ad_wong.jpg

SeattleSymphony_StudioGhibli

KingCountyMetro

Northwest Asian Weekly

You are here: Home / Archives for News / World News

China breaks up $64-billion illegal banking network

By

By Erika Kinetz Associated Press SHANGHAI (AP) — Authorities in China have cracked the country’s biggest-ever underground banking network, which handled illegal foreign exchange transactions worth 410 billion yuan ($64 […]

Kim Young-sam, former president of South Korea, dies

By

AP Wire Service By Hyung-jin Kim SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Former President Kim Young-sam, who formally ended decades of military rule in South Korea and accepted a massive international […]

Former foes, vets of UK, Japan shake hands

By

By Mari Yamaguchi Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — In 1944, the two men were in northeastern India as foes, fighting one of the harshest battles of World War II between […]

Tweaking traditions — Americans abroad celebrate holidays

By

By Melissa Rayworth Associated Press In our global world, you can easily buy a Thanksgiving turkey for roasting in Dubai or Beijing or Tokyo. You also can shop for Christmas […]

An interview with Sidney Rittenberg — Part 3: “Thunder but no rain” over South China Sea, Confucian communists, and a wonderful life

By

By Wen Liu Special to Northwest Asian Weekly No one can better shed light on U.S. and China relations for us than Sidney Rittenberg, who knows China and the Communist […]

How the Paris attacks are affecting Asian and European businesses

By

By Tom Krisher and Marley Jay NEW YORK (AP) — The value of stocks, crude oil and the European currency were expected to fall over the week amid investors’ worry […]

The Latest: China, Japan spar over disputed seas

By

AP Wire Service MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Leaders from 21 countries and self-governing territories are gathered in Manila for the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit Nov. 17. The meeting’s official […]

Analysis: Historic meeting symbolic for Taiwan-China relations

By

By Christopher Bodeen Associated Press SINGAPORE (AP) — Many thought it might never happen: The presidents of China and Taiwan — inheritors to the Communist and Nationalist regimes that fought […]