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We Can Free Cuba Now

Fernando Espuelas | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, Glasnost, Americas, Cuban Revolution, Chinesecommunist, Castro, Democracy, Chinese, Chavez, Communism, Raul Castro, Embargo, Oil, Exiles, Fidel, Latinamerica, Europe, Asia, Miami, China, Cuba, Latino Voices News
Fernando Espuelas

Fifty-two years after U.S. policy first sought to break the communist dictatorship with an economic embargo, the Castro regime is still in power, lording over the Cuban people, enjoying trade and diplomatic relationships with countries across the globe.

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Nike Exec Accused Of Bribery

The Huffington Post | Ron Dicker | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Corruption, Nike Bribery, Sports, Walmart, Video, Nike, Soccer, Chinese Super League, Business News, Walmart Bribery, Sports Business News, Bribery, Chinese, Chinese Football Association, Scandal, Business News

Just as Walmart faces accusations of bribery in Mexico, another mega-corporation is fielding its own corruption charges on foreign soil. Li Tong, ...

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To Phil Valentine: Shut Up About Race, Jeremy Lin, and Political Correctness

Brandon Thomas | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Sports, Talk Radio, Espn, Jeremy Lin, Phil Valentine, Racism, Black, Basketball, Privilege, Chinese, African Americans, Bv-Pop-Culture-Entertainment, Black Voices News
Brandon Thomas

In a recent article in the Murfreesboro Pulse shock jock and local conservative talk radio personality Phil Valentine ignorantly discussed the issue of the racist headline that showed up on ESPN about Jeremy Lin, a basketball player for the New York Knicks.

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Lucas Kavner

Playwright And Chinese Soap Star Meet, Write

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucas Kavner | Posted 01.10.2012

Read More: Off-Broadway Theater, Vineyard Theatre, Off-Broadway, Rachel DeWoskin, Chinatown, Video, Cultural Divides, Outside People, Zayd Dohrn, New York Theatre, Chinese, Evan Cabnet, New York Theater, China, Foreign Babes in Beijing, Culture News

NEW YORK -- In the first scene of "Outside People," a new play opening Tuesday at New York's Vineyard Theatre, a young American man named Malcolm meet...

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Chinese Entrepreneurs Get A Boost

AP | By JOE McDONALD | Posted 01.09.2012

Read More: Video, China Central Bank, Small Business, China Small Business, Bank Lending, Chinese Entrepreneurs, Small Business News and Trends, Chinese Banks, Chinese, China Startups, Small Business Lending, China, Small Business News

BEIJING -- China's central bank is promising pro-growth conditions this year to support struggling entrepreneurs but says it will stay prudent amid co...

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"Ching Chong, Chinaman": The De-Americanization of Asian Americans

Bill Ong Hing | Posted 03.03.2012

Read More: Chinese, Hate Speech, Hate Crimes, Immigration, War in Afghanistan, Culture News
Bill Ong Hing

Asian American history is replete with examples of the de-Americanization of its members by vigilante racism. For some, the ostracism started immediately.

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Looking For Chinese Solutions, Finding None

Mitch Moxley | Posted 01.16.2012

Read More: Chinese, Beijing, Tall Rice, China Travel, Mitch Moxley, Chinese Culture, China, Travel Blogs, Travel News
Mitch Moxley

We shrug our shoulders and say one of the most important and infuriating phrases in the Chinese language: mei banfa.

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A Foreigner By Any Other Name

Mitch Moxley | Posted 01.02.2012

Read More: Beijing, Chinese Culture, Chinese Names, Chinese, Tall Rice, Mitch Moxley, China Travel, China, Travel News
Mitch Moxley

As Tall Rice, I've appeared in a movie, a humiliating music video, a commercial, a Peking Opera television special and, soon, a Chinese dating show. At home, I would have said no to all of it.

