Author Archives: Muhammad Cohen

About Muhammad Cohen

Former US diplomat and broadcast news producer Muhammad Cohen is Asia editor at large for Clarion Media, a longtime contributor to Forbes, columnist for Asia Times and author of Hong Kong On Air, a novel set in his adopted hometown during the 1997 handover about TV news, love, betrayal, high finance, and cheap lingerie. See his biography, online archive and more at www.muhammadcohen.com; follow him on Facebook, LinkedIn, ex-Twitter @MuhammadCohen and now on Blue Sky @MuhammadCohen.bsky.social.

Macau mass conversion still in progress

Business and politics demand that Asia’s casinos change their game. Continue reading

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CNN insider pitches softball questions, answers

In Playing Games at CNN, softball imitates life in the midst of seismic upheavals in the media landscape Continue reading

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Ubud Writers Festival 2024 – Facebook turns the wisdom of the crowd into a mob: Maria Ressa

Nobel laureate warns big tech bundles our weakest moments and sells them for profit. Continue reading

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Thailand makes unprecedented casino push

Putting Thai politicians in the middle of the regulatory structure won’t bring the world’s leading casino operators to the kingdom. Continue reading

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Ubud Writers Festival: freedom, strings attached

Where else can you catch the wooden puppet version of Don Quixote? Continue reading

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