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    Which Way, L.A.?

    LA and Asia

    Far East financial markets are falling and Japanese real estate barons are selling property in Southern California. Tuesday on "WWLA?" Despite the economic uncertainty, cultural ties are tighter than ever. What's happening to LA's Asian Connection?

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    By Warren Olney • Nov 11, 1997 • 1 min read

    Joel Kotkin: Senior fellow at the Pepperdine Institute for Public Policy and the Pacific Research Institute Vincent Diau (Dow): Senior fellow at the Pepperdine Institute for Public Policy and the Pacific Research Institute Jack Rodman: Director of Pacific Rim Practice, Ernst and Young Kenneth Leventhal (Accountants) Chris Leu (Lu): President and CEO of United Pacific Bank Ying Ma: Research Associate, Council on Foreign Relations; member of Leap August Society (group of China-born American residents); author of " We ask, Can One Eat Liberty?" opinion piece published in L.A. Times (Sunday, Nov 2nd) Jeff Yang: Co-editor, "Eastern Standard Time: A Guide to Asian Influence on American Culture" Publisher and Founder, "&quotA" Magazine: