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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
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  • ASIA MEDIA INTERNATIONAL’S NEW EXECUTIVE EDITOR

    Asia Media International announces the following staff developments: Cristina Pedler, who earlier this month graduated from the Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts at Loyola Marymount University with her baccalaureate degree in International Relations, takes over at the helm of AMI, reporting directly to the founder and president of Asia Media.…

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  • VIDEO FEATURE OF CHINA TODAY: UPSTREAMING AND DOWNSTREAMING

    VIDEO FEATURE – Asia Media International’s Video Anchor Janelynne Galera offers a succinct but thorough overview of the streaming rage in the globe’s most populous country.       Janelynne Galera is a junior Business Management and Leadership major at LMU.

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  • BOOK REVIEW: AT THE EDGE OF THE WOODS (2022) BY MASATSUGU ONO – THE EXISTENTIAL TERROR OF THE MODERN MAN

    BOOK REVIEW EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ELLA KELLEHER WRITES – In an unnamed country, a family of three settles into a creaking house at the edge of an ominous forest. The father cannot help but notice that something is quite off about this place. Are the trees coughing? No… laughing? As so many…

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  • THREAT OF RUSSIAN NUCLEAR ATTACK SHOWS WHY CHINA’S NO-FIRST-USE POLICY SHOULD BE GLOBAL STANDARD

    CLINICAL PROFESSOR TOM PLATE WRITES – The topic of nuclear war is no joking matter, but I was rather tempted to cry out “Get me rewrite!” while dipping into my old book on the nuclear arms race. So much is changing now. My published tome had been premised on the…

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  • JAPAN AND STAR WARS: IN A SHOGUNATE FAR FAR AWAY

    AIDAN SMITH-FAGAN WRITES – Tapio Tokunaga still remembers the first time he saw George Lucas’ Star Wars films. “I fell in love with it,” he tells me, recalling borrowing the DVDs as a seven-year-old in Yokohama, Japan. Tapio would go on to learn as much about the story, characters, and…

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TAIWAN: Tang Fei Video Interview

The Asia Media Interview HOW DANGEROUS IS CHINA’S MILITARY BUILDUP? An Exclusive Interview with Tang Fei, former Premier of Taiwan and Career Air Force Officer. Interviewed by Tom Plate, Asia Media’s Editor in Chief No one can be certain, of course, but Tang Fei’s guess may be better than almost…

Full Article TAIWAN: Tang Fei Video Interview

INDIA: Famous Justice Stirs the Media Pot

Press Council of India (PCI) Chairman, Justice Maskeney Katju, recently made statements condemning the Indian media as well as Indian journalists. Such strong sentiments coming from the PCI chief are sparking varied reactions…

Full Article INDIA: Famous Justice Stirs the Media Pot

PAKISTAN: Author Wonders — Have We Learned the Lessons of the Past?

In a recent, and seemingly controversial, article in the Opinion section of the prominent Pakistani newspaper The Dawn, author Ardeshir Cowasjee wrote an article about the failures of the Pakistani government and people in light of a famous book written by the late American author Barbara Tuchman titled The March of Folly (1984)…

Full Article PAKISTAN: Author Wonders — Have We Learned the Lessons of the Past?

AUSTRALIA: Freedom of Speech versus Cultural Sensitivity

In Australia, journalist Andrew Bolt of the Herald Sun, the highest-circulating daily newspaper in the country, has been found guilty of contravening the Racial Discrimination Act of 1975 by publishing articles that were deemed offensive to light-skinned Aborigines…

Full Article AUSTRALIA: Freedom of Speech versus Cultural Sensitivity

JAPAN: Newspaper Raises Questions About Nuclear Export Policy

The issue of nuclear energy has been hotly debated amongst the citizens of Japan following the March 11 disaster. One the views that has been frequently voiced is the opinion that Japan should turn away from nuclear energy altogether…

Full Article JAPAN: Newspaper Raises Questions About Nuclear Export Policy

BAHRAIN: ‘Journalist’ Attack Raises Issues Due to Paper’s Coverage

In Bahrain, unknown assailants who were wearing masks attacked a journalist named Jamal Zuwayyed, a politician also writes as a columnist for the Akhbar Al Khalee.

Full Article BAHRAIN: ‘Journalist’ Attack Raises Issues Due to Paper’s Coverage

CHINA: Advice on How to Understand the Chinese In Bits and Bytes

A recently published article in China Daily by Natalie Thomas discusses the recent success of Charlie Custer in taking on the role of relaying information about current events in China…

Full Article CHINA: Advice on How to Understand the Chinese In Bits and Bytes

NORTH KOREA: Border Guards Shoot Defector on Chinese Soil

According to the prominent Seoul-based daily newspaper Korea Times, Kim Yong-hwa, head of the North Korea Refugees Human Rights Association of Korea, witnessed a North Korean defector shot to death by North Korean border guards on Chinese soil shortly after the defector crossed a border river…

Full Article NORTH KOREA: Border Guards Shoot Defector on Chinese Soil

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

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      • 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.

The Staff

Executive Editor
Cristina Pedler ’22

Book Review Editor
Ella Kelleher ’21

AMI Video Anchor
Janelynne Galera

Senior Curriculum Coordinator
Miles Whittingham

 

Contributing Writers
Candy Abe
Naser Almehsari
Hamad Alsebeih
Kamran Alishov
Benjamin Barrett
Haley Brewer
Cierra Byrd
Tristin Clint
Alec Farmer
Serena Gonzalez
Kiana Karimi
Rachel Kaufman
Angeline Kek
Aryana Khalilzadeh
Kezia Laksmono
Prestin McHugh
Ethan Patrick
Gaby Rusli
Jared Sivila
Marisa Torre
Bader Zainal

  • 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
    Zhi Jiao Danielle Goh
    Michelle Nguyen
    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 (Writing)
    Andrea Plate

    • Special Assistant to the President
      Lamiya Shabbir
    • Chief Researcher to the President
      Yawen Sun
    • Founder & President
      LMU Clinical Professor Tom Plate,
      Distinguished Scholar of Asian and Pacific Studies

 

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