Gordon Chang and Bill Sharp discuss just how financially solvent China is as it continues to invest and loan billions around the world, often to support its one belt, one road. Attention will also be given to the upcoming 19th Party Congress. Finally, we hear about the crisis on the Korean peninsula ThinkTech Hawaii streams […]
Is the Abe Era Over?
Hawaii Pacific University Faculty Member, Defense Contractor, and retired US Navy Intelligence Officer, Captain Carl Schuster, appears on Asia in Review with Bill Sharp to discuss Japan’s Abe era. ThinkTech Hawaii streams live on the Internet from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm every weekday afternoon, Hawaii Time, then streaming earlier shows through the night. Check […]
Are you Chinese or Taiwanese
Institute of Taiwan History, Academia Sinica, visiting scholar, Professor Evan Dawley appears on Asia in review with Bill Sharp to discuss his forthcoming book Becoming Taiwanese: Ethnic Identity at the Border of China and Japan. Dawley gives particular focus to the building of ethnic identity as opposed to national identity in the coastal city of […]
Taiwans New Southbound Policy
Natalie Tso, RTI Program Host, joins Bill Sharp on Asia in Review to discuss pension reform and labor standard legislation in the Tsai administration. ThinkTech Hawaii streams live on the Internet from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm every weekday afternoon, Hawaii Time, then streaming earlier shows through the night. Check us out any time for […]
Chinas Conscience Liu Xiaobo
Think Tech host and Asia expert, Ray Tsuchiyama and Asia in Review host Bill Sharp discuss the passing of Nobel Laureate Liu Xiaobo ThinkTech Hawaii streams live on the Internet from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm every weekday afternoon, Hawaii Time, then streaming earlier shows through the night. Check us out any time for great […]
Asia’s Front Door: The Pacific Islands
Join Bill Sharp and Fabrizio Bozzato on Asia in Review for An update on the strategically important Pacific Islands from an Italian perspective. Special attention will be given to ongoing developments in Melanesia, Papua New Guinea elections, the Solomon Island’s relations with both and MORE. Has the US again forgotten about the Pacific islands and […]
A More Assertive Japan
In the 1980s Japan was at the zenith of its power and influence. And then came the came the 1990s and a twenty plus year of revolving door prime ministers and a fall in pre-eminence. However, Japan under the leadership of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe seeks to play a more assertive, active role in Asia […]
Will Taiwan Fight Part 2
Wendell Minnick returns to Asia in Review to discuss Taiwan’s plan to build up its national defense industry especially its plan to build an indigenous submarine and jet trainers. Some advocate that Taiwan restore conscription? is it really a good idea? Why? Would it work? Espionage in the military demands our attention. And there’s more! […]
A Naval View of the Asia Pacific
Before his retirement in January 2015, US Navy Captain (Ret.) James Kimo Fanell, was the Chief of Intelligence for US Pacific Fleet. James joins Bill Sharp on Asia in Review to share with us his thirty plus years of experience in tracking events in Asia. His opinions are highly respected and have been the substance […]
Today’s Republic of China Armed Forces
Dr. Alexander C. Huang is the Chairman of the Council on Strategic and Wargaming Studies and Professor at Tamkang University. Dr. Huang is a well connected, highly informative authority on all matters related to the Taiwan military, In addition to consulting and teaching, he writes a weekly column for Taiwan’s United Daily News. On Asia in […]