Skip to content

Asia Media International – A Publication from Loyola Marymount University's Asia Pacific Media Center in Los Angeles
Asia Media International – A Publication from Loyola Marymount University's Asia Pacific Media Center in Los Angeles
  • About Us
    • The Mission
    • The Staff
    • Terms of Service
    • Pacific Century Institute
    • Marshall Cavendish
  • North Asia
    • Kazakhstan
    • Russia
    • Mongolia
  • East Asia
    • China
    • Hong Kong
    • Japan
    • Macau
    • North Korea
    • Philippines
    • South Korea
    • Taiwan
  • South East Asia
    • Cambodia
    • Indonesia
    • Laos
    • Malaysia
    • Myanmar
    • Singapore
    • Thailand
    • Vietnam
  • South Asia
    • Bangladesh
    • Bhutan
    • India
    • Pakistan
    • Sri Lanka
  • West Asia
    • Afghanistan
    • Armenia
    • Azerbaijan
    • Bahrain
    • Iran
    • Israel
    • Kuwait
    • United Arab Emirates
    • Lebanon
    • Oman
    • Qatar
    • Saudi Arabia
  • Asia Pacific
    • Australia
    • New Zealand
    • Fiji
    • Tonga
  • Media
    • Arts and Culture
    • Videos
    • Podcast

Coronavirus News

  • CORONAVIRUS CHRONICLES: UPS AND DOWNS OF 2020, WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?

  • CHINA: IS PUBLIC READINESS FOR A COVID-19 VACCINE SCIENCE-BASED, OR A SHOT IN THE DARK?

  • NEW ZEALAND: A BLUE WAVE WASHES ASHORE WHILE AMERICA IS LEFT HIGH AND DRY

  • SOUTH KOREA: LOCK ‘EM UP…FOR 14 DAYS OF COVID QUARANTINE

  • MYANMAR: ROHINGYA DROWNING IN BLAME FOR SECOND WAVE OF COVID-19

  • CORONAVIRUS CHRONICLES: BETTER LATE THAN NEVER?

  • CORONAVIRUS CHRONICLES: #PLAYAPARTTOGETHER

  • UPCOMING EVENT: CHINA STUDIES FORUM 3

    ABOUT THE EVENT China Studies Forum 3 Date: Thursday, February 4, 2021 Time: 7 pm – 8.30 pm PT Zoom Link: https://lmula.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwuf-uvrDkiH9Pc3jBI64b4cbOcmlhgC-Zy Flyer credited to Professor Li Yu, who is in charge of the Chinese Language Program at Loyola Marymount University’s Modern Languages & Literatures department. 

    Full Article
  • KOBE BRYANT: A YEAR GONE, NEVER FORGET

    JOSEPH LITTAUA WRITES – It was a year ago when I was getting ready to go to mass on a Sunday morning when the news broke on Twitter about Kobe Bryant and a helicopter ride that seemed very ill-advised. I still remember it vividly, looking angrily at news outlets and…

    Full Article
  • ASIAN PERSUASION: THE US NEEDS HELP

    KISHORE MAHBUBANI WRITES — “Ask not what America can do for you! Ask rather what you can do for America.” If US President Joe Biden were in a position to send a sincere and honest message to the rest of the world in his recent inaugural address, these are the…

    Full Article
  • BOOK REVIEW: THE POLITICS OF JAPAN REARMED

    REI KITAGAWA WRITES – Japan Rearmed, authored by the renowned Sheila A. Smith (and recently published by Harvard University Press), offers an extensive and intimate account of U.S.-Japan relations, arguing that the Japanese government is reconsidering its dependence on the United States amidst increasing threats from North Korean missiles and…

    Full Article
  • US-CHINA RELATIONS: HOW BEIJING CAN LEAD AFTER THE CAPITOL CHAOS

    TOM PLATE WRITES —  It’s embarrassing. Like some televangelist preacher caught with his pants down at an out-of-town house-of-pleasure, America has been caught with its democracy down. Point one: a scary but also confused and confusing coup d’etat – another to come? Point two: A Republican president who should never…

    Full Article

Coronavirus Chronicles

  • CORONAVIRUS CHRONICLES: UPS AND DOWNS OF 2020, WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?

  • CORONAVIRUS CHRONICLES: I’LL HAVE A PLATE OF NOSTALGIA WITH A DASH OF DIALOGUE WITH THE MOON

  • CORONAVIRUS CHRONICLES: BETTER LATE THAN NEVER?

