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

November 20, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

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 Party inside out. Having lived in China for 35 years through wars and revolutions, now in his very wise 90s, he has to be the […]

Filed Under: Features, Community News, World News Tagged With: 2015, Anna Louise Strong, Ashton Carter, Chinese Communist Party, Cultural Revolution, Deng Xiaoping, Dorothy Parker, Global Times, Great Leap Forward, Herbert Hoover, John Foster Dulles, Korea, Korean War, Li Peng, Li Yuanchao, Liu Looking, Liu Xi Jinping, Minister Peng, Peng Dehuai, President Coolidge, President Obama, Rittenberg Absolutely, Rittenberg It, Sidney Rittenberg Part, Silent Cal, Vol 34 No 48 | November 21 - November 27

Secret project wins Chinese scientist a Nobel

October 18, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Didi Tang Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — The time could not have been more hostile for Chinese scientists. Research came to a virtual halt and intellectuals were routinely persecuted. But Tu Youyou, then a 39-year-old researcher, was summoned to join a secretive military project during the Cultural Revolution to find a cure for malaria […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, AP, Associated Press, China, Chinese, Cultural Revolution, Ge Hong, New York, Nobel Prize, North Vietnam, South Vietnam, Tu Youyou, United States, Vol 34 No 43 | October 17 - October 23

A conversation with Sidney Rittenberg — Part 2 of 3: The powerful Xi Jinping

October 4, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Wen Liu Special to Northwest Asian Weekly Many China watchers say that Xi Jinping now has become the most powerful leader since Deng, if not Mao. He is the Party chief, state president and chairman of the military, and head of the “overall reform” and “national security” leading groups. There is talk of his […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, China Bridge Club, Cultural Revolution, Hu Jintao, Northwest Asian Weekly, OK, PRC, Party Congress, Sidney Rittenberg Obviously, Sidney Rittenberg Part, Standing Committee, TV, Vol 34 No 41 | October 3 - October 9, Wen Jiabao, Wen Liu, Xi Jinping, Zhou Yongkang

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

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

COMMENTARY: Dad, you’ll be missed!

June 12, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By James Wong For Northwest Asian Weekly I didn’t think I would feel this way even six months ago, but I really miss my dad. We’ve had a rocky relationship for most of our lives. I had never seen my dad in person until I was 8 years old. He escaped China when he was […]

Filed Under: Commentaries Tagged With: 2014, China, Cultural Revolution, Hong Kong, James Wong, King Kuen Wong, OK, Outrigger West, Seattle, TV, Vol 33 No 25 | June 14 - June 20

Tibetan Buddhist master visits UW

March 7, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

H.E. Garchen Rinpoche will be giving a public talk on “Karma & Loving Kindness” in Seattle on Friday, March 7, at 7 p.m. at the University of Washington, Kane Hall, room 210.

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2014, China, Cultural Revolution, Drikung Kagyu, Drikung Seattle, Garchen Rinpoche, Garchen Triptrul Rinpoche, Kane Hall, Khenpo Munsel, Nyingma Buddhist, Tibetan Buddhist, UW, Vol 33 No 11 | March 8 - March 14

Lifelong China expert weighs country’s prospects

December 5, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Wen Liu, contributor contextChina.com Sidney Rittenberg has played a remarkable role in U.S.-China relations since as far back as 1945, when he landed

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2013, Beijing, Bo Xilai, CCP, Chinese language, Cultural Revolution, Deng Xiaoping, Lifelong China, Mass Linelistening, New China, North Korea, Sidney Rittenberg, Vol 32 No 50 | December 7 - December 13, Wang Qishan, Wen Liu, Xi Jinping, Xi Zhongxun

Young people against the world — Book Recommendations

November 8, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Samantha Pak Northwest Asian Weekly Angel de la Luna and the 5th Glorious Mystery By M. Evelina Galang Coffee House Press, 2013 Angel de la Luna’s life begins to fall apart the day her father disappears. As a man who drove tourists and travelers throughout Manila, it was not unusual for him to be […]

Filed Under: On the Shelf Tagged With: 2013, Although English, Book Recommendations, Chinatown, Cultural Revolution, Depression-era Seattle, Filipina Comfort Women, Garbage Li, Love Liu, Philippine People Power Revolution, Second Prize Wang, Sunrise Huang, Vol 32 No 46 | November 9 - November 15, WWII, Willow Frost, social media

Show contrasts Lu Yansheng with Chinese American art

October 18, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly “Observations From The New Gold Mountain,” the new exhibit at the Kirkland Arts Center, contrasts the work of celebrated Chinese painter Lu Yansheng with works from local Chinese American artists. The idea was conceived by curator Cheryll Leo-Gwin.

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Profiles Tagged With: 2013, Alan Lau, Andrew Hamlin, Barry Wong, Beijing, China, Chinese American, Cultural Revolution, Exhibits Coordinator Anna Braden, Gold Mountain, Gold Rush, Kathy Liao, Kirkland Arts Center, Lily Lui, Lu Yansheng, Northwest Asian Weekly, Ron Ho, Russia, Vol 32 No 43 | October 19 - October 25

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