Newswires this morning are reporting that Benazir Bhutto, 54, the former prime minister of Pakistan, has died following a shooting and suicide bombing that also killed at least 15 other people at the rally where the attack took place.
Bhutto had only recently returned to Pakistan in advance of January parliamentary elections elections, surviving another attempted assassination in Karachi on Oct. 19.
Educated in America and England, Bhutto was the eldest daughter of prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who was himself assassinated following a 1977 coup.
More reportage:
International Herald Tribune
Bloomberg
BBC
ABC News
Top News India
Thursday, December 27, 2007
Saturday, December 22, 2007
Frances Kai-Hwa Wang on Michigan TV?
Professional Journalist at Work: We are not sure, but you might possibly be able to see our own Frances Kai-Hwa Wang (or perhaps just her hand) on Michigan TV running/holding the microphone for the Q&A on this Public TV broadcast of University of Michigan Professor Nicholas Howson's UM ChinaNOW Theme Year Center for Chinese Studies Public Lecture of December 7, 2007, "China's Stock Exchanges and Domestic Capital Markets--Boom, Bust, and Bellwether?"
Michigan TV Channel 22 (Comcast cable channel 22)
Friday, December 21, 2007, 9:00 pm
Saturday, December 22, 2007, 2:00pm
or click here.
To see Frances Kai-Hwa Wang's calendar of REAL upcoming public appearances, check out her website, franceskaihwawang.com.
Michigan TV Channel 22 (Comcast cable channel 22)
Friday, December 21, 2007, 9:00 pm
Saturday, December 22, 2007, 2:00pm
or click here.
To see Frances Kai-Hwa Wang's calendar of REAL upcoming public appearances, check out her website, franceskaihwawang.com.
Friday, December 21, 2007
What is the top story of 2007 in Asian America?
Musings, as we read on the newswires the calls for editorial voting on the top news stories of the year for the papers' year-end editions...
What would be the top story in Asian America? A lot of our news was pretty bleak this year.
Northwoods or Virginia Tech shootings? Clinton campaign embarrassed by Norman Hsu? Tila Tequila gets her own show?
Maybe these were leavened by some other positive moments, too...
Bobby Jindal? PepsiCo Elects Indra K. Nooyi as Chairman of the Board? Hung Huynh wins Top Chef?
We're throwing it out there to some friends on our email lists, anyway, and may come back and write about it again for our ow wrap-up. But, we would also welcome any ideas you might care to drop here as well.
What would be the top story in Asian America? A lot of our news was pretty bleak this year.
Northwoods or Virginia Tech shootings? Clinton campaign embarrassed by Norman Hsu? Tila Tequila gets her own show?
Maybe these were leavened by some other positive moments, too...
Bobby Jindal? PepsiCo Elects Indra K. Nooyi as Chairman of the Board? Hung Huynh wins Top Chef?
We're throwing it out there to some friends on our email lists, anyway, and may come back and write about it again for our ow wrap-up. But, we would also welcome any ideas you might care to drop here as well.
Monday, December 17, 2007
More about Hwang's Yellow Face
Following up on Frances' last post:
For those fans of the playwright, this week we'll be running a new interview. Check out the weekend culture supplement -- we'll leave it up on Asian American Village for a week or so.
Interview: Tony-winner David Henry Hwang
Plus, AP reviewer Michael Kuchwara's review of Hwang's new play, Yellow Face
For those fans of the playwright, this week we'll be running a new interview. Check out the weekend culture supplement -- we'll leave it up on Asian American Village for a week or so.
Interview: Tony-winner David Henry Hwang
Plus, AP reviewer Michael Kuchwara's review of Hwang's new play, Yellow Face
Tuesday, December 04, 2007
David Henry Hwang's Yellowface at New York's Public Theater
YELLOW FACE
Public Theater, 425 Lafayette Street , NYC
November 19 - December 23, 2007
Written by DAVID HENRY HWANG
Directed by LEIGH SILVERMAN
With NOAH BEAN, FRANCIS JUE, JULIENNE HANZELKA KIM, KATHRYN LAYNG, HOON LEE, LUCAS CALEB ROONEY, ANTHONY TORN
David Henry Hwang puts himself center stage with alter-ego DHH, telling his side of the explosive controversy stirred up when he led the protest against the hiring of Jonathan Pryce in the original Broadway production of Miss Saigon. Truth and fiction are hard to separate as Hwang gives us a funny and moving backstage look at his search to confront the roles that race and ethnicity play in America.
More info and ticket sales at publictheater.org.
Special AALDEF Night at the Theater on Thursday, December 6, 2007, 8 pm. Hwang will be on hand for a post-performance Q&A. Contact swesley@aaldef.org to purchase AALDEF tickets.
Public Theater, 425 Lafayette Street , NYC
November 19 - December 23, 2007
Written by DAVID HENRY HWANG
Directed by LEIGH SILVERMAN
With NOAH BEAN, FRANCIS JUE, JULIENNE HANZELKA KIM, KATHRYN LAYNG, HOON LEE, LUCAS CALEB ROONEY, ANTHONY TORN
David Henry Hwang puts himself center stage with alter-ego DHH, telling his side of the explosive controversy stirred up when he led the protest against the hiring of Jonathan Pryce in the original Broadway production of Miss Saigon. Truth and fiction are hard to separate as Hwang gives us a funny and moving backstage look at his search to confront the roles that race and ethnicity play in America.
More info and ticket sales at publictheater.org.
Special AALDEF Night at the Theater on Thursday, December 6, 2007, 8 pm. Hwang will be on hand for a post-performance Q&A. Contact swesley@aaldef.org to purchase AALDEF tickets.
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