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JINN MAGAZINE
PACIFIC NEWS SERVICE
Issue No. 4.13
06/22/98 - 07/05/98
VOICES: First-Person Essays Linking the Private to the Public
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Bashing China for India's Tests and Clinton's Campaign Scandal
By Ling Chi Wang
Date: 06-22-98
The recent nuclear bomb tests in India and Pakistan came just as a wave of China-bashing seemed to be cresting again in the United States -- pushed forward relentlessly by left and right with the help of the media. Indeed, India's readiness to call the tests a response to a perceived threat from China could be a ploy designed to take advantage of anti-Chinese sentiment in the U.S. PNS commentator Ling Chi Wang is head of ethnic studies at University of California Berkeley and an expert on Asian-American affairs. PART II OF IV OF A SPECIAL CHINA SERIES.
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Why U.S.-China Relations Matter to All Chinese Americans
By George Koo
Date: 06-22-98
Any sign of a stable, secure relationship between the United States and China should be most welcome to all Americans. But such an arrangement has particular significance for Chinese-Americans, writes PNS commentator Dr. George Koo, especially in a time of widespread anti-Chinese feeling. Koo is an independent business consultant, former Chairman of Silicon Valley based Asian American Manufacturers Association, a Human Relations Commissioner of Mountain View, Ca. and a member of Committee of 100, a national organization of prominent Chinese Americans. PART III OF IV OF A SPECIAL CHINA SERIES.
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A.M.E.R.I.C.A.N. -- The Breakdown
By Josue Rojas
Date: 07-01-98
Here is a poem in honor of America's birthday by Josue Rojas, a 17-year-old high school senior whose parents came to California from El Salvador. Rojas is a spoken word artist and an illustrator for YO! Youth Outlook, a monthly newspaper by and about young people published by Pacific News Service.
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Young Voices-- What It Means to Be an American
Compiled by Mark Jacks
Date: 07-01-98
A week before the Fourth of July, YO! Radio producer Mark Jacks went into the streets of San Francisco to talk to teenagers about what America means to them. Without further comment, we share their answers with you.
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For Young Asian-American Women, "Mulan" is a Multi-Faceted Mirror
By Katherine Kim, Andrea Quong and Marian Liu
Date: 07-02-98
With high marks from the critics, and some $55 million in ticket sales in its first two weeks, the new Disney animated feature "Mulan" seems to have found a place in the sun. This 36th animated feature from Disney Studios is the first with an Asian theme -- the story tells of a Chinese woman who leads an army into battle and saves her country. Here three Asian-American women discuss the film as a window into our own world. Katherine Kim, Andrea Quong, and Marian Liu are members of Brave New Word, a Pacific News Service-based coalition of writers in their twenties.
HERESIES: Thinking the Unthinkable About the Future
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Issues for Tomorrow -- Who Owns a Dead Body's Parts?
By Walter Truett Anderson
Date: 06-30-98
The ability to transplant bodily organs from one human to another is among the most significant advances of modern medicine. It may also lead to a most significant problem as organs become commodities -- and demand outstrips supply. PNS associate editor Anderson, author of "Evolution Isn't What It Used To Be" (W.H. Freeman), is a political scientist who writes widely on technology and global governance.
VECTORS: A Regular Column on the Ideas and Directions Behind Today's News
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New China Lobby Feeds on Americans' Need for an Enemy
By Sanford Gottlieb
Date: 06-22-98
China may be nothing more than a handy enemy for many Americans -- an attitude that has been exploited by a number of individuals opposed to any relationship with that country and unaware of its true course over the last 25 years. While there are serious areas of disagreement between the two countries, writes PNS commentator Sanford Gottlieb, there are important reasons to treat China as anything but an enemy. PNS commentator Sanford Gottlieb is author of "Defense Addiction: Can America Kick the Habit?" published by Westview Press, and has worked for over 30 years for private organizations in the field of international arms control. PART IV OF IV OF A SPECIAL CHINA SERIES.
