Wall Street in Crisis/Asian American Voters Keeping Virginia Red?
Segment 1: Wall Street in Crisis
Wall Street is in crisis. It drove Lehman Brothers into bankruptcy and forced American International Group into the hands of the U.S. government. Merrill Lynch sold itself to Bank of America. Goldman and Morgan Stanley are to become commercial banks. China has resisted years of pressure from U.S. Treasury Secretary [...]
Impact of Asian American Voters/On Patrol in the Virtual World
Segment 1: Impact of the Asian American Vote
The presidential campaign is in full swing. Ethnic minorities represent an increasingly powerful voting bloc that will help decide which presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama or Sen. John McCain, wins the 2008 general election. Feb. 5 Super Tuesday exit polls showed that 75% of Asian Americans voted for [...]
Congressman in China/Global Online Freedom Act
Segment 1: Congressmen Barred from Meeting with Chinese Dissidents
The Chinese security apparatus has tightened controls considerably, ahead of the Beijing Olympics. Chinese dissidents with grievances have been rounded up, or kept from entering Beijing by policed security cordons that ring the city. Congressmen Frank Wolf and Chris Smith, two outspoken critics of China’s human rights [...]
Dalai Lama and Beijing’s 7th Round of Talks and China’s Stock Market Melt-down
Segment 1: Seventh Round of Talks between Dalai Lama and Beijing
Starting in March 2008, Buddhist monks and others took to the streets in Tibetan areas in repeated protest against their treatment by Chinese authorities. Large numbers of paramilitary police were mobilized to contain the unrest, and large scale arrests and continued surveillance have restored a [...]
China’s Stock Market Tumbles and Post-Election Taiwan
Segment 1: China’s Stock Market Makes History
If you think you’ve got it bad because of the recent market decline in the U.S., you should take a look at Chinese stock investors. By the end of the first quarter, China’s main market, the Shanghai Stock Exchange, had tumbled about 43% since its peak in October of [...]
Beijing Olympics: China’s Coming-out Party in Danger?
The Beijing Olympics represent a kind of coming-out party for China, a
chance for the rising Asian power to showcase its economic and political
development. There is much for the world to admire and for the Chinese
people to be proud of.
But things are not turning out in favor of Beijing.
Freedoms of religion, speech and assembly do not [...]
The Future of Tibet and China
With the Beijing Olympics only months away Tibetans world-wide are hoping to mobilize new support for their call for an end to what they say is China’s illegal occupation of their homeland. Their cause has been greatly boosted ever since Tibet became the site of the eruption of the biggest anti-China protests in 20 years.
Another Face of China / Religious Freedom, A Simple Idea?
The Great Wall, the Forbidden City, the Silk Road, Buddhist and Taoist temples, painting, calligraphy, the Three Gorges, green tea and tasty food. China is filled with an abundance of natural wonders and a rich culture. But urban life today is something Westerners know little about.
In the mainland you can lose yourself in an [...]
Cross-cultural Marriage
As societies worldwide become increasingly multicultural, the issues of identity, belonging, tolerance and race are becoming more and more important to come to terms with. And when people of two cultural backgrounds join in marriage, the relationship can be enriched. But obstacles first need to be identified and addressed.
Can cross [...]
Kitty Hawk port call denial, a misunderstanding?
The USS Kitty Hawk aircraft carrier group and its 8,000 airmen and sailors were
expected in Hong Kong on Wednesday, November 21, 2007. But it’s port call was refused by
China. Hundreds of relatives of U.S. crew members had flown to Hong Kong to celebrate
Thanksgiving on Thursday. Later in the day, China appeared to have relented,
announcing [...]