  • CORONAVIRUS CHRONICLES: #PLAYAPARTTOGETHER

  • CORONAVIRUS CHRONICLES: EDUCATION IS A PRIVILEGE

  • CORONAVIRUS CHRONICLES: THE ARC OF A HISTORIC CRISIS

TAIWAN: Want Want’s Appetite Increases

Want Want Group, a Taiwanese conglomerate initially known for its food production, is currently in the process of purchasing China Network Systems, one of Taiwan’s leading cable television companies…

Full Article TAIWAN: Want Want’s Appetite Increases

INDIA: Two Crusading Magazines Recognized for Excellence

The International Press Institute (IPI) is a global organization comprised of members in more than 120 countries

Full Article INDIA: Two Crusading Magazines Recognized for Excellence

INDONESIA: Jakarta Post Take a Tough Stand on Papuan Death Controversy

Amnesty International has released a stunning report on the death of three peaceful protesters participating in the Third Papuan Peoples’ Congress rally on October 19th that came at the hands of Indonesian security forces…

Full Article INDONESIA: Jakarta Post Take a Tough Stand on Papuan Death Controversy

NORTH KOREA: Is Its Collapse Imminent?

The Chosun Ilbo obtained a 480-page special report that features five pages dedicated to the Korean Peninsula and included is an estimate that North Korea’s collapse is imminent, perhaps as soon as 2020.

Full Article NORTH KOREA: Is Its Collapse Imminent?

NEW ZEALAND: Old Master Resurfaces In Brilliant Watercolor

Full Article NEW ZEALAND: Old Master Resurfaces In Brilliant Watercolor

China Blog Blotter – Issue #2: What They Are Saying About Tibet

No one in China more exposed to Tibet independence campaigns than the country’s Netizens. No matter how intensely the Chinese government would like to block such websites, these “Free Tibet” pitches somehow see through the cracks of the Great Firewall. But prompted by national education campaigns regarding the Tibetan independence…

Full Article China Blog Blotter – Issue #2: What They Are Saying About Tibet

PAKISTAN: In the Dawn Newspaper: Pakistani Optimism Despite Crisis

Pakistan has been “taking it” from all sides recently, perhaps some relief is in order. The Dawn, the internationally well-respected daily newspaper in Karachi, gave the opinion spotlight to an article arguing that the notion of “an economic crisis in Pakistan” was at best overblown and at worst malicious. Avers…

Full Article PAKISTAN: In the Dawn Newspaper: Pakistani Optimism Despite Crisis

China Blog Blotter – Issue #1: Humility Spotted on the Rise of China

“The Middle Kingdom,” as China refers to itself, does not hesitate to smile inwardly at its continuous rise. For many, this rise is a symbol of its own manifest destiny to return to it’s former glory and be deserving of its proper title of “Middle Kingdom.” Although the world is…

Full Article China Blog Blotter – Issue #1: Humility Spotted on the Rise of China

Pacific Perspectives: An Asian Leader Receives Coveted American Award

They honored the controversial, though increasingly appreciated, Asian statesman Lee Kuan Yew at the historic Ford Theater in Washington recently, and frankly I wish I had been there.

Full Article Pacific Perspectives: An Asian Leader Receives Coveted American Award

Posts navigation

Previous page Page 1 … Page 142 Page 143

SUMMER 2020: AMI INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCE

FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA

Our Partners




Who We Are

    • ASIA MEDIA INTERNATIONAL is a student-driven publication of Loyola Marymount University’s Asia Media Center, under the Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts,  Dept. of Asian and Asian American Studies and the Dept. of Political Science — in alliance with the independent Pacific Century Institute, a non-profit 501(c) organization based in Los Angeles, California that focuses on building bridges. Many AMI student staffers continue their studies at such institutions  as the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington, the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, the University of Chicago School of Public Policy, the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, and the Institut d’études politics de Paris (Sciences Po)..

The Staff

      • Managing Editor
        Zhi Jiao Danielle Goh ’20
      • Executive Editor
        Michelle Nguyen ’20
      • Contributing Editors

    Cady-Bree Abe
    Ali Al-Sabah
    Nawaf Al-Sabah
    Sara Altuwajri
    Tia Carr
    Danica Creahan
    Siany Gunawan
    Ella Kelleher
    Joseph Littaua
    Casey (Quinn) McGannon
    Liam Rogers
    Sarah Sharpe
    Lilly Webber

  • Curriculum Coordinator
    William Lighthart ’20
  • Asia Media International Committee of Advisors
    Gareth C.C. Chang
    Leta Hong Fincher
    Spencer H. Kim
    Professor Kal Raustiala
    Professor Jennifer Ramos
    Gregory F. Treverton
    Yeocheol Yoon
  • Emeritus Editors
    Senay Emmanuel
    Clementine Todorov
    Dhari Alduraibi
    Savannah Nunez
    Jay Seo
    Sabrina Verduzco
    Mary Grace Costa
    Jeremiah Fajardo
    Kelcey Lorenzo
    Lexi Tucker
    Aashna Malpani
    Yi Ning Wong
    Lani Luo
  • Senior Editor
    Andrea Plate
    • Special Assistant to the President, Lamiya Shabbir
    • Management Associate, Trisha Curry
    • Founder & President
      LMU Clinical Professor Tom Plate,
      Distinguished Scholar of Asian and Pacific Studies

 

| Designed by: Theme Freesia | WordPress | © Copyright All right reserved