Importing react and usage of interface

[jota12x]

Hi, this is more a question rather than an issue. I was curious about why it was decided to go for
import * as React from 'react'; Instead of import React from 'react'.

The other question is about the usage of interfaces rather than types. I know this is kind of "controvertial" but why it was decided to include one over the other.

Thanks in advance, the snippets are awesome.