Articles by Tom Plate
Watch out for the friendly skies of China?
Tom Plate looks for the safest flight plan for China's economy
Published on: 7/28/2006
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U.S. policy going in the wrong direction
Tom Plate isn't angry with the Secretary of State, but he is angry about foreign policy
Published on: 7/26/2006
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Looking for a home
Sri Lankan refugees in Lebanon, however, are looking in all the wrong places
Published on: 7/20/2006
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A ray of hope for North and South Korea
This time, the United Nations and United States did the right thing
Published on: 7/19/2006
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On patriotism and the press
The U.S. media battles with dual loyalties in the war on terror
Published on: 7/14/2006
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Missile madness stalks
Test firings in India and North Korea make Tom Plate nervous
Published on: 7/12/2006
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Asia's summer lull
Tom Plate takes an irreverent look at the year, halfway through
Published on: 7/7/2006
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North Korea: Why won't anyone listen to us?
North Korea is vying for attention -- and the United States should stop playing the waiting game
Published on: 7/5/2006
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Japan through twenty-something eyes
Like the younger generation, Japan needs to be listened to
Published on: 6/30/2006
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Too rich for their own good
Veteran journalist Tom Plate reconsiders needling the wealthy
Published on: 6/27/2006
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From the ugly to the reasonable American
A new book has a new take on America's involvement in Asia
Published on: 6/25/2006
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The ultimate match for Koreans
Tom Plate explains why the World Cup is a more significant story than speculative reports about the North Korea's international ballistic missile test
Published on: 6/19/2006
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What you don't say -- in America and China
Two embattled American professors and an imprisoned New York Times researcher in China make Tom Plate wonder if the two countries are really all that different
Published on: 6/17/2006
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Washed up at 30?
Korean women have won half of women's golf tournaments, but the mass media's obsession with youth is dominating coverage
Published on: 6/12/2006
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Is Japan about to stumble again?
There is only one number-two economy in the world, and this time it isn't China
Published on: 6/9/2006
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The mystery of the incredible hulk
China's continuing military buildup is actually no mystery at all
Published on: 6/5/2006
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Not lost in translation
At an event with the mayor of Beijing, it is clear that China slows down for no one
Published on: 6/3/2006
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Taiwan's apology epidemic
It's time for President Chen Shui-bian to stop apologizing and start governing
Published on: 5/26/2006
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A China syndrome that only hurts China
New York Times researcher Zhao Yan is still in prison with charges renewed -- which is not a good move on the part of the PRC
Published on: 5/23/2006
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Matsui: The pride of the Yankees
It took a Japanese celebrity to help free Americans from a culture of smugness
Published on: 5/15/2006
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Coincidental deaths of two newspaper giants
Chen Li and Abe Rosenthal led widely different publications, but both were pioneers and innovators
Published on: 5/11/2006
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The unexamined mystery of Koizumi
Japan's Prime Minister has one more diplomatic spectacular to pull off
Published on: 5/9/2006
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China takes on the Vatican
Bu China has no more right to make a man a Catholic bishop than the Church has a right to have a say in the naming of a general
Published on: 5/5/2006
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Is China trying to fool the West on Korea?
The conspiracy theory of Hu's double-dealing makes no sense at all
Published on: 5/2/2006
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Aging Asia: A very old idea
The so-called crisis of Asia's workforce ignores some very important counterpoints
Published on: 4/27/2006
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Tom Plate
Pacific Perspectives Columnist
asiamedia@international.ucla.edu
Tom Plate is a columnist and regular contributor to The South China Morning Post, Mainichi Shimbun, The China Times, The Korea Times, The Khaleej Times, The Seattle Times, The San Diego Business Journal, and The Straits Times. His latest book, Confessions of a Media Man, is published by Marshall Cavendish. He currently working on a new book about Asia and America.
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