Moritas of Japan and China Los Angeles - Long before just about everyone and his uncle began throwing around the term ``brand'' and ``branding'' as if they had personally invented it, a visionary from Japan was actually doing some big-time branding of his own instinct. The b..
Toast to Remarkable Success HONG KONG _ China is to vigorous public debate and extensive civic participation as the moon is to water, night is to day and cats are to dogs, right?
HKs Media: Not Dead Yet! Hong Kong _ Not every place in the word takes its news media seriously, to say the least. Some governments view it as a nuisance, if not a menace; others as an arm of public instruction, if not propaganda. But this is not the view taken here, in wh..
How to Understand China LOS ANGELES _ America needs more people like Prof. Jeffrey Wasserstrom, a heretofore humble academic here on the West Coast. Let me explain.
Newspapers: Read All About It LOS ANGELES _ On arrival one night in India, I telephoned downstairs to the hotels Concierge Desk to ask for newspapers to be delivered in the morning.
About Addiction Theory LOS ANGELES _ Addictions can be frighteningly habit-forming, by very definition. That should be universally obvious, whether you follow the substance-abusing celebrity circuit in India, where I was recently visiting, or the substance-abusing celebr..
Soul of India NEW DELHI _ If you want to understand as much as possible about India in a single day, maybe the best way to go is to take the slow bus to Agra. And by slow, I mean slow as in the speed of a backlash of taffy.
Why Asia Is Crying Wolfowitz NEW DELHI _ Few men or women are all bad or all good; and few of us go through life without losing at least one job or two under duress.
Domino Effect of Pakistan LOS ANGELES _ It must be recalled that it all rather started in Pakistan. Requiring a strategic staging area from which to lash back at the Taliban for its vicious attack...
New Deal for Globalization LOS ANGELES _ There is no such thing as free trade. In truth, the phrase free trade is an oxymoron.
Art of Apology LOS ANGELES _ Overly-sincere overstatements can actually be more embarrassing than underly-sincere understatements.
Non-Angry Koreans I Have Known LOS ANGELES _ The tragedy of Virginia Tech is starting to trigger anger-management issues in me.
Big Elephants Behaving Nicely NEW YORK _ It is always fascinating for us geozoologists and political junkies to observe the behavior of jungle animals trying to act as if they are getting along beautifully when in fact they basically cant stand each other.
Can US Get Asia Right? LOS ANGELES _ Let me move off-stage for a moment (well, just a little bit) and bring you some words of wisdom from some wise men about America and Asia.
