Mystery of the Er Hu Chinese Violin
Our guest will explain some of the key features of Chinese music as compared to Western music. We will then talk about the special characteristics of the Er-Hu. Finally, we will be treated to Dr. Hung’s playing of the instrument. ThinkTech Hawaii streams live on the Internet from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm every weekday […]
Learning Chinese Is Easy
Ms. Ong Appears On Asia In Review With Bill Sharp To Discuss Different Strategies Of Learning Chinese In A Relaxing, Productive Manner. And Yes Learning Chinese Is Easy! And, Given That She Is A Native Of Singapore, Ms. Ong And Bill Discuss The Road Ahead For Singapore In The Post-Lee Kuan-Yew Era. ThinkTech Hawaii streams […]
Trump Asia Policy
Sean King, Senior Vice President Park Strategies, has many years of experience in assessing Asian affairs. He often appears on a wide variety of news shows to discuss breaking events in Asia. In this episode of Asia in Review, Mr. King appears with Bill Sharp to discuss Trump Asia Policy with an eye to North […]
Will There be a KMT Renaissance? A Political Comeback for Kuomintang?
Mr. Eric Huang, Former Head of International Affairs, KMT (Chinese Nationalist Party), joins Bill Sharp on Asia in Review to talk about how Kuomintang (KMT) hopes to make a political comeback. 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 […]
Cold War Medicine: International Health Under American Cold War Policies
Dr. Michael Liu is the Deputy Director of the Institute of Taiwan History, Academia Sinica And A Highly Accomplished Researcher Focusing On Medical Issues In Asia. Dr. Liu Joins Bill Sharp On Asia In Review To Discuss Cold War Medicine In East Asia With Special Emphasis On International Health Under American Cold War Policies. He Also […]
Working for American Businesses – The American Chamber of Commerce Taiwan – Andrea Wu
*Original air date: March 27, 2017 Asia in Review connects with Andrea Wu, President of American Chamber of Commerce in Taiwan (AmCham Taipei). A highly respected business leader, Ms. Wu is the President of the American Chamber of Commerce Taiwan. Ms. Wu appears on Asia in Review with Bill Sharp to bring us up to […]
What 92 Consensus? Paying Attention to US-Taiwan Relations with Raymond Burghardt
Tune in to Asia in Review with Bill Sharp for a highly informative discussion focused on pertinent issues impacting the US-Taiwan relationship. Ambassador Raymond Burghardt, former Chairman of the Board at the American Institute in Taiwan, has devoted a significant part of his life to Taiwan affairs and was a highly placed US government insider […]
The Decline of Taiwan’s Nationalist Party Kuomintang (KMT)
Since it was catastrophically routed in both the 2014 Nine In One Elections and the January 2016 Presidential and Legislative Elections, Taiwan’s Nationalist Party (Kuomintang or KMT) seems to have no platform or definite plan of revival. Mr. Michael Turton, Creator and Editor of the The View from Taiwan, is a long time resident of […]
A Critical View of US China Policy with Dr. William A. Stanton
Drawing on his 34 years of service in the U.S. Department of State, our guest (Dr. William A. Stanton, former de-facto U.S. Ambassador to Taiwan) offers an alternative US approach to China. With tensions rising between the U.S. and China, this is a show that all concerned with Sino-U.S. relations should watch. The host for […]
Towards the 2016 Election with Jerome F. Keating
Host Bill Sharp speaks with author/educator/political commentator Dr. Jerome F. Keating (“Island in the Stream, a Quick Case Study of Taiwan’s Complex History”) about the Sun Flower Movement and the upcoming 2016 presidential/legislative elections. The host for this episode was Bill Sharp. The host for this episode was Bill Sharp. The host for this episode […]
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The president’s move to protect strategic manufacturing sectors from low-cost competition aims to increase jobs, but consumers might not like the costs. [...]
Protectionist trade policies are popular on both the left and right. But some economists say they’re likely to backfire. [...]
Even in the president’s favorite political stomping ground, his standing has slipped with Democrats who will be vital to a repeat victory, interviews with nearly two dozen Black voters showed. [...]
His narrow win there in 2020 was seen as a sign of Georgia’s emergence as a battleground state. But in 2024, President Biden faces a changed landscape there. [...]
Political violence and polarization stalk Europe today, with ominous echoes of the past. [...]
Moscow continues to make military gains in the Kharkiv region as Ukraine struggles with resources. [...]
South West Water says about 2,500 homes will have to keep boiling water due to a parasite. [...]
Leonid Volkov says his fight against Vladimir Putin will never end. [...]
One claimant unknowingly overpaid Carer's Allowance said the debts she incurred have brought 'considerable financial strain'. [...]
Forecasters have warned some areas could see up to 50mm (2in) of rain and flooding on Saturday. [...]
Cologne needed a minor miracle to survive going into the last game of the season, with no guarantee that a win would be enough to save them. Instead, they collapsed [...]
President Salome Zourabichvili had earlier told DW that she would reject the contentious legislation as a "symbol." The veto, however, can be overridden by another vote in parliament. [...]
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has pledged federal "solidarity" after the western state of Saarland was hit by flash flooding and landslides. He toured some of the affected areas with the [...]
Germany's Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank had been expected to provide guarantees for the construction of a gas-processing plant that was to be operated by Gazprom. [...]
Premier Robert Fico is in a stable but serious condition after a shooting attack, Slovakia's health minister says. The suspected shooter is reported by media to be a 71-year-old former [...]
A helium leak pushed back a planned launch to May 25. Boeing's program that would shuttle astronauts to and from the International Space Station has been plagued with problems. [...]
McCloskey's story has both deep roots and burgeoning relevance. He died this month at 96 and had long been out of the limelight, but the issues he had been willing [...]
Dabney Coleman, the mustachioed character actor who specialized in smarmy villains like the chauvinist boss in "9 to 5" and the nasty TV director in "Tootsie," has died. [...]
Higher education officials in Ohio are reviewing race-based scholarships after last year's Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action. [...]
Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the U.S. and we need all the protection we can get. So why is it so hard to get newer, more effective [...]
Canadian police used DNA testing to link Gary Allen Srery, who died in 2011, to the killing of two girls and two women in the 1970s. They say there may [...]
Andriy Yermak, a former lawyer and film producer who runs Volodymyr Zelensky’s wartime presidential office, is arguably the most powerful chief of staff in Ukraine’s history. [...]
Parents had no idea their children were being given the sleep aid at a home day care in New Hampshire, police said. [...]
Parents had no idea their children were being given the sleep aid at a home day care in New Hampshire, police said. [...]
League champion Bayer Leverkusen has become the first team to complete a Bundesliga season unbeaten [...]
