How Deep are Chinas Pockets?

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 […]

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- Amy Julia Harris, Chelsia Rose Marcius, Nicole Hong, Joseph Goldstein and Erin Nolan
Outsiders Were Among Columbia Protesters, but They Dispute Instigating Clashes

City officials have blamed “external actors” for escalating demonstrations at Columbia University and elsewhere, but student protesters reject the claim. [...]

- Richard Fausset
From Free Speech to Free Palestine: Six Decades of Student Protest

The protests against Israel’s war in Gaza are merely the latest in a tradition of student-led, left-leaning activism dating back at least to the civil rights and anti-Vietnam War protests [...]

- Ben Protess, Jonah E. Bromwich, William K. Rashbaum and Maggie Haberman
Donald J. Trump’s Scandals Captivate the Court, but Hush-Money Case Hangs on Dry Details

Prosecutors started their criminal case against Donald J. Trump with eye-catching and lurid stories, but the heart of the matter is invoices and ledger entries. [...]

- Liam Stack, Aaron Boxerman, Amanda Taub and Ken Belson
Parts of Gaza in ‘Full-Blown Famine,’ U.N. Aid Official Says

Cindy McCain, the director of the World Food Program, said starvation is entrenched in northern Gaza and is “moving its way south.” [...]

- William Grimes
Frank Stella, Towering Artist and Master of Reinvention, Dies at 87

He moved American art away from Abstract Expressionism toward cool minimalism. His explorations of color and form were endlessly discussed and constantly on exhibit. [...]

Labour adds to Tory misery with mayoral wins

The party sees victory in London, Manchester and clinches a close win in the West Midlands mayor race. [...]

Evening of drama as Labour squeak West Midlands win

Labour won with just over 1,500 votes more than the Tories in an incredibly close race. [...]

Who won the mayoral elections... in 90 seconds

Voters in England have taken to the polls in contests to elect new mayors across the country. [...]

How Sadiq Khan won over London for the third time

The Labour candidate clinched a third-successive term as mayor of London - but what next? [...]

Local election results in maps and charts

Analysis of results in the local elections 2024, including the London mayor and councils around England. [...]

The Kremlin did not specify why the Ukrainian president had been added, only that a criminal case had been opened against him. Tens of thousands are already on the list, [...]

Famine has beset northern Gaza and spreading to the south, says World Food Program Director Cindy McCain, adding that people must not be allowed to starve to death. DW has [...]

Afghanistan's diplomat Zakia Wardak said she was stepping down as the consul-general in Mumbai because of organized attacks against her. Her statement made no mention of the alleged gold smuggling [...]

The day after announcing he would leave Borussia Dortmund at the end of the season, Marco Reus led his side to a Bundesliga win. But a Champions League final could [...]

Spain has rejected claims that Madrid is bringing "death and poverty" to its people, posted by Argentine President Javier Milei. Previously, a Spanish minister seemed to indicate Milei had used [...]

- Miranda Mazariegos
Renowned painter and pioneer of minimalism Frank Stella dies at 87

Frank Stella was one of America's leading minimalist artists and a pioneer of the minimalist movement of the early 1960s. The movement challenged the idea that art was meant to [...]

- Emma Bowman
NYC says half of those arrested at 2 pro-Palestinian campus protests were not students

Following the mayor's claims that "outside agitators" escalated protests this week at two Manhattan campuses, city officials released data saying 134 of the 282 people arrested were not students. [...]

- Juliana Kim
Caitlin Clark shines in her WNBA debut, a preseason sellout

The NCAA's all-time leading scorer played in her first professional game in the Indiana Fever's match against the Dallas Wings on Friday night. Clark's 21 points were impressive but not [...]

- Chloe Veltman
'Zillow Gone Wild' brings wacky real estate listings to HGTV

Zillow Gone Wild started in 2020 as an Instagram account devoted to eccentric property listings. The show focuses on homes that defy everyday expectations in some way. [...]

- The Associated Press
Canadian police arrest 3 suspects in the slaying of a Sikh separatist leader

Police said they arrested three Indian nationals in the slaying of Hardeep Singh Nijjar last June that became the center of a diplomatic spat with India. [...]

- Chuck Culpepper

In a photo finish, Mystik Dan prevailed in the 150th edition of the Kentucky Derby. [...]

- Associated Press

Several thousand Georgians have marked Orthodox Easter with a candlelight vigil outside Parliament in the capital, Tbilisi [...]

- Ruby Cramer, Marianna Sotomayor, Susan Svrluga

The university called the Virginia State Police to help clear an encampment in Charlottesville. [...]

- Mark Stevenson | AP

The state prosecutor’s office says three bodies recovered in an area of Mexico’s Baja California state are likely to be those of the two Australians and an American who went [...]

- Ben Golliver

Former Microsoft executive Steve Ballmer has poured unlimited resources into the Clippers, but they continue to come up short in the postseason. [...]

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