Grasping a new reality

Date: Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:33:53 -0800

WASHINGTON ? First, they had to get the handshake right. Two decades earlier in Geneva, Chinese Premier Zhou En-lai had been mortally offended when U.S. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles spurned his offered hand. As TV cameras flashed the scene worldwide, President Richard Nixon and first lady Pat Nixon descended the steps of Air Force One to a waiting Zhou on a Beijing runway.

Chinese currency manipulation undercuts Ohio jobs, Sen. Brown says

Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:42:48 -0800

MORAINE ? During a visit to HARCO hydraulic brake manufacturing plant Wednesday, Sen. Sherrod Brown , D-Ohio, said Chinese currency manipulation undercuts Ohio products by an estimated 25 to 40 percent, killing manufacturing jobs.Brown called on the House of Representatives to pass legislation that would allow penalties on currency manipulating nations to combat the loss of jobs. Brown was ...

Ancient Chinese game mah jongg is popular pastime for many Jewish women

Date: Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:29:59 -0800

Mah jongg, an ancient Chinese game played with domino-size tiles, is a favorite pastime for many Jewish women in Northeast Ohio. They play "maajh" in each other's homes and at sites ranging from hotel lobbies and grocery stores to synagogue social halls.