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Bo slams wife, ex-aide at trial exposing Chinese elite

August 31, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Gillian Wong The Associated Press JINAN, China (AP) — The defense strategy of fallen Chinese politician Bo Xilai, who is battling accusations of corruption and shielding a murderer, boils down to this: One of the prosecution’s key witnesses is a liar, and the other is crazy. Four days of testimony at the trial, which […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, Bo Xilai, China, Chinese, Communist Party, Ding Xueliang, France, Gu Kailai, Hong Kong University, Jinan Intermediate People, Neil Heywood, Vol 32 No 36 | August 31 - September 6, Wang Lijun, Xu Ming, Zhang Lifan

Vietnam frees dissident on appeal

August 24, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Chris Brummitt Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — A Vietnamese appeals court overturned a six-year prison sentence against a dissident and halved the jail term of another in a rare show of leniency by the country’s Communist authorities.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, Asia, Associated Press, Communist Party, HANOI, Human Rights Watch, Nguyen Phuong Uyen, Nguyen Thanh Luong, Phil Robertson, President Barack Obama, Vietnam, Vol 32 No 35 | August 24 - August 30

Chinese teen defaces temples, sparks outcry

June 8, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Gillian Wong The Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese teenager who defaced an ancient temple in Egypt with graffiti has come under fire at home where his vandalism prompted public fretting about how to cultivate a good image overseas as more newly affluent Chinese travel abroad.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, 2013, Associated Press, China, Chinese, Communist Party, Deputy Premier Wang Yang, Ding Jinhao, Egypt, Fu Ting, Germany, Shanghai Television, Vol 32 No 24 | June 8 - June 14, World Tourism Organization, Xuan Kejiong, attention, commentary

US, Vietnam far apart on human rights

April 27, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Chris Brummitt and Matthew Pennington The Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnamese authorities seeking to stop a well-known democracy activist from meeting an American diplomat last weekend deployed an unusual weapon — a group of elderly ladies.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2012, 2013, American Embassy, Asia, BBC, China, Communist Party, Daniel Baer, Father Ly, HANOI, Human Rights Watch, Phil Robertson, Several Vietnamese, South Vietnamese, United States, Vol 32 No 18 | April 27 - May 3, Washington DC

A diplomatic star is born in China’s first lady

March 30, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Christopher Bodeen The Associated Press BEIJING, China (AP) — Glamorous new first lady Peng Liyuan has emerged as Chinese diplomacy’s latest star, charming audiences and cutting a very different profile from her all-but invisible predecessors on her debut official visit abroad to Russia. A celebrated performer on state television, Peng featured prominently in Chinese […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, Beijing News, Chen Li, China Policy Institute, Chinese, Communist Party, International Relations, Jiang Qing, Lin Zhibo, Moscow, PLA, Peng Liyuan, Premier Wen Jiabao, Steve Tsang, Tanzania, Vol 32 No 14 | March 30 - April 5, Wang Fan, Zhang Peili

China foreign minister rejects hacking accusations

March 16, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Christopher Bodeen The Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China’s foreign minister on Saturday, March 9 rejected accusations that the country’s military was behind massive hacking attacks on the United States and other foreign targets and called for more international cooperation in policing the Internet. Yang Jiechi is the highest-level Chinese official to comment on […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, China, Chinese, Communist Party, Defense Ministry, United Nations, United States, Vol 32 No 12 | March 16 - March 22, Yang Jiechi

Vietnam deports US activist who was held for 9 months

February 9, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Shaya Tayefe Mohajer The Associated Press LOS ANGELES, Calif. (AP) — A Vietnamese American accused of conspiring to overthrow Vietnam’s communist government smiled broadly as he reunited with his family after he was deported back to the United States. Nguyen Quoc Quan, who had been detained for nine months, was greeted by his wife, […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2009, 2013, China, Communist Party, Foreign Ministry, Ho Chi Minh City, Huong Mai Ngo, Los Angeles International Airport, Nguyen Quoc Quan, Richard Nguyen, Thailand, US, United States, Victoria Nuland, Viet Tan, Vietnamese American, Vol 32 No 7 | February 9 - February 15

How 8 Asians exemplify (or defy!) their snake traits

February 7, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Nina Huang Northwest Asian Weekly According to ancient Chinese wisdom, having a snake in the house is a good omen because it means that your loved ones

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles, Cultures Tagged With: 2013, Associate Director, British-ruled India, CPC, China, Chinese Communist, Chinese Zodiac, Clint Eastwood, Communist Party, Indian American, Korean, Leigh Whannell, Mahatma Gandhi, Native Hawaiian, Perhaps Wan, Princess Mononoke, Shanghai Tang, South African, Spirited Away, TV, Vol 32 No 7 | February 9 - February 15, Zhang Yimou

Chinese scientist and rights advocate dies

February 2, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Christopher Bodeen The Associated Press BEIJING, China (AP) — Xu Liangying, a renowned Chinese rights advocate, physicist, and translator of Einstein, has died in Beijing. Xu was 92. Xu’s death on Monday, Jan. 28 was widely reported on academic discussion boards and confirmed by a doctor reached by phone at Haidian Hospital’s intensive care […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, Beijing, China, Chinese, Communist Party, Haidian Hospital, Mao Zedong, Tiananmen Square, Vol 32 No 6 | February 2 - February 8, Wang Ganchang, japan

Living life after loss

December 14, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Samantha Pak Northwest Asian Weekly Isle of Dreams By Keizo Hino Dakley Archive Press, 2010 Shozo Sakai hasn’t seen much change in his life. He’s worked at the same construction firm for years, he has no ambitions of moving up the corporate ladder or pursuing a specific career, and  he has lived in the […]

Filed Under: On the Shelf Tagged With: 2010, 2012, Chairman Mao, China, Communist Party, Dakley Archive Press, Kai Ying, Leapfrog Press, Liu Renfu, Mei Ling, Shozo Sakai, Three Gorges Dam, Tokyo Bay, Vol 31 No 51 | December 15 - December 21, Yangtze River, Yoko Hayashi

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