THE DEATH OF KOBE: WHY IT HAS SUCH IMPACT ON ASIANS AND ASIAN-AMERICANS
NATHAN RIVAS WRITES – The tragic death of basketball legend Kobe Bryant has devastated his strong fan base throughout several regions of Asia. Billboards and monuments have been erected throughout Los Angeles that memorialize Kobe’s legacy as a prolific athlete and humanitarian, but his hometown is not alone in mourning…
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“TO US, HE WAS SUPERMAN.” A KOBE BRYANT TRIBUTE
JOSEPH LITTAUA WRITES – It’s 2006, the last season when the legendary Kobe Bryant will wear #8. Game 4 of the 1st round of the NBA playoffs is between the 2nd seed Phoenix Suns and the 7th seed Los Angeles Lakers. It’s overtime, with 6 seconds left on the clock.…
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FROM LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY: BIRTH OF ASIA MEDIA PRESS
ASIA MEDIA INTERNATIONAL has concluded a negotiation with Marshall Cavendish International Asia to launch a joint book publishing operation, with an elite number of titles originating from the AMI West Coast operation from the campus of Loyola Marymount University. The well-known Singapore-based international publisher of a wide variety of book…
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THE AMERICAN PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN: THE New York TIMES POSTS DRAMATIC, EARLY ENDORSEMENTS
Asia Media Reports: The following text appeared recently in the New York Times as this distinguished and historic newspaper’s official editorial endorsement statement on the current Democratic primary process. It is reprinted here in full: American voters must choose between three sharply divergent visions of the future. The incumbent president,…
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LONDON: BEIRUT-BORN KHALAF ASCENDS TO EDITORSHIP OF FINANCIAL TIMES – FIRST WOMAN TOP EDITOR IN 131-YEAR HISTORY
Asia Media warmly congratulates Roula Khalaf on her ascension to the premier Editorship of the Financial Times, one of the world’s great newspapers. She becomes the first woman editor of the FT in its 131-year history. Khalaf was born in Beirut, Lebanon, and grew up there during the civil war. She…
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WASHINGTON: HOW COULD A NUCLEAR ACCIDENT EVER POSSIBLY TAKE PLACE?
TOM PLATE WRITES — Without becoming too defensive about America at this rocky passage in its political history (well, it is difficult to defend), I nonetheless will offer something of a defense, since almost no one else wants to try, but maybe someone ought to. So we start with this: Whether…
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DRAFT SCAM: THE ARMY TAKES DEAD AIM AT PHONY RECRUITMENT TEXTS
ANDREA PLATE WRITES — Imagine how it feels. A young American male sees this cell phone text: “You’ve been marked eligible and must come to the nearest branch in the area for immediate departure to Iran.” That actually happened, this past week, to draft-age men across America. The text was…
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North Korea: WHY CHAIRMAN KIM THINKS THE WAY HE DOES
(The following is the most recent analysis of the North Korean impasse by the special advisor on this issue to the president of South Korea) MOON CHUNG-IN WRITES — A Dec. 31 deadline passed without Pyongyang delivering to the United States its threatened “Christmas gift” if Washington didn’t alter its…
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Orange County: A DAZZLING ASIAN SPIN ON THAT SWEET OLD NUTCRACKER MASTERPIECE
ANDREA PLATE WRITES – It was Christmas Eve, the final performance of a three-week “Nutcracker Ballet” series at the University of California, Irvine’s Barclay Theater. “Are there, like, a ton of Asians around, or is it my imagination?” someone in the crowd mumbled to his friend. But of course! How…
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A SEASONED MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM STUDENT STAFFERS AND FACULTY ADVISORS OF ASIA MEDIA INTERNATIONAL
The season of Christmas means different things to different people. But to very few does it mean absolutely nothing at all. From the religious to the retailer, this season is unique. At its best it reminds us all of our common humanity; at worst, it reminds us of our global…
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PBS PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE AT LMU: ON CHINA, TOM STEYER GETS THE QUESTION BETTER THAN ANYONE
At Thursday night’s internationally televised Democratic President debate, held on the gorgeous and sprawling west side Los Angeles campus of Loyola Marymount University, the largest historically Catholic university on America’s West Coast, the crucial topic of U.S. relations with China surfaced mid-debate. Two of the more interesting comments from the…
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ONE EVANGELICAL JUDGMENT: CHRISTIANITY TODAY OPINES THAT TRUMP SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM OFFICE
Excerpted from Christianity Today — In our founding documents, Billy Graham explains that Christianity Today will help evangelical Christians interpret the news in a manner that reflects their faith. The impeachment of Donald Trump is a significant event in the story of our republic. It requires comment. The typical CT approach…
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XI’S MACAU: ONE THING CHINA’S PRESIDENT WAS HAPPY TO NOTE – THIS SURELY ISN’T HONG KONG
From the South China Morning Post (excerpt) — China’s President Xi Jinping began a three-day visit to Macau on Wednesday to mark the 20th anniversary of its return to Chinese rule, heaping praise on the city’s government for “fully and accurately” implementing the “one country, two systems” principle under which…
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Hong Kong: WHEN THE ‘PRINCIPLE’ OF THE THING IS THE PROBLEM OF THE THING
TOM PLATE WRITES — There’s often little more than a thin line between admirable principle and annoying stubbornness, and that line is not always easy to identify. Lost in the miasma of mutually exclusive righteousness, each side says the other is wrong or evil or both. The tragic consequence is that…
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AMBUSH IN TOKYO: FASHION GETS CORNERED BY CULTURE … BUT BY HAPPY DESIGN
NILE BROWN WRITES — Broad shoulders, billowy trousers and bold neon colors permeate AMBUSH’s recently released Spring/Summer 2020 lookbook. At first look, it may appear that the Tokyo based fashion label has recontextualized styling techniques popularized in the 80s, but head designers Verbal and Yoon Ahn take it a bit…
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