wounds and reshape their image in the eyes of the world. All this started in the Middle East as recently as 2008, with Arab-American comedian Obeidallah’s “Axis of…
IF PROCEEDING WITH IMPEACHMENT: A CLEAR AND UNDERSTANDABLE GUIDE TO THE ARCANE PROCESS
DR CHARLES E. MORRISON WRITES — As the result of a “whistle-blower” complaint alleging a presidential abuse of public office for political gain, the United States House of Representatives has embarked on a formal “inquiry” which may lead to impeachment of President Donald Trump. In almost 230 years of U.S.…
Protected: IN MEMORY OF: A MAN WHO COULD COOK UP FRIENDSHIP IN ANY COUNTRY
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Hong Kong: AMERICANS LONGING TO GET INVOLVED, BUT U.S. NOT TO INTERVENE
ANDRE HACOBIAN WRITES—Recently, against the backdrop of escalating violence, protesters marched through the streets of Hong Kong, waving American flags while singing the Star Spangled Banner. They love freedom, democracy and the American way—as they perceive it. They also want America’s help. A lot of it. Recently, as police fired…
Hong Kong: LET’S GET SOME SIMPLE FACTS STRAIGHT!
[Pix above of US Secretary of Sate Mike Pompeo] TOM PLATE WRITES – Let’s get some simple facts straight: Hong Kong is not in the sovereign hands of the People’s Republic of China due to crass invasion or communist subversion or anything nefarious. This historic territory was semi-willingly deeded back…
LOS ANGELES: TWO TOP EDITORS APPOINTED TO LMU’S ASIA MEDIA INTERNATIONAL
Every August Asia Media International appoints new top editors for the impending academic year. Founded in 2011, AMI has been a major pit stop for some of LMU’s most outstanding, hard-working and ambitious students. Predominantly coming to Asia Media from Political Science and Asia and Asia-American Studies, these students tend…
LOS ANGELES: PRE-PUBLICATION PARTY FOR NEW BOOK ON VETERANS OF ASIAN WARS TRAPPED IN VETERANS ADMINISTRATION TREATMENT SYSTEM
Asia Media International’s Senior Advisory Andrea Plate celebrated a pre-launch party for her book “Madness: In the Trenches of America’s Troubled Department of Veterans Affairs,” which was produced by Asia Media International and published by Marshall Cavendish Asia, at the Del Rey Yacht Club in Marina Del Rey. The four…
KOREAN CONUNDRUM: IS IT TIME FOR XI JINPING TO UP HIS GAME?
GUEST CONTRIBUTOR LEE HONG-KOO WRITES – Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to North Korea is cleverly timed. World leaders attending the Group of 20 (G-20) summit in Osaka, Japan, a week after the visit, will be eager to discover whether China will have a forward-looking stance on the North Korean…
INDONESIA: SANCHIA HAMIDJAJA ON ART AND POLITICS
YINING WONG WRITES – The election cycle in Indonesia, sexism, differences in cultural upbringing — graphic designer Sanchia Hamidjaja has covered them all. Recently, I got to speak to her about her experiences as a creative professional in her home country, Indonesia, and her interest in shedding light on the…
VET AND VETERAN ACTOR WES STUDI: ‘War may be hell—but peace can be a killer, too’
Actors of color have fought long and hard for cinematic breakthroughs— Sidney Poitier, the first African American Oscar winner (“Lilies of the Field, ” 1963); Ben Kingsley, the first Asian—he is half-Indian—to win an Oscar (“Gandhi,” 1982); and Hallee Berry, the first African American woman to win an Oscar (“Monster’s…
CHINA: THE PAINFUL PARADOX OF TIANANMEN RETROSPECTIVES
TOM PLATE WRITES – This is about the downside of overwrought moralizing. For inconvenient truths must be carefully considered on this week marking the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square uprising and suppression. Much is at risk in the clarity and ethical framework with which the U.S. views China – and…
CHINA-U.S. TV FACE-OFF: ‘TOO MILD, TOO SHORT, TOO RUDE’
SCMP’S KINLING LO WRITES — Disappointed commenters flooded China’s social media on Thursday with complaints that the on-air debate between an American and a Chinese news anchor on the trade war was too “mild” and too “short” – and that the “rude” Fox Business host Trish Regan kept interrupting CGTN’s…
HONG KONG: SO WHEN WILL CHINA’S ‘WORLD DOMINATION TOUR’ COMMENCE?
TOM PLATE WRITES – In coming months look for broad gripes and bright anti-red stars over the land of the free, not to mention the home of the brave. The “Committee on the Present Danger: China” – cliché bombs bursting in the media air – begins its anti-communist show in the…