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China is Not the Problem, It's a Symptom

Georges Ugeux | Posted 12.12.2011

Read More: Debt, Europe, Globalization, Federal Reserve, Chinese, America, Ipad, Deficit, Wef, Dalian, Washington, US Treasury, Wall Street, Welfare, Chinese Yuan, Exports, United States, Japan, Emerging Markets, Euro, Senate, Imports, Apple, Arab, Foxconn, Protests, US Economic Crisis, Ben Bernanke, China Foreign Exchange Reserves, Domestic Manufacturing, China, Wen Jiabao, Business News
Georges Ugeux

The vote by the U.S. Senate to proceed with sanctions to "punish" China for its currency policy is hypocritical and is a further sign of Washington's inability to deal with U.S. economic problems.

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Beyond Testing: A Lesson from Chinese Teachers

Michelle Shearer | Posted 11.08.2011

Read More: Testing, Teaching, China, Cultural Exchange, Chinese, Education News
Michelle Shearer

My cultural exchange with Chinese teachers showed me that despite differences in our instructional approaches, we share many similarities.

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Rush to Art Exhibit at Chinese Historical Society: It's Gold!

Sally Fay | Posted 10.08.2011

Read More: Jake Lee, Art, Chinese Historical Society, California, Railroads, Chinese, Union Pacific, Painting, San Francisco, San Francisco News
Sally Fay

I was mesmerized by the scenes of the Chinese in blue workers' suits, long black braids down their backs under straw hats. There they were in 1869 building the Central Pacific railroad to link America together as never before.

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Chinese Teachers On An American Mission

Los Angeles Times | Ricardo Lopez, Los Angeles Times | Posted 10.01.2011

Read More: Learn Chinese, Mandarin, Foreign Language Education, Chinese Teachers, Chinese, Teachers, Chinese Foreign Language, Chinese Education, Teaching Chinese, Education News

The large ballroom in UCLA's Covel Commons resembled a bustling day-care center one recent day, as laughter rang out across the room. A boisterous ...

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What of Persian and the Lingua Franca of the New Century?

Sam Sasan Shoamanesh | Posted 09.06.2011

Read More: Bahá'í House of Worship, Uganda, Russian, Huntington, French, Pakistan, Azerbaijan, Marco Polo, Uzbekistan, Islamic Golden Age, Chinese, Arabic, Clash of Civilizations, Iran, Armenia, Lingua Franca, Ottomans, Zanzibar, Abbasid Caliphate, Persian Language, Israel, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, British Imperialism, Torah, Iraqbahrain, World News
Sam Sasan Shoamanesh

What of the sway of Persian, or for that matter, any other language in today's world? It is language capable of 'selling' to an increasingly aware world-population that will be triumphant in the 21st century.

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Students Don't Have Perfect English? Try Mandarin

The Boston Globe | Akilah Johnson | Posted 09.04.2011

Read More: Chinese Language, Language in Schools, Boston, Mandarin, Foreign Language Education, Foreign Language, Chinese, Foreign Language in Schools, Education News

Mandarin teacher Li Wang sat in a chair small enough for a 4-year-old, her enthusiastic students sitting on the classroom carpet in a separate square....

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Book Review: Death by China: Confronting the Dragon

Chriss Street | Posted 08.23.2011

Read More: Death by China, China, Chinese, Cowardly, Yangtze, European Food Safety Administration, Disease, Greg Autry, Re-Claim, Mercury, Predatory, Yuck Factor, Woozy, Bacteria, Imperialism, Food and Drug Administration, Peter Navarro, Dysfunctional, Books News
Chriss Street

This highly entertaining book serves as not only a riotous call to arms, but a roadmap for Americans to re-claim the 21st century as their own.

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Ramen Is Racist

Anneli Rufus | Posted 08.02.2011

Read More: Eat, Nissin, Bowl, Chinese, Ramen, Tokyo, Yokohama, Top Ramen, Ozumo, Noodles, Seattle Weekly, World War II, Broth, Comfort Food, Racism, Food, Japanese, Japan, Soup, Imperialism, China, Food News
Anneli Rufus

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Can Language Influence Your Sex Personality?

