UPI Asia Online is a venue of news and commentary dedicated to the furtherance of public conversation about the politics and culture of Asia, and the building of bridges between peoples and cultures. Here you will find a "big tent" with diverse opinions.

Our agenda is solely as follows:

To provide a supportive venue for good writing on Asia's politics, business and culture

To help nurture the unknown gems among the best of the world's undiscovered writers on Asia

To generally elevate the level and diversity of discourse in society in a way that helps people sort out the pivotal issues in Asia and the world.

As a true marketplace of ideas and an impartial honest broker of ideas, we welcome guest commentary pieces from our readers.

All opinions expressed on this website belong to the writers alone, and are not necessarily shared by UPI Asia Online, nor by any of our advertisers or the other writers on this forum. UPI Asia Online is a project of United Press International (UPI), the world's oldest privately-owned news service.

If you would like to submit a guest commentary article

Terms of agreement

The editors welcome thoughtfully-written articles of opinion, but cannot guarantee that any submission received will be published.

UPI Asia Online does not pay for articles. What we offer is an attractive venue for your article and an opportunity to develop a wider audience for your writing, along with your own name brand identity as a writer.

In addition, you maintain ownership of the copyright on your work.

A writer submitting a piece does so in agreement of the following terms between United Press International ("UPI") which owns UPI Asia Online and yourself as the 'Content Provider.'

1. In submitting a piece for publication, you as the 'Content Provider' grant to UPI and UPI Asia Online, a NON-EXCLUSIVE, worldwide irrevocable license to reproduce, archive, license, distribute, publicly display, publicly perform, create derivative works from, translate, or otherwise use the Content Provider's Content, or any portion thereof, for any purpose whatsoever, including without limitation licensing, distributing, or otherwise providing the Content to Third Parties, in any and all mediums now known or developed in the future, in any language, anywhere in the world.



2. In granting UPI a non-exclusive license, Content Provider does not relinquish copyright ownership of the Content, and may sell or distribute it without restriction.

How to prepare your article

1. Read our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) document and the sample columnist template for preparing and formatting a commentary piece.



2. Write your commentary piece according to the sample template and email it to editor@upiasiaonline.com.