Curtis Chin
CNBC
United States
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Asia's year in review: Who had it good — and who had it bad — in 2022
With hopes that Covid is in retreat and that inflation will moderate in the year ahead, we take a last look at who had it good and who had it bad in 2022. → Read More
Opinion: As an American, I want the right to celebrate without fear
My husband, Jeff, and I have been together for nearly three decades. During this time, we've been invited to a lot of weddings. We bring nice gifts! → Read More
The Oscars are more diverse now, but Hollywood still has work to do in stopping Asian hate
Even as the Academy recognises Asians, we must not ignore the fact that, amid coronavirus and a virus of hate, Asian stereotypes remain insidious. A connecting line can be drawn from the images Hollywood has created of Asians as perpetual foreigners to the all-too-real news images of attacks on Asians. → Read More
Covid-19 collateral: foreign students locked out of China deserve compassion and consistency
Beijing’s strict policies, part of its war on Covid-19, have affected thousands of international students hoping study in China. Online learning can never replace the hands-on experience and cultural understanding from studying in another country. → Read More
Asia’s coronavirus year in review: Who had a smashing 2020? Who had a rough ride?
2020 was great for Tsai-Ing Wen and Jacinda Ardern, good for e-commerce, mixed for Xi Jinping and his belt and road ambitions, bad for the WHO but absolutely the pits for Asia’s poor. → Read More
2020 in hindsight: Asia’s bad to good in the year that was
The Asian Development Bank projects COVID-19 could push 160 million more into poverty in Asia. The region’s poverty rate will increase for the first time in 20 years, says the World Bank. → Read More
How to Thrive — Not Just Survive — in the Age of the Coronavirus: Focus On 5 Core Principles
It starts with being kind. → Read More
COVID-19 offers Japan’s firms a chance to shine
Japanese, American, Singaporean and other business leaders, take note. Committing to models of virtuosity, sustainability and the strongest environment, social and governance (ESG) standards when times are good is one thing. → Read More
[OPINION] Enduring principles for Philippine leaders and the media that cover them
The latest press freedom rankings underscore an all-ASEAN challenge → Read More
Wisdom in the age of the coronavirus pandemic
The unfolding pandemic tells us that 20th century lessons that must not be forgotten in Japan and elsewhere. → Read More
Immigration integration: An opportunity to reunite America
With the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primary behind us, the election race intensifies and so too perhaps the rhetoric, positive and negative, about immigrants. → Read More
[OPINION] Asia's Winners and Losers in 2019: From K-Pop sensation BTS to the beleaguered people of Hong Kong
So, who was up and who was down in the Indo-Pacific region in 2019? Here’s our assessment. → Read More
Japan take note: Chinese tourism has strings attached
China has a history of 'weaponizing' tourism to punish foreign governments. → Read More
5 Simple Ways — From Asia — to Ensure a Healthier Home
From de-cluttering to appreciating the silence, a healthy environment begins at home. → Read More
Safety first in Asia's busy skies
The deadly Ethiopian Airlines crash this weekend is a painful echo of last October's Lion Air disaster in Indonesia, in which all 189 people → Read More
Asia's biggest winners and losers of 2018
Who was up and who was down in Asia in the year that just ended? → Read More
[ANALYSIS] G20 showdown? U.S. calls out China
The Philippines could also benefit from a trade reset → Read More
[OPINION] Time for crazy rich change
Musing on a blockbuster film amid greater China-Philippine engagement → Read More
Time for a trade reset, but is China listening?
U.S. President Donald Trump's approach to China could result in a much needed new chapter in trade relations with the second largest economy. → Read More
China is stealing American intellectual property. Trump’s tariffs are a chance to stop it
Whatever else one might think of President Donald Trump’s actions, he is confronting China about its unfair trade practices and theft of American intellectual property while others shy away from the truth. → Read More