Dr. Yvonne K. Fulbright | Posted 07.18.2011

Read More: Second Language, English, Research, Sex, Caucasian, Chinese, Study, Erotic Talk, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Style News
Dr. Yvonne K. Fulbright

In speaking multiple languages, you could potentially have "multiple personalities" in the sack, exponentially increasing the passion potential in your boudoir as you keep things fresh and exciting in Swedish, German, Spanish, Italian...

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Media Live Up to Name as Game Changers in Spreading Arab Revolutions

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 07.06.2011

Read More: Guardian, Al Hayat, Dubai, Aljazeera, Al Arabiya, Bloggers, Twitter, Palestine, Lebanon, Media, Chinese, Facebook, Menassat, Arabic, North Africa, Social Media, Afghanistan and Iraq, Arab, Victor Hugo, Middle East, Internet, Satellite Channels, Revolutions, Qatar, Egypt Social Media, Media News
Magda Abu-Fadil

Any invasion of armies today is being met with an equally hard-hitting invasion of media to cover unfolding events -- often to the consternation of those who seek to suppress people.

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Does Corporate America Now Grovel Before China?

Posted 06.27.2011

Read More: Government, China Japan Relations, China Corporations, Wto, Chinese Economy, US Corporations, Manufacturing, Chinese Labor, Chinese, China Threat, Bls, Chinese Capitalism, China, Ge, Business News

SHEBOYGAN, Wisc. (Nick Carey and James B. Kelleher) - China's rise as a manufacturing power has benefited American factory owners in at least one ...

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Look Ma, No Oven! Dorm Room Cashew Chicken (In The Microwave)

Big Girls, Small Kitchen | Posted 06.06.2011

Read More: Recipes, Microwave, College, Restaurants, Cooking, Dorms, Poultry, Food, Chinese Food, Chinese, Green Living, Dorm Room Cooking, College Cooking, Easy Dorm Room Meals, College News
Big Girls, Small Kitchen

Not only are Asian-inspired meals quick and easy to throw together, they're a cheap and healthy alternative to take out -- no need to tip or deep-fry anything.

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Mommy Confusion

Dr. Peggy Drexler | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Mommy WarsAmy Chua, Parental Standards, Single Moms by Choice, Mother, Computer Games, Helicopter Moms, Raising Boys Without Men, Mars, College, Global Trade, Chinese, Two-Mother Families, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, Healthy Living News
Dr. Peggy Drexler

Why is being a mother so hard? And why do we all harbor such emotionally corrosive fears that we aren't doing it right?

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Gadget Factories Charge Up China's Labor Activism

Michelle Chen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Multinational Corporations, Labor, Apple Ipad, Apple, Foxconn, Free Trade, Globalization, Chinese, Technology, Unions, China, Electronics, Sweatshops, World News
Michelle Chen

The trajectory of China's breakneck economic growth over the past three decades is a case study in how globalization allows cutting-edge technology to exist alongside primitive labor conditions.

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你说啥？Three Guesses at a Global Chinese Language Future

An Xiao Mina | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mandarin, Language, Chinese, Technology, Translation, Globese, Globish, Sasha Obama, World News
An Xiao Mina

Just as Globish, a simplified version of English, has spread around the globe, so would a simplified form of Chinese. Here's a guess at what might change should "Globese" become the world's next lingua franca.

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Choke Point: China -- Escalating Confrontation Between Water Scarcity and Energy Demand Has Global Implications

J. Carl Ganter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy, Wilson Center, Water Pollution, Water, China, Coal Mining, Coal, Chinese, Circle of Blue, Scarcity, Asia, Green News
J. Carl Ganter

Water scarcity, rapid economic growth, and soaring energy demand are forming a tightening noose that could choke off China's modernization.

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You Want Good Chinese Food? Go To Queens

nytimes.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Grub, NY Restaurants, Chinese Food in New York, Nyc Food, Grand Sichuan, Shorty Tang, Dumplings, Eats, Chinese, Chinese Food, New York News

JERRY TANG, a son of the late Chinese chef Shorty Tang, was talking about the business of running Chinese restaurants in New York. This was last week,...

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