He has covered the Vietnam War for Newsweek, stirred controversy with his piece on financial dealings in Malaysia for the Asian Wall Street Journal and served as Managing Editor of the Standard, HK. Now he seeks to re-define serious journalism in Asia with Asia Sentinel, an online regional news journal. Will Asia be able to stand-up to the scrutiny of serious journalism? John Berthelsen shares his views on Malaysia and Asia with Face to Face in this interview.