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Behind jet’s passenger list is rich human tapestry of life

March 29, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Rod McGuirk and Stephen Wright BANGKOK (AP) – Numbered 1 to 227, the passenger manifest for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 is an outwardly unremarkable document.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2014, Australia, Beijing, Chandrika Sharma, Chinese, Daniel Liau, Hadrien Wattrelos, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Ju Kun, Malaysia Airlines Flight, Malaysian Airlines, Meng Gaosheng, Sina Weibo, Stephen Wright, Vol 33 No 14 | March 29 - April 4, Weinstein Co, Zhao Yan

Easing of China policy may not result in baby boom

November 24, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Didi Tang Associated Press BEIJING (AP) – Don’t expect a new Chinese baby boom, experts say, despite the first easing of the country’s strict one-child policy in three decades.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, Associated Press, Beijing, Cai Yong, Chapel Hill, China Nov, Chinese, North Carolina, Sina Weibo, Vol 32 No 48 | November 23 - November 29, Wang Feng, Wang Pei, Xia Gaolong

China’s dragon stamp deemed too ferocious and . . . ugly

January 21, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

BEIJING (AP) — A stamp designed to mark China’s upcoming Year of the Dragon is drawing unusual criticism for its fang-bearing monster.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, Beijing, Chen Shaohua, China, Chinese New Year, Lunar New Year, Qing Dynasty, Sina Weibo, Tan Xudong, Vol 31 No 4 | January 21 - January 27, Zhang Yihe, blog

China’s school bus donation to Macedonia derided and criticized

December 3, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Louise Watt Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China’s donation of school buses to tiny Macedonia has touched off derision online, where Chinese have called the gift ill-considered given their country’s poor safety record and a recent crash that killed 19 preschoolers.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2011, Associated Press, China Daily, Chinese Embassy, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, Foreign Affairs, Renmin University, Sina Corp, Sina Weibo, Vol 30 No 49 | December 3 - December 9, Zhang Ming, Zheng Yuanjie

Gary Locke’s brother-in-law involved in financial scandal

November 12, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Geosun, a lighting manufacturer, is suing a company owned by Wade Lee, claiming that Lee’s U.S.-based company, EML Technologies, owes Geosun $11 million. Lee is the brother-in-law of U.S. Ambassador to China Gary Locke, Mona Locke’s brother.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2008, 2011, China Gary Locke, Davis Linchey, Dennis Davis, Mona Locke, San Francisco, Sina Weibo, Vol 30 No 46 | November 12 - November 18, Wade Lee, gary locke

Activists slam U.S. studio for filming in Linyi, China

November 5, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Gillian Wong The Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Rights activists have criticized a Hollywood studio for filming a buddy comedy in an eastern Chinese city, where a blind, self-taught activist lawyer is being held under house arrest and reportedly beaten.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2011, Beijing, Chen Guangcheng, Chief Executive Ryan Kavanaugh, Chinese, Communist Party, Cowboys Aliens, Justin Chon, Nicholas Bequelin, Peng Zhonglin, Relativity Media, Seattle, Sina Weibo, Vol 30 No 45 | November 5 - November 11, Zhang Shajun, attention, culture

Photo of bag-carrying ambassador charms China

August 19, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

SEATTLE (AP) — A photo of the new U.S. ambassador to China carrying his own backpack and ordering his own coffee at an airport has charmed Chinese citizens not used to such frugality from their officials. ZhaoHui Tang, a businessman from Bellevue snapped the photo Friday on his iPhone when he spotted Gary Locke at […]

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2011, China, Chinese American, Seattle, Silicon Valley, Sina Weibo, Vol 30 No 34 | August 20 - August 26, gary locke

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