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All posts tagged "China"

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  [HuffPo] How Racism Created America’s Chinatowns

  Last month, a San Francisco tour guide was caught in a racist rant about the city’s Chinatown, berating residents for “eating turtles and frogs” and for not assimilating into American culture. There’s an irony to these...

  • Posted November 18, 2014
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  Influx of N. Korean workers into China jumps 20 pct annually in 3 years

  SEOUL (Yonhap) — The number of North Koreans going to China to find work rose an average 20 percent annually in the last three years, reaching a record 93,000 in 2013, a report by a local international...

  • Posted November 11, 2014
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  LA mayor to visit Seoul this month to promote tourism, investment

  By Park Ju-youn South Korea will soon receive a group of visiting influentials from Los Angeles, led by Mayor Eric Garcetti on a mission to promote tourism and investment in the city. The Asia visit, which has...

  • Posted November 11, 2014
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  Putin’s chivalry at APEC upsets Chinese officials

  BEIJING (AP) — It was a warm gesture on a chilly night when Vladimir Putin wrapped a shawl around the wife of Xi Jinping while the Chinese president chatted with Barack Obama. The only problem: Putin came...

  • Posted November 11, 2014
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  ‘Hallyu’ industry worried about losing talents to China

  Entertainment firms seek new business models of collaboration By Kim Ji-soo The Korean drama “My Lovely Girl,” starring Rain and several other K-pop stars including f(x)’s Krystal, and L and Hoya of Infinite, hit the airwaves in...

  • Posted November 10, 2014
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  [FORBES] How Apple’s iPhone 6 Is Doing In China, Japan and Korea

     Apple seems to be on a roll with the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus. The company launched it in the US, Japan and eight other countries on September 19 with China on October 17 and South...

  • Posted November 10, 2014
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  [NYT] S. Korean and Chinese students complain about SAT cheating allegations’ effects

     BEIJING — The announcement by administrators of the SAT college entrance test that scores are being withheld for students from China and South Korea who took the exam earlier this month has infuriated...

  • Posted October 31, 2014
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