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Shedding light on China’s Communist Party history — An interview with Sidney Rittenberg (Part one of a three-part series)

August 27, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Wen Liu Special to Northwest Asian Weekly In recent months, U.S.-China relations have been described as “at a tipping point” and “stubbornly cool” by prominent China watchers like David Lampton and Orville Schell. Are their observations right? We’ve heard tough words from Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter over China’s island constructions in the South […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2015, Anna Louise Strong, Chairman Mao, Chinese, Communist Party, Cultural Revolution, Indonesia, Liu One, Mao Zedong, Party Central Committee Meeting Hall, Rittenberg Partly, Sidney Rittenberg Part, South China Sea, Tiananmen Square, Vol 34 No 36 | August 29 - September 4, Xi Jinping, attention

Catholic bishop detained in China for past 14 years has died

February 13, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

BEIJING (AP) — A secretly appointed Roman Catholic bishop detained by China for the past 14 years due to its feud over authority with the Vatican has died at age 94, a Roman Catholic website said Friday. Chinese officials informed the family of Bishop Cosmas Shi Enxiang on Jan. 30 that he had died, but […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, 2015, Beijing, China, Chinese Catholics, Communist Party-controlled Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association, Mao Zedong, Roman Catholic, Sheshan Seminary, Thaddeus Ma Daqin, Vol 34 No 8 | February 14 - February 20

China, Taiwan hold highest-level talks since 1949 split

February 15, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Christopher Bodeen Associated Press NANJING, China (AP) – China and Taiwan hailed a new chapter in their relations on Tuesday and said their ties would advance after they held their highest-level government talks since they split amid civil war in 1949. The two-hour discussions in the eastern Chinese city of Nanjing marked a leap […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2008, 2014, Associated Press, Beijing, Chiang Kai-shek, China, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Indonesia, Ma Xiaoguang, Mao Zedong, NANJING, President Hu Jintao, Taiwan, Vol 33 No 8 | February 15 - February 21, Wang Yu-chi, Zhang Zhijun, communication

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

China congress highlights contrast with Taiwan

November 17, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Peter Enav The Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — While ties between China and Taiwan may be closer than at any time since they split in a civil war, that said, formal Communist Party congress being held in Beijing highlights how far apart the two sides are politically.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, Beijing, Chiang Kai-shek, China, Chinese Culture University, Communist Party, Despite Sheng, Emile Sheng, Eric Zhang, Mao Zedong, President Hu Jintao, Sina Corp, TAIPEI, Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou, Tsai Ing-wen, Vol 31 No 47 | November 17 - November 23, Wang Yingying

China mass measles vaccination plan sparks outcry from public

September 16, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

BEIJING (AP) — China’s plan to vaccinate 100 million children and come a step closer to eradicating measles has set off an outcry that highlights widening public

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, 2012, Associated Press, China, Chinese, Chongqing Daily, Foreign Relations, Global Times, Hao Yang, Health Ministry, Lisa Cairns, Mao Zedong, New York, Peking University, SARS, Vol 29 No 38 | September 18 - September 24, WHO, Wei Yingjie, World Health Organization-backed, Xi Yue, Yanzhong Huang

Woman survives being homeless and earns second highest honor

August 12, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Betty Kwan Chinn’s mission in life is to help the homeless and less fortunate. On Aug. 4, President Barack Obama awarded Chinn a Presidential Citizens Medal. That day also happens to be Obama’s birthday. Chinn is from Eureka, Calif., and was honored for her work in providing food and clothing to the homeless …

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: Betty Kwan Chinn, California State Assembly, Chinami Tajika, Cultural Revolution, First District Assembly, Hong Kong, Mao Zedong, President Barack Obama, Presidential Citizens Medal, Red Guard, United States, White House

Fast-growing Christian churches crushed in China

December 17, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The closure of what may be China’s first mega-church is the most visible sign that the communist government is determined to rein in the rapid spread of Christianity, with a crackdown in recent months that church leaders call the harshest in years.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2009, Although Christians, Beijing, China Aid Association, Chinese, Communist Party, Cui Quan, Daniel Bays, Fast-growing Christian, Golden Lamp Church, Grand Rapids, LINFEN, Li Fangping, Mao Zedong, North Korean, Roman Catholics, Tibetan Buddhism, Vol 28 No 52 | December 19 - December 25

China launches new English-language newspaper

April 22, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Christopher Bodeen The Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — A new English-language paper published by China’s Communist Party hit newsstands on Monday, April 20; it’s part of Beijing’s efforts to raise its profile on the global stage and find an international audience for the party line. The inaugural English edition of the Global Times led […]

Filed Under: News, World News Tagged With: Beijing Summer Olympic Games, Central Committee, Chinese, Cold War, Communist Party, David Bandurski, Discover China, English-language China Daily, Global Times, Great Wall, Hong Kong, Mao Zedong, Shanghai Daily, Within China, editorial

Life lessons through food

September 27, 2008 By Northwest Asian Weekly

As expected of the wired Generation X-er I am, I Googled “Serve the People” to find out more about the book and the author. I was a little surprised; what I thought was a cleverly coined book title was actually a political slogan stemming from a speech Mao Zedong delivered on Sept. 8, 1944, in memory of a fellow Communist party member.

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Reviews, On the Shelf Tagged With: Chairman Wang, Chef Zhang, China, Chinese American, Cultural Revolution, Hualian Cooking School, Jereme Leung, MSG, Mao Zedong, Pat Tanumihardja, Southern California, Whampoa Club, commentary, culture, language, vol 27 no 40 | September 27 - October 3

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