(LinkAsia: July 22, 2011) A jubilant Japan gives its world championship women's soccer team a hero's welcome. In China, Yao Ming retires from the court, but not from the sport. David Bandurski reports the newly opened high-speed rail from Beijing to Shanghai runs into roadblocks, and Rebecca Milner tells us about a social networking site in Japan that's part YouTube and part Twitter. Pakistan's Express 24/7 covers the Karachi killings. Finally, VTV4 gives us the scoop on an updated version of a classic toy that's topping the Guinness World Records. Hosted by Yul Kwon, this weekly half-hour program takes viewers into media about Asia -- from Asia -- offering unfiltered insight into one of the most diverse, fast-paced regions of the globe, combining everything from Asia's top television networks, to blog and social media trends. Broadcasters: Express 24/7, VTV4. Footage from Reuters.

(LinkAsia: July 22, 2011) A jubilant Japan gives its world championship women's soccer team a hero's welcome. In China, Yao Ming retires from the court, but not from the sport. David Bandurski reports the newly opened high-speed rail from Beijing to Shanghai runs into roadblocks, and Rebecca Milner tells us about a social networking site in Japan that's part YouTube and part Twitter. Pakistan's Express 24/7 covers the Karachi killings. Finally, VTV4 gives us the scoop on an updated version of a classic toy that's topping the Guinness World Records. Hosted by Yul Kwon, this weekly half-hour program takes viewers into media about Asia -- from Asia -- offering unfiltered insight into one of the most diverse, fast-paced regions of the globe, combining everything from Asia's top television networks, to blog and social media trends. Broadcasters: Express 24/7, VTV4. Footage from Reuters.