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Afghanistan:
Pawn in a Great New Game
By Imran Vittachi
Since the end of the cold war, oil corporations have
competed for Afghanistan's untapped oil fields. The war
on terrorism may have changed the rules of play. "The
United States would pay a high price if it ignored the
issue of energy security," John C. Gannon, a former high-ranking
CIA official told an Energy Council conference at Keystone,
Colorado in December 1996. "All expectations are that
US dependence on imported oil will continue to grow."
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 Former
Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto Visits Stanford
University
By Mary Nicole Nazzaro
Former
Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto spoke to a
capacity crowd at Stanford University last month.
She expressed sympathy to America for the September
11 terrorist attacks, and asked for support in establishing
democracy in Pakistan as a key step toward maintaining
political stability in South Asia.
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Chinese
Students Fear Increase in Visa Woes.
By Austin Ramzy
With
the United States considering immigration restrictions in
response to the September 11 terrorist attacks, some Chinese
students say they worry it will be harder for them to obtain
student visas to attend American universities. Yunjian Jiang,
a Berkeley doctoral student in electrical engineering and
computer science, went to Vancouver, Canada, earlier this
year to renew his visa. "A lot of people do that. It's become
a common practice," Jiang said. "You can either go to Mexico
or Canada. If you apply in a third country other than China
you have better chance."
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Essay: The Bondage of Debt |
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Shilpi Gupta looks at bonded laborers in Tamil
Nadu, India
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Chinese Bicultural Teacher Brings Art to her Elementary
School Classroom
 Anna
Wong, a Berkeley artist
and Chinese
bicultural teacher, hopes to inspire other Asian
American artists with her work. "I carry my passion
for art through to my teaching," Wong said. "Art
is so important because it is another way of communicating
and expressing your thoughts and feelings to other
people; it gives everyone a unique way of expressing
themselves."
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Soko
Bukai v. San Francisco YWCA:
Whose Y?
By Jessi Hempel
Four
years have passed since the Soko Bukai, an association of
three Japanese American churches, filed suit against the
San Francisco YWCA for ownership of a pink stucco building
in San Francisco's Japantown.
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Young
Vietnamese-Americans
Struggle
with Bicultural
Identity
By Christine Gralow
From
traditional dances in silk ao dais to hip hop dances
in trendy clubwear, Cal's Vietnamese Student Association
sponsors diverse events that speak to a new generation.
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AOL
Time Warner. News Corp. Deal: Win-win or not?
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By Ting Shi
The
two multimedia giants just grabbed the right to penetrate
part of China's huge market. In what is considered an unprecedented
relaxation of media control, the two companies now can beam
their programming directly to Chinese audiences in Guangdong
Province, a prosperous area close to Hong Kong.
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Photo
Essay
By Mike McPhate
When
Nepal's crown prince massacred his entire family last
June the Himalayan Kingdom's people responded with
disbelief and sorrow.
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Photographer
Heidi Zeiger gives us a glimpse into Hong Kong life.
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Dueling
Conferences Debate Impact of Japan/U.S. Peace Treaty
By Chris O'Connell
Two
conferences with two very different takes of the Japan/U.S.
treaty of 1951 converge on San Francisco at the same
time.
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Travel
Writing Unplugged
By Mielikki Org
 Tourism
has doubled in China over the past 10
years, unleashing legions of entrepeneurs into the cities
and countryside. Upper and middle-class people may profit
from China's entry into the World Trade Organization, but
rural residents may not have much to gain.
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South
Asian Awareness Week Remains
Cultural
By Nilanga S. Jayasinghe
Although
this year's South Asian Awareness week is timely in light
of recent crimes against South Asian Americans, organizers
will continue to focus on cultural awareness instead of
the current political situation.
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Fighting
to be Remembered
By
Rosa Yum
Chinese Americans protest against the Japanese and the
American government's renewal of their SF Peace Treaty that
forbids claims made against the Japanese military atrocities
committed in WWII.
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