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Alibaba buys Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post

December 20, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Kelvin Chan AP Business Writer HONG KONG (AP) — Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has announced that it’s buying Hong Kong’s leading English-language newspaper, the South China Morning Post, as part of a plan to create a global platform for news about China. Alibaba Group Holdings Ltd., founded by billionaire Jack Ma, said it signed […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Alibaba Executive Vice Chairman Joe Tsai, Alibaba Group Holdings Ltd, Bangkok Post, Beijing, Chinese, HK, Hong Kong, Jack Ma, Kerry Group, Robert Kuok, Rupert Murdoch, SCMP, South China Morning Post, Tiananmen Square, Vol 34 No 52 | December 19 - December 25, editorial, technology

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

Widener speaks about “Tank Man”

May 18, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Jeff Widener, Pulitzer Prize-nominated photographer of “Tank Man” spoke at the International District/Chinatown Community Center May 2. He discussed his “Tank Man” photograph, known for its portrayal of a single figure that stops a lineup of tanks after the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. He had to elude Chinese security to take and send the […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2015, Associated Press, Chinese, Gulf War, Jeff Widener, Khmer Rouge, Pulitzer Prize-nominated, Tank Man, Tiananmen Square, Vol 34 No 21 | May 16 - May 22

“Tank Man” and more — A talk with renowned photographer Jeff Widener

April 24, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

  Jeff Widener, Pulitzer Prize-nominated photographer of the infamous “Tank Man” will be speaking to the community Saturday, May 2, 2p.m. at the International District/Chinatown Community Center (719 8th Ave. S., Seattle). Widener will be discussing “Tank Man” known for its striking portrayal of a single figure that stops a lineup of tanks after the […]

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2015, Associated Press, Chinese, Gulf War, International District Chinatown Community Center, Jeff Widener, Khmer Rouge, Pulitzer Prize-nominated, Tank Man, Tiananmen Square, Vol 34 No 18 | April 25 - May 1

Mike Chinoy’s documentary reviews Chinese history

August 15, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly Mike Chinoy is a Senior Fellow at the University of Southern California (USC)’s U.S.-China Institute. He served as a foreign

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles Tagged With: 2014, Andrew Hamlin, Assignment China, Beijing Bureau Chief, CNN, Chairman Mao, Chinese Studies, Communist Party, Cultural Revolution, Deng Xiaoping, Great Leap Forward, Hong Kong, Jiang Qing, NWAW, Premier Zhou Enlai, TV, Tiananmen Square, Vol 33 No 34 | August 16 - August 22, culture

Mourning, tight security on anniversary of Tiananmen crackdown

June 7, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Gillian Wong Associated Press BEIJING (AP) – Yin Min held the ashes of her son and wept, she said, as she marked 25 years since he was killed in the crackdown by Chinese tanks and troops on protests at Tiananmen Square. Outside, guards kept a close eye on her home while police blanketed central […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2014, Associated Press, Beijing, China, Chinese University, Christopher Bodeen, Foreign Ministry, Hong Kong, Kelvin Chan, Rany Cao, Teng Biao, Tiananmen Square, Victoria Park, Vol 33 No 24 | June 7 - June 13, Ye Weihang, Zhang Xianling, social media

Group protests home foreclosures

May 1, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Sue Misao Calling it a “corporate crime scene” and shouting “Stand up, fight back!” a group of about a dozen protesters, organized by

Filed Under: Features, Community News Tagged With: 2008, 2009, 2014, 2015, China, Home Defenders League, Jane Mair, Lara Underhill, Marilyn Takamaru, SAFE, Seattle, Tiananmen Square, Vol 33 No 19 | May 3 - May 9, Wells Fargo, Xiuhong Mair, Zarna Joshi

COMMENTARY: The Sunf lower Movement: Taiwan students demonstrate for democracy, transparency

April 21, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Han-Jung Ko On April 10, the longest Parliament occupation protest in Taiwan’s history, the Sunflower Movement, came to a symbolic end. The protesters, mostly college students, occupied the Parliament since March 19. They have decided to shift their efforts to promoting a monitoring framework that will ensure an honest review of the Cross-Strait Service […]

Filed Under: Commentaries Tagged With: 2013, 2014, Beijing, CSSTA, China, Chinese, Executive Yuan, Movement Taiwan, Oregon State University, Paris, President Ma Ying-jeou, Presidential Office Building, Seattle, Sunflower Movement, Tiananmen Square, Vol 33 No 17 | April 19 - April 25, Wang Dan

Tiananmen protester is denied return to China

December 1, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

HONG KONG (AP) – The second most-wanted student leader from the 1989 Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests was turned back from Hong Kong on Monday in his latest attempt to surrender to Chinese authorities and return home. It was the fourth such attempt by Wu’er Kaixi, who said his lack of success so far was the […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, Albert Ho, Associated Press, Beijing, China, Chinese, Chinese Embassy, Edward Snowden, Hong Kong, Macau, National Security Agency, Taiwan, Tiananmen Square, Tokyo, United States, Vol 32 No 49 | November 30 - December 6, blog, reunion

Police focus on Uighurs after fatal Tiananmen car attack

November 1, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Christopher Bodeen The Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Chinese police were seeking information Tuesday on two ethnic Uighur suspects believed to be linked to an apparent suicide car attack near Tiananmen Square in the country’s capital that killed five people and injured 38.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, Beijing, Central Asian, China, Chinese, Filipino, Forbidden City, Foreign Affairs, Great Hall, Hubei Mansion, Raul Hernandez, SUV, Tiananmen Gate, Tiananmen Square, Vol 32 No 45 | November 2 - November 8, Xinjiang Dasha, Yusupu Wumaierniyazi, Zhao Fuzhou

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