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Tzi Ma discusses “Hell on Wheels” — Recreating a part of the Chinese experience on television

August 7, 2015 By Jason Cruz

By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly It is rare that a mainstream television show dedicates an entire season to a historical part of Asian history. However, that is what AMC’s “Hell on Wheels” does as it depicts the role of Chinese workers building the transcontinental railroad in the late 1800s. One of the stars of […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles Tagged With: 2015, AMC, American Western, Asian American, Byron Mann, Central Pacific Railroad, Chinese, David Henry Hwang, East Asia, Gordon Chang, Hong Kong, Jason Cruz, Million Dollar Arm, Professor Chang, Rush Hour, Sierra Nevada Mountains, Southern China, Tzi Ma, Visit Ma, Vol 34 No 33 | August 8 - August 14

Myanmar’s parliament blocks changes to constitution

July 11, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Aye Aye Win Associated Press YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar’s parliament voted against several constitutional amendments June 25, ensuring that the military’s veto power remains intact and that opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi cannot become president in an election this year. The legislature ended a 3-day debate on proposed changes to the 2008 […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2008, 2010, 2015, Associated Press, Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma, Democratic Rep, East Asia, Joe Crowley, Michael Quinlan, Myanmar, National League, Nobel Peace Prize, President Thein Sein, Republican Rep, Steve Chabot, Tin Soe, Vol 34 No 29 | July 11 - July 17

Moy appointed AIT director

June 11, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Kin Moy, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia, is set to become the new director of the Taipei Office of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) this summer. Moy will be taking over from AIT Director Christopher Marut. He is a senior U.S. Department of State official with extensive working experience of […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2015, AIT, American Institute, Beijing, China, East Asia, Foreign Service, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Kin Moy, Madeleine Albright, Mongolia, South Korea, Taiwan, Vol 34 No 25 | June 13 - June 19

No news is good news — On Carter’s first Asia trip as Pentagon chief, calm prevails

April 18, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

HONOLULU (AP)—No news is good news. That might have been the bumper sticker for Ash Carter’s first tour of Asia as secretary of defense. It was mostly quiet on the Eastern front. Carter consulted with Japanese and South Korean leaders, gave pep talks to American troops, stressed the U.S. military’s stabilizing influence in the region […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Afghanistan, Ash Carter, Chuck Hagel, Defense Secretary William Perry, East Asia, Han Min Koo, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, North Korean, President Barack Obama, South China Sea, South Korean, Vol 34 No 17 | April 18 - April 24, Yemen, japan

China-savvy tea partyer takes helm of US House panel on Asia

January 24, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Matthew Pennington Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The new leader of the House panel overseeing U.S. policy to the Asia-Pacific is a rarity in Congress: a deeply conservative Republican who shuns isolationism, favors closer ties with Asia and stands poised to praise as well as criticize China — and even do it in Mandarin.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2015, Beijing, California State University, Central America, China, Chinese, East Asia, House Foreign Affairs, Jim Leach, Matt Salmon, Middle East, President Barack Obama, Republican Rep, TPP, Vol 34 No 5 | January 24 - January 30, World Trade Organization, Yongyi Song

China and Japan agree to resume dialogue

November 16, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Christopher Bodeen Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China and Japan reached agreement to ramp up high-level contacts, the strongest indication yet of a possible meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at next week’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, 2014, Associated Press, Beijing, Chinese President Xi Jinping, East Asia, East China Sea, Evan Medeiros, Foreign Ministry, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Mari Yamaguchi, National Security Adviser Shotaro Yachi, Tokyo, Top White House, Vol 33 No 47 | November 15 - November 21, Yasukuni Shrine

Review confirms basis of Japan’s sex slave apology

July 12, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Mari Yamaguchi Associated Press TOKYO (AP) – A Japanese panel confirmed the validity of a study that led to Japan’s landmark 1993 apology for forcing Asian women into wartime prostitution, even as South Korea blasted the review as a move that “picks again at the painful wounds” of victims.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2014, Associated Press, China, East Asia, Elaine Kurtenbach, Foreign Ministry, Jen Psaki, Keiichi Tadaki, Kono Statement, Noh Kwang-il, South Koreans, Taiwan, Tokyo, Top Japanese, United States, Vol 33 No 29 | July 12 - July 18, Yoshihide Suga

U.S. charges Chinese military officials in cyberspying case

May 24, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Eric Tucker Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) – In a landmark case alleging international economic spying, the United States announced on May 19 unprecedented cyber espionage charges against five Chinese military officials accused of hacking into U.S. companies to gain trade secrets.

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2014, Allegheny Technologies, Associated Press, Beijing, China, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Cyber Command, East Asia, Gu Chunhui, Huang Zhenyu, Justice Department, Mark Rasch, NSA, National Security Division, President Barack Obama, Sun Kailiang, United States, Vol 33 No 22 | May 24 - May 30, Wang Dong, Wen Xinyu

Typhoon relief continues

November 22, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

More efforts are underway to bring relief to the victims of Typhoon Haiyan, which struck the Philippines on Nov. 8, leaving thousands dead and millions homeless.

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2013, Annual Charitable Giving Campaign, Citizens Disaster Response Center, East Asia, FBI, King County, NCDF, Operation Damayan, Peace Winds America, Peace Winds Japan, Philippine National Red Cross, Philippines, Seattle, Typhoon Haiyan, US, United States Navy, Vol 32 No 48 | November 23 - November 29

COMMENTARY: Tiphares vs Elysium — Welcome to the Age of Appropriation

August 23, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Lam New America Media Many years ago, before the age of cyperspace, I found a Japanese manga series at a specialty bookstore in San Francisco. Created by Yukito Kishiro, Battle Angel Alita is the story of a post apocalyptic world where humans scavenge to survive, many using robotic technology to replace lost limbs. […]

Filed Under: Commentaries Tagged With: 2013, Alexandre Aja, Battle Angel Alita, East Asia, Francis Ford Coppola, Hong Kong, Information Age, John Sturges, Keanu Reeves, Kill Bill, Magnificent Seven, Maxine Hong Kingston, New America Media, Oliver Stone, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Ringo Lam, Sergio Leone, Sung-ho Kim, Vol 32 No 35 | August 24 - August 30, Young-hoon Park, Yukito Kishiro, japan

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