East-West Center Media Conference

Whether it is due the coming of the Olympics, globalization , the steady beat of democratization or emerging local, non-state enterprises, good things are happening to the media in China, one of that country’s leading press reformers told the media conference.
Li Datong, Senior Editor at China Youth Daily and a longtime advocate of [...]

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To hear an audio version of Dr. Surin’s talk to the media conference, go HERE

If ASEAN, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, does not reinvent itself, it could slip into irrelevance in a rapidly globalizing and interconnected world.
And journalists have a role in that process, not as mouthpieces for any particular government or official [...]

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The East-West Center’s media conference in Bangkok (”Changing Dynamics in the Asia Pacific”) opens today (Sunday, Bangkok time) with lots of news popping up around the region and right here in the conference city.
Tensions in Korea, the Beijing Olympics and bioterrorism are among the many scheduled topics up for discussion.But delegates are likely to [...]

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One of the big benefits of the East-West Center’s Bangkok Media Conference is the ability to meet, hear and get to know world-class newsmakers who otherwise might be very difficult to catch up with.

Consider, for instance, Dr. Michael Osterholm , director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the [...]

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Final planning for the Bangkok media conference is well underway. Lots of buzz about the big speech by Surin Pitsuwan , the new Secretary-General of ASEAN. Is the former Thai Minister of Foreign Affairs going to give our group an early scoop on where he intends to take ASEAN? Should be exciting. [...]

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