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California, China and railroads -- history pulls a switcheroo
A century and some change ago, more than a quarter of a million Chinese lived in California, most of them men and many of them veterans of the Gold Rush, and of the mining and railroad boom that followed. They were barred from owning property and from...
Tags: Immigration, Career and Workplace, Jerry Brown, Railway Transportation, Travel
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Jerry Brown delays China trip to celebrate birthday at home
SAN FRANCISCO -- Dozens of Gov. Jerry Brown's friends and campaign donors along with state business officials were off to Beijing on Sunday for the beginning of a weeklong trade mission -- but the governor was not among them. Brown, who turns 75,...Tags: Jerry Brown, Regional Authority, Politics, Executive Branch, China
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Kerry affirms U.S.-Japan bond as North Korean threat looms
TOKYO — Secretary of State John F. Kerry pledged a strong and continuing U.S. commitment to the defense of Japan in the final stop of an Asia tour that was dominated by North Korea's threats of an attack with nuclear weapons. Speaking before a...
Tags: Japan, Kim Jong Un, Kim Jong Il, Kim Il Sung, Tokyo (Japan)
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Despite tension, North Korea lets in tourists, athletes
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — Despite North Korea's warnings that the threat of war on the Korean Peninsula is so high it cannot guarantee the safety of foreign residents, it literally trotted out athletes from around the world on Sunday for a...
Tags: International Military Interventions, Japan, Kim Jong Un, Tourism and Leisure, International Travel
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Kerry visits China to urge action on North Korea
BEIJING — U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry arrived in Beijing on Saturday in hopes of turning the Chinese government's obvious frustration with North Korea's nuclear program into decisive action. Kerry's debut trip to East Asia as secretary...
Tags: Japan, Kim Jong Un, Park Geun-hye, Politics, Kim Il Sung
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Kerry: Beijing to work with U.S. to quell North Korea nuke threat
BEIJING -- After meeting with top Chinese leaders Saturday, Secretary of State John Kerry said Beijing had pledged to work with the United States to urge North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons. "There is no question in my mind that China is...
Tags: Kim Jong Un, Kim Jong Il, Politics, Hillary Clinton, Kim Il Sung
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In Seoul, Kerry stresses 'possibilities of peace' for Koreas
BEIJING -- Secretary of State John F. Kerry hinted at the possibility of dialogue with North Korea on the first leg of a sprint through East Asia that has been shadowed by threats from Pyongyang. At a Friday news conference in Seoul with South Korean...
Tags: Defense Intelligence Agency, International Military Interventions, Kim Jong Un, Park Geun-hye, Anders Fogh Rasmussen
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North Korean motives, strategy remain mysteries
Contrary to the adage, what we don’t know about North Korea could hurt us. It’s not known whether the intermediate-range Musudan missiles poised for imminent firing could reach U.S. bases on Guam or Japan, though at least the latter is...
Tags: Defense Intelligence Agency, Kim Jong Un, Park Geun-hye, Kim Il Sung, China
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'Django Unchained' abruptly pulled from China theaters
This post has been corrected. See below for details.BEIJING -- Just a few minutes after the lights dimmed and the credits rolled, Chinese censors on Thursday yanked Quentin Tarantino's "Django Unchained" from cinemas around the country. A Shanghai cinema company posted to its official Weibo account...Tags: Django Unchained (movie), Kill Bill (movie), Sony Corp., China
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North Korea, China's problem child
BEIJING — In Washington, it is said, the definition of a gaffe is accidentally saying what you really think. That may be doubly true in Beijing, as Deng Yuwen can attest. Deng, an editor at the weekly newspaper run by the Central Party School,...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Kim Jong Un, Kim Jong Il, Politics, Political Corruption
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North Korea poised to launch up to five missiles, South Korea says
BEIJING -- North Korea is poised to launch as many as five missiles from its east coast, South Korean intelligence officials said Thursday. But security analysts said they believed the launches would be part of a military exercise and would not pose an...
Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Japan, Kim Jong Un, Kim Il Sung, China
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China pollution may hold silver lining for California
BEIJING — As Gov. Jerry Brown tours some of China's economic hubs this week, he is breathing the kind of heavy, soiled air that blanketed Los Angeles decades ago. The soot and smog that are byproducts of this country's industrial progress are...
Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Conservation, Passenger Cars, Regional Authority, Jerry Brown
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