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Rise and Fall of the Old China Lobby
By Franz Schurmann
Date: 06-22-98
The atmosphere of suspicion and dislike surrounding China and the Chinese threatens to make president Clinton's upcoming trip to that country an exercise in futility. PNS Associate Editor Franz Schurmann hears some familiar notes in the objections to today's China, and recalls a China Lobby of a very different sort. Schurmann, professor emeritus of history and sociology at U.C. Berkeley, is author of numerous books on global politics, including "The Logic of World Power." PART I OF IV OF A SPECIAL CHINA SERIES.
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Clinton in China -- The Stakes are Deadly Serious
By Franz Schurmann
Date: 02-26-98
Some American commentators have described the Clinton mission to China as more symbol than substance. But the ever closer Washington-Beijing "strategic partnership" has as its aim to maintain the peace and prosperity of the world. PNS editor Franz Schurmann, a professor emeritus of UC-Berkeley, has traveled widely in China and reads the Chinese, Russian and Arab-language media.
PACIFIC PULSE: The Pacific Century and Its Impact on the Americas
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What's In a Word -- U.S.-China Relations Built on a Frail Bridge of Language
By Elvin Geng
Date: 07-02-98
All discussions between states -- diplomatic or belligerent, frank or misleading -- must rely on the exchange of words. And while a rose might smell as sweet by any other name, the history of concepts like democracy and rights, as expressed in language, can lead to unnecessary misunderstanding. PNS commentator Elvin Geng, a graduate of University of California Berkeley in East Asian studies, now lives in New York City.
MOVEMENTS: Strategies For Survival, Identity and Direction by People on the Margins
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A Legendary Runner Who Leaves Stereotypes Eating Dust
By Eve Pell
Date: 06-23-98
We all know about runners -- too thin, too healthy, maybe too rich, leaping from BMWs in their hyper-expensive shoes. Meet Caroline Russell, none of the above, who has taught members of the top-drawer Impala Racing Team that the last to cross the finish line has a story to tell. PNS columnist Eve Pell runs for the Impalas and is currently the nation's top-ranked road runner in the women's age 60-64 division. She writes a monthly column on veteran athletes for Pacific News Service.
CIVIL CONFLICTS: Interpretive Reports on Ethnic, Religious, and Inter-National Conflicts Worldwide
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Who Will Guard the Guards? State Official Charged With Watching the Watchers Looks the Other Way
By Dan Macallair and Vincent Schiraldi
Date: 06-24-98
It's an old question, but far from obsolete -- who will protect us from the people we hire to protect us? In one critical setting, those who are supposed to answer that question seem more concerned with silencing the questioners. PNS commentators Dan Macallair and Vincent Schiraldi are with the Justice Policy Institute, a research and public policy organization located in San Francisco and Washington, D.C.
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Condemned in Texas -- When Innocence Doesn't Matter
By Michael Kroll
Date: 06-24-98
Henry Lee Lucas, condemned to die on June 30, is not a man who elicits pity or sympathy. However, he has come to symbolize an issue of vital importance -- whether or not the state can, by following correct procedures, execute someone for a crime he did not commit. Michael Kroll, an associate editor of Pacific News Service, specializes in criminal justice and death penalty issues.
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Why Detargeting Accords Make No One Safer
By William Arkin
Date: 06-29-98
President Clinton's trip was expected to produce nuclear fireworks about India and Pakistan's new capabilities and China's position at the center of the south Asian arms race. Instead, the administration has declared itself satisfied with an agreement between the U.S. and China to not target each other's countries -- a wholly symbolic measure that skirts all the difficult questions as the United States continues to build up its nuclear forces. PNS commentator William M. Arkin is a columnist for the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists and consultant to the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC).
YOUTH OUTLOOK: The World Through Young People's Eyes
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The Throb of The Youth Subculture -- Communications as a Way to Connect
By YO! Staff
Date: 06-25-98
The 60s' generation was famous for refusing to communicate with anyone over 30. The new generation of young people is so hungry to connect with the larger civic life they are creating a communications revolution of their own. In this special report, YO! (Youth Outlook) reporters offer a sampling of the proliferation of new youth media -- from spoken word (poetry) and hip hop to cyberspace. YO! is a monthly journal of youth voices published by Pacific News Service.
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