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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

Hiroshima is not shy of its atomic bomb legacy

November 18, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) — Unlike most of Japan, Hiroshima doesn’t shy from its wartime past.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, Akihiro Takahashi, Europe, Frederik Willem, Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba, Japanese Cabinet, Maria Inoue, Nelson Mandela, Nobel Peace Prize, Olympics, Peace Boat, Peace Memorial Museum, Peace Park, Shoji Oseto, South African, Tokyo, Vol 29 No 47 | November 20 - November 26, Yoshioka Tatsuya

Contender for Nobel prize is in Chinese prison

October 7, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

BEIJING (AP) — When the police came for Liu Xiaobo on a December night nearly two years ago, they didn’t tell the dissident author why he was being taken away.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, AIDS, Andrew Nathan, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Australian National University, Beijing, China, Chinese Communist Party, Columbia University, Dalai Lama, International Studies, Internet God, Liu Xiaobo, Nobel Institute, South African, Velvet Revolution, Vol 29 No 41 | October 9 - October 15, Wan Yanhai, Xu Youyu, Zhou Duo, Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, letter

Beggars are mostly hidden from New Delhi tourists during Commonwealth games

September 30, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

NEW DELHI (AP) — The banners were erected at the little hillside enclave while everyone was at work, long blue and purple signs with a smiling cartoon tiger proclaiming the arrival of the Commonwealth Games.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, Beijing, Chaitran Rahu, China, Commonwealth Games, India, New Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, Olympics, Pakistan Olympic Association Chief Arif Hasan, Slumdog Millionaire, South African, Vol 29 No 40 | October 2 - October 8, World Bank, culture, poverty

China–Guinea deal highlights Africa business ties

October 29, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

BEIJING (AP) — A $7 billion mining deal between Guinea’s repressive military regime and a little-known Chinese company underscores China’s full-throttle rush into Africa and its willingness to deal with brutal and corrupt governments.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2009, CIF, Chatham House, China Africa, China Angola Oil Stock Holding Ltd, China Guinea, China International Fund, Chinese, Corporate Africa, Dayuan International Development Limited, Exim Bank, Hong Kong, India, Kellie Jane Whitlock, Moussa Dadis Camara, South African, Sudan, United States, Vol 28 No 45 | October 31 - November 6, West African

Food crunch opens doors to ‘designer genes’

December 6, 2008 By Northwest Asian Weekly

KUNMING, China (AP) — Zeng Yawen’s outdoor laboratory in the terraced hills of southern China is a trove of genetic potential — rice that thrives in unusually cool temperatures, high altitudes or in dry soil; rice rich in calcium, vitamins or iron.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2008, Beijing, China Worldwide, EU, Filippo De Angelis, Food, Fudan University, GM, IRRI, India, KUNMING, Lu Baorong, National Biosafety Commission, National Biosafety Committee, South African, Vietnam, vol 27 no 50 | December 6 - December 12

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