RACHEL OAKES WRITES: Shanghai Disney Resort has been on a roll since its 2016 opening, and the upward trend continues. Now, in a remarkable show of bilateral partnering and just two years after Disney opened its doors, the most successful theme park in China has officially begun its first major…
RACHEL OAKES WRITES: What do jaywalking, Facebook, and the cure for cancer all have in common? This may sound like the beginning of a bad joke, but in reality these things share a paramount common ground: they could cost (or win) China the modern tech race, and all their national…
KATRINA CROSBY WRITES – What is the line between cultural appropriation and culture appreciation? This question continues to pop up in today’s world. The most recent controversy involves an American girl posing for Prom … believe it or not. Keziah Daum, an 18-year-old from Utah with exceptional sartorial taste, purchased…
KATRINA CROSBY WRITES – We all know that choosing an airline can be stressful, and with so many to choose from, it is hard to know which would be the best pick. Fortunately, Trip Advisor just announced its list of Top 10 Airlines in the World, according to customer satisfaction.…
JACQUELINE DILANCHYAN WRITES – Overall the world of advertising has come a long way in the last 50 years in regard to diversity. But not in Asia, where, for some reason, advertising campaigns haven’t quite progressed enough to claim the “fair representation” that other parts of the world can arguably…
EMILY CARMAN WRITES — The meme has become a prevalent part of the internet and youth social media culture. Urban Dictionary describes it as, “Not a word but a lifestyle.” From Pepe the Frog to Dat Boi to everything Spongebob, the meme is used by young people everywhere for comedic,…
EPIPHANY HULBURD WRITES — Over the past couple of years, Asian content has slowly been making its way into the Western mainstream entertainment world. Whether it’s through co-productions with China or the constantly spreading influence of Korean pop culture, otherwise known as “Hallyu,” the content consumed by Americans and Western…
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HRIPSIME MARTIROSYAN WRITES – Guo Pei is China’s most popular couturier. Well renowned for show-stopping magnificence in design, she was recently voted one of the top 100 most influential personalities in China. Oblivious to the potency that awaited her, baby Pei was born in Beijing in 1967 to a teacher…
“I have noticed that even people who claim everything is predetermined and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.” – Cosmologist Stephen Hawking
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ASIA MEDIA WRITES — Dr. Ban Ki-moon, 8th Secretary-General of the United Nations, Elected as President and Chair of GGGI SEOUL, Feb 20 2018 (GGGI) – Dr. Ban Ki-moon, 8th Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN), has been elected as the President of the Assembly and Chair of the Council…
YI NING WONG WRITES — Local communities across Los Angeles are celebrating Lunar New Year. The year of the dog begins on February 16th, 2018. Last weekend, our Asia Media staff visited festivities at the city of Monterey Park. The festival offered over 50 vendors to join this event, along…
TABITHA THEARD WRITES – The word “zine” may bring to mind Portland, Oregon in the 1990s, where grunge music, punk fashion and all things counterculture were the rage. But the humble print format is enjoying a renaissance, as Asian youth from Hong Kong to London embrace the zine as a…
WRITES TOM PLATE – In the pantheon of American movies, the 1985 flick ‘Back to the Future’ does not rank at the top of temple Hollywood, as do canonical masterpieces such as ‘Casablanca’, ‘Gone With the Wind,’ ‘Lawrence of Arabia” and others. Yet the movie title alone enriched American argot,…
This caption material courtesy of The South China Morning Post, Asia’s leading English-language daily, published out of Hong Kong, China — Glamorous head of all-girl band from North Korea shown above arriving in Seoul to boisterous reception. The government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (NK) has begin its…
