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…yment on her visa application or it might be rejected. (To avoid this scenario, the senior researcher reached out to a Chinese official to pave the way and the visa was issued.) In another instance, a visa expediter was banned from doing business with the Chinese embassy after i...

34 Sing, one of San Francisco’s six major community organizations representing Chinese immigrants, became the first major Chinese group to fly the flag of the PRC on its building. Then a second Tong declared its fealty to Beijing, and a competition broke out between the PRC and...

SECTION 3 The Chinese American Community Chinese Americans have made essential contributions to almost every aspect of American life for over a century. Although they form a vital strand in the social fabric of the United States, Beijing also views Chinese Americans as members...

…BLAINE and JULIE TAYMOR MATT GROENING and DAVID BROOKS 4:45PM BREAK—Esri Café, adjacent to the Conference Center 5:15PM Chinese Telepresence / Esri Executive Briefing Room 6:00PM YO-YO MA and DAVID BROOKS MARK CUBAN and DAN ARIELY QUINCY JONES and DAMIAN WOETZEL 8:00PM Transport...

168 Chinese Race.”* Hong Kong has long been a base for flag-waving Chinese activists agitating on the issue of the Senkaku/Diaoyu islands. “The Chinese race does not fight wars. The Chinese race only safeguards peace!” runs one pronouncement which was designed as an outreach to...

…f affairs began to change after President Nixon’s historic trip to China in 1972.'On February 24, 1973, more than forty Chinese on the East Coast, most of them immigrants from Taiwan, established the Washington Association to Promote China Unification to help advocate for Beijing...

…treach, and China’s embassy spokesmen abroad; international visitor programs; and “exchange” organizations, such as the Chinese People’s Institute of Foreign Affairs (which bring a range of former officials and international affairs experts to China). Also, the MFA is important i...

…dictably, China has resisted these pressures because they saw them as a clever yet transparent American ruse to curtail Chinese economic growth. Only when the United Nations Development Programme raised the issue with China did the Chinese government take heed, as the UNDP is see...

…dictably, China has resisted these pressures because they saw them as a clever yet transparent American ruse to curtail Chinese economic growth. Only when the United Nations Development Programme raised the issue with China did the Chinese government take heed, as the UNDP is see...

…erican federal and state politics, China seeks to identify and cultivate rising politicians. Like many other countries, Chinese entities employ prominent lobbying and public relations firms and cooperate with influential civil society groups. These activities complement China’s l...

BREAKING DOWN DEMOCRACY: Goals, Strategies, and Methods of Modern Authoritarians research due to alleged foreign funding, while ignoring foreign funding for a quasi-political charity sponsored by the Orthodox Church.° n fact, most of these laws are unnecessary. In a state like...

Hypothetical: Successor Liability Where Acquired Company Was Not Previously Subject to the FCPA Company A is a Delaware corporation with its principal offices in the United States and whose shares are listed on a national U.S. exchange. Company A is considering acquiring Foreign...

… basic goods to citizens than free markets were, but today such a view would be laughed at. The market economy has made Chinese and Indian workers today far more productive than they were under Mao Zedong or Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first prime minister. Societies now accept the...

…or the harshest congressional critics of China’s crackdown. One trip in December 1989 featured very heated debates with Chinese officials, especially after it was announced that National Security Adviser Brent Scowcroft and Deputy Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger were als...

(2) As used in this subsection, a “United States person” means a national of the United States (as defined in section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. § 1101)) or any corpo- ration, partnership, association, joint-stock company, business trust, unincorporated...