China – Page 29

BLOG: What you didn’t know about Taiwan — Bubble tea, canines, rocks, colleges, and cookies

February 5, 2015 By Admin

For those who don’t know anything about Taiwan, here is one of many interesting facts: It is the birthplace of bubble tea. The bubble tea is not what fascinated me […]

A Chinaman’s chance: The immigrant’s journey — Eric Liu on race, immigration, and citizenship

January 30, 2015 By Admin

By Minal Singh Northwest Asian Weekly On Jan. 14, University of Washington School of Law held a question and answer session with Eric Liu, founder of Citizen University, interviewed by […]

My Taiwan trip: Food, more food, (and bring bigger luggage) — Delicious, delicious, serendipitous

January 29, 2015 By Admin

By Assunta Ng Northwest Asian Weekly Whenever I relive my recent trip to Taiwan, my mouth starts to salivate, I blush to recall <!–more–>my previous silly assumptions, and then I […]

China says new air routes needed to ease its flight delays

January 25, 2015 By Admin

AP Wire Service BEIJING (AP) — New commercial flight routes off China’s southeast coast are intended to ease chronic flight delays, the Foreign Ministry said Thursday, without commenting on Taiwan’s […]

China-savvy tea partyer takes helm of US House panel on Asia

January 24, 2015 By Admin

By Matthew Pennington Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The new leader of the House panel overseeing U.S. policy to the Asia-Pacific is a rarity in Congress: a deeply conservative Republican […]

“Chinos” — Recent political reestablishment also reestablishes Chinese Cuban heritage

January 23, 2015 By Admin

By Cindy Domingo Northwest Asian Weekly What seemed impossible became a reality last month when President

BLOG: Being blunt about race…

January 22, 2015 By Admin

By Assunta Ng My words were blunt and shocking even to myself when I asked community leaders to contribute to the Asian Weekly’s social justice issue.

China bans private drivers on ride-hailing apps

January 18, 2015 By Admin

By Joe McDonald AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — China has banned drivers of private cars from offering services through ride-hailing apps, throwing up a new hurdle to Uber Technologies […]

China says 6 attackers killed in latest Xinjiang violence

January 18, 2015 By Admin

AP Wire Service BEIJING (AP) — Chinese police shot and killed six would-be bombers Monday in the latest violence to strike the restive far northwestern region of Xinjiang, a local […]

Key US military command’s Twitter, YouTube sites hacked

January 18, 2015 By Admin

By Lolita C. Baldor Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Hackers claiming to work on behalf of Islamic State militants seized control of the Twitter and YouTube sites of the military’s […]