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Plate published books, columns and founded an organization focusing on Asia and its impact on the U.S. in hopes of preparing students for the future.

Dear Asia Media International and LMU Community: I am saddened to share that Tom Plate, clinical assistant professor of Asian Pacific American Studies, passed away on May 23, 2023, of natural causes. He was 79 years old. Professor Plate joined LMU in August 2010 teaching part-time as a Distinguished Scholar of Asian and Pacific Studies…

Australia is a sovereign state and its fingerprints are all over the formation of its terrible abdication of national independence.

Singapore's first prime minister Lee Kuan Yew died on March 23, 2015, and the nation mourned. Now, seven years later, he appears to be making a comeback of sorts. Read more at stomp.straitstimes.com

By Hasala Perera It is often said that Lee Kuan Yew (LKY) once considered Sri Lanka as a development model, but no one has questioned the veracity of this claim, and it will be interesting to see what he has said about Sri Lanka. LKY’s views about Sri Lanka have been published in three books, […]

Tom Plate is a university professor and a veteran columnist focused on Asia and America. This Distinguished Scholar of Asian and Pacific Studies at Loyola Marymount University has orchestrated live interactive seminars with major universities across Asia, as part of the LMU’s path-finding Asia Media International Centre. He is also the author of 13 books, including the bestsellers “Confessions of an American Media Man” (2007), four volumes in the “Giants of Asia” series, and three In t...

Doubts about U.S. conduct spreading quickly in Asia: media Xinhua © Provided by Xinhua "Many in the intelligentsia in Southeast Asia view Washingtons propaganda strategy as a losing game," Plate said. HONG KONG, June 30 (Xinhua) -- Doubts about the United States conduct are spreading rapidly in Asia despite Western medias relentless hype of "Chinas increasing assertiveness," an opinion article in the South China Morning Post said Tuesday. Former Singapore Ambassador to the United States Chan ...

Joe Biden is pulling the plug on the Afghanistan conflict, but unwisely taking a hard line against China. The situation around the East and South China seas is making the world nervous, and Beijing, for its part, must not misread Washington.

Post A Chinese national flag flies outside the Xinjiang International Grand Bazaar in Urumqi, Xinjiang, on May 12. China has told nations criticising its policies in Xinjiang to stop interfering in domestic affairs. Photo: Bloomberg READ FULL ARTICLE + FOLLOW Tom Plate is a university professor and a veteran columnist focused on Asia and America. This Distinguished Scholar of Asian and Pacific Studies at Loyola Marymount University has orchestrated live interactive seminars with major uni...

Cai Meng / China Daily India will not be pushed to take the US side against China, and Washingtons move toward a Cold War with Beijing amid frosty relations with Moscow, will only drive the two nuclear powers closer, said Tom Plate, a veteran columnist focused on Asia and America, in an opinion piece in the South China Morning Post on May 4. The US has always played double standard well in terms of the minority group issues in China and India. It is funny that the US is amplifying false sta...