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asheville study: most of $118m in city contracts went to white men

In all city contracts, for businesses owned by Asian Americans (received nearly 0 percent of contracts), African Americans (0.5 percent) and Hispanics (1.1 percent) . In construction contracts for businesses owned by Asian Americans (0.1 percent), African Americans (0.2 percent) and..

government news 28/11

The RoK also hopes to bolster economic ties with the Southeast Asian nation and attract more Vietnamese to the country for tourism and medical treatment, thus helping tightening their friendship, the diplomat said.  . ..

international justice: tackling impunity in asia

The argument of “Asian values” and exceptionalism has been invoked effectively in safeguarding sovereignty and the “neo-colonial” reach of international institutions – in effect though, entrenching impunity for the powers that be. ... As the year winds down, it is time to look back on the..

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