By Tessa Sari Northwest Asian Weekly Robert S. Wang is a career Foreign Service officer with more than two decades of experience in the U.S. Department of State. He is the deputy chief of mission at the Embassy of the United States in Beijing. He is currently serving as charge d’affaires, essentially acting as the [...]
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Before Locke confirmation, who’s manning the fort?
Posted on 16 June 2011.
Posted in National News, Vol 30 No 25 | 6/18-6/240 Comments
Edmonds man famed for being instant ramen connoisseur
Posted on 11 June 2011.
The unemployed Edmonds transplant has carved out an online niche as a prolific sampler of packaged Asian noodles, the kind you cook by adding boiling water and little else.
Posted in Community News, Features, Food, National News, Vol 30 No 24 | 6/11-6/171 Comment
Goodwin Liu withdraws his appeals court nomination
Posted on 04 June 2011.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A liberal legal scholar is withdrawing his nomination to an appeals court judgeship after Senate Republicans blocked a vote on his confirmation late last month.
Posted in National News, Vol 30 No 23 | 6/4-6/100 Comments
Q&A: MasterCard’s Ajay Banga on money
Posted on 04 June 2011.
NEW YORK (AP) — Ajay Banga leads a company that is synonymous with plastic, yet he encourages his staff to focus on cash.
Posted in National News, Vol 30 No 23 | 6/4-6/100 Comments
In a first, women surpass men in advanced degrees
Posted on 07 May 2011.
WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time, American women have passed men in gaining advanced college degrees, as well as bachelor’s degrees
Posted in National News, Vol 30 No 19 | 5/7-5/131 Comment
China media says human rights pressure from U.S. will fail
Posted on 07 May 2011.
BEIJING (AP) — China will never allow the United States to dictate political reforms and any American pressure over human rights will torpedo talks on such issues
Posted in National News, Vol 30 No 19 | 5/7-5/130 Comments
Communist Laos’ elections hold little promise for change
Posted on 07 May 2011.
BANGKOK (AP) — Laos held legislative elections Saturday that are expected to sweep in a younger generation of lawmakers, but preserve the political status quo
Posted in National News, Vol 30 No 19 | 5/7-5/131 Comment
Controversial Ore. congressman Wu gets a primary challenger
Posted on 30 April 2011.
BEAVERTON, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon congressman who has acknowledged inappropriate behavior during the 2010 election campaign will face a primary challenge in the next election.
Posted in National News, Vol 30 No 18 | 4/30-5/60 Comments
Ex-Rep. Cao says he’ll seek AG job
Posted on 21 April 2011.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Joseph Cao, the Vietnamese American Republican who won, then lost a mostly Black, mostly Democratic
Posted in National News, Vol 30 No 17 | 4/23-4/290 Comments
White House calls on more youth to become teachers
Posted on 21 April 2011.
The White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders issued a call to action encouraging Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI)
Posted in National News, Vol 30 No 17 | 4/23-4/290 Comments
