by Xiaozhang (Shaw) Wan | Aug 31, 2018 | Featured, Immigration
When Qiuxu Li, a 23-year-old Georgetown University law student, received her master’s degree a few months ago, she worried whether she could find a paid job in the U.S. before running out of the last $3,000 her family gave her. “It’s really hard for an international...
by Xiaozhang (Shaw) Wan | Aug 15, 2018 | Featured, Living
WASHINGTON — Tens of thousands of comics and animations fans, wearing the outfits of beloved characters like magic girl Cardcaptor Sakura and soldiers fighting giants in Attack on Titans, gathered in Washington over the weekend to celebrate Japanese manga and...
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by Xiaozhang (Shaw) Wan | Aug 13, 2018 | Entertainment, Living
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 (UPI) — A young boy was doodling a portrait of the iconic anime Sailor Moon when the real thing – a woman dressed as the magical girl who befriends a talking cat – showed up in the staid Library of Congress. At a workshop Thursday...
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by Xiaozhang (Shaw) Wan | Jul 27, 2018 | Business & Tech, Featured
WASHINGTON, July 26 (UPI) — Senators criticized NASA Wednesday for not spending enough money on the Trump administration-backed mission of sending humans to Mars in near future — urging the agency to make “tough decisions” and focus more on...
by Xiaozhang (Shaw) Wan | Jul 17, 2018 | Immigration
WASHINGTON — Protesters rallied outside the house of White House adviser Jared Kushner on Thursday to demand Palestinians’ right to return to their homes as part of any peace agreement between Israel and Palestine. “We are here to protest Jared Kushner’s...
