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...other newly elected Steering Committee members are Vice-Presidents Julia Chuang '03 and Sophia Lai '04, Educational Chair Yan Fang '04, Social Chairs Candice Chiu '04 and Albert C. F. Yeung '04, Interethnic Liaison Robin J. Tang '04 and Webmaster Roger Hong...

Author: By Juliet J. Chung, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Asian American Association Elects New Slate of Officers for 2001 | 1/17/2001 | See Source »

There have been some high-profile busts of crooked officials. Last month 14 people were sentenced to death in connection with a $10 billion oil-, car- and cigarette-smuggling case in the southern port city of Xiamen. The alleged ringleader Lai Changzing is currently fighting extradition in Canada. But despite Jiang's declaration of war on financial scams, cases involving powerful officials often get held up or dismissed because of "lack of evidence." Jiang himself is not above protecting his friends. When the Xiamen case was on the verge of implicating the wife of Beijing party chief Jia Qinglin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Acid Test | 12/11/2000 | See Source »

...think myself, except in a very general sense, that we'll be able to say, in terms of numbers or anything, exactly what happened," May said. "Everyone is in agreement that whatever happened, it was nothing like My Lai [a massacre in Vietnam]. It was not a deliberate atrocity. Whatever happened was incidental to a panicked retreat...

Author: By Rachel E. Dry, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Professor Affirms Massacre Report | 10/25/2000 | See Source »

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Author: /time Magazine | Title: News Quiz Crossword Apr. 3, 2000 | 4/3/2000 | See Source »

...Somehow we feel that we are above this type of behavior, that we are the protectors of democracy and freedom. But we forget that in times of war, every human being is capable of behavior that would never occur in times of peace and prosperity. The My Lai massacre is a reminder of that painful past. But do isolated terrible acts make us a nation of monsters? No. They only serve to make us human...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Nov. 8, 1999 | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

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