Cambodia How to think of social media activism in Cambodia February 13, 2020 0 Image Credit: "Cambodian Flag" by Gary Lee Todd, Ph.D./ flickr; licence CC0 1.0. Written by Mun Vong. In Cambodia, Facebook is social media. When it swept across…
Activism New India, new era: Gunpoint democracy December 18, 2019 0 Image Credit: DSC_0920 by Suhas Das/Flickr; Licence : CC BY NC 2.0 Written by Nayan Jyoti. Assam has borne the brunt of a massive influx…
Art Reason to be hopeful: When ‘The Legend of 1900’ overtakes ‘Charlie’s Angels’ in China November 29, 2019 2 Image Credit: Keys by Jean-Etienne Minh-Duy Poirrier/Flickr; Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0. Written by Hiu Man Chan. If this is not a miracle, it is certainly strong…
Asia Bangladeshi queer utopia: How activists are reclaiming local narratives to empower the community November 21, 2019 0 Image Credit: UK celebrates ruling on Section 377 by British High Commission / Flickr; Licence: CC BY NC ND 2.0 Written by Ibtisam Ahmed. The current…
Asia View from Bangladesh October 25, 2019 0 Image Credit: Gary Todd/Flickr; Licence: Public Domain Written by Ikhtisad Ahmed On 7 October 2019, a student named Abrar Fahad was beaten to death in…
China Cold War 2.0 October 22, 2019 0 Image Credit: The British Bling Corporation by Ali Craigmile/Flickr; Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0. Written by Bingchun Meng. The rise of China is unsettling for many…
Culture and Society Taiwan cinema and Southeast Asian Chinese diaspora filmmakers: The case of Midi Z September 7, 2019 0 Written by Maja Korbecka. Image credit: untitled by it is elisa/Flickr, license CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 In recent years most representatives of Taiwanese cinema to gain recognition at the…
Culture and Society Teresa Teng: Mandopop icon, soldier’s sweetheart and Asian diva September 6, 2019 0 Written by Zuzana Shejbalová. Image credit: 邓丽君 Teresa Teng 鄧麗君 by hto2008/Flickr, license CC BY-NC 2.0 Teresa Teng, in Mandarin Deng Lijun 鄧麗君, was a Taiwanese singer…
Africa China’s media presence in Africa is growing fast. Is its influence growing at the same pace? August 29, 2019 0 Image Credit: Photo by goodwines/Flickr; Licence: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. By Dani Madrid-Morales. In a 2018 report entitled ‘China’s Pursuit of a New World Media Order’, Reporters…
China Making history: Bohemian Rhapsody’s Chinese release and the story of its translation July 8, 2019 1 Written by Hiu Man Chan. Images Credit: Provided by the author. The national release of the multiple Oscar-winning film Bohemian Rhapsody (2018) in China in March…