Rodney Hiel

U.S. – China Business Connections will hold its next Networking and Breakfast Meeting on Wed., Feb 1, 2012, from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. in the McNamara Center of Dunwoody College, 818 Dunwoody Blvd., Minneapolis, MN 55403.

The February Guest Speaker is Rodney Hiel, Managing Director of Asia Business Consulting in St. Paul, Minn. His topic will be “Central China — The New Frontier, Challenges or Opportunities: Which will you find?”

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WASHINGTON (Jan. 23, 2012) — At the invitation of Vice President Joseph Biden, Vice President Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of China will visit the White House on Feb. 14.

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Bangkok, 19 January 2012—New analysis from the United Nations Development Program, based on case studies from across Asia and the Pacific, calls for a set of ‘energy plus” services – one that combines access to modern energy for heating, cooking and electricity, with measures that generate cash, supplement incomes and improve health and education.

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By Summer Chiang
New America Media

SAN FRANCISCO (Jan. 13, 2012) — With just a day to go before Taiwanese vote for their country’s next leader on Jan. 14, polls show the two leading candidates running neck-and-neck. Which is why their parties are making a last bid attempt to lure overseas voters, including those in the Bay Area.

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The Slants founding member Simon Young stands in front of some rad looking military vehicles on a NATO base in Kosovo, Republica Srpska, Bosnia And Herzegovina.

Portland, Ore. (Jan. 18, 2012) — Hardened rock-n-roll veterans The Slants took their electrifying stage show all the way to Eastern Europe for a holiday tour of multinational military bases.

The Portland, Oregon-based rock group entertained troops over the New Years holiday at Camp Butmir NATO base in Sarajevo, Bosnia, and then in Kosovo at Camp Bondsteel U.S. Army base and Film City NATO base in Pristina.

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By SAW YAN NAING

(Jan. 12, 2012) — After more than six decades of uninterrupted armed resistance to Burmese rule, the leaders of the Karen National Union, Burma’s oldest ethnic armed group, have signed a ceasefire agreement with the government.

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New York/New Delhi (Jan. 12, 2012) — The Jaipur Rugs Company announced today that it will train some 10,000 people in northern India on advanced carpet weaving techniques and provide them with access to global markets by 2015 as part of the firm’s commitment to the Business Call to Action (BCtA), a global initiative that encourages companies to fight poverty while boosting business opportunities in developing countries.

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U.S. Commerce Secretary John Bryson

WASHINGTON (Dec. 16, 2011) — Yesterday, at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Commerce Secretary and former CEO John Bryson laid out his priorities for the Department of Commerce, including supporting advanced manufacturing, increasing exports, and attracting more investment to America from all over the world.

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Dr. Mendis and daughter Samantha after having breakfast with Bishop Andradi at his residence in Anuradhapura.

Colombo, Sri Lanka — The Vatican’s newly appointed Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith in Sri Lanka received St. Peter Claver Church parishioner Dr. Patrick Mendis and his daughter Samantha at his residence in Colombo. During their visit the cardinal discussed the scholarships established by Mendis and spoke about his late grandparents who built the Holy Rosary church in Polonnaruwa — the birthplace of this longtime resident of St. Paul.

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Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (Nov. 26, 2011) — The 14th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Science and Technology (AMMST-14) was held in Ho Chi Minh City. The Ministers agreed to convene the 7th IAMMST in Brunei Darussalam in the fourth quarter of 2012.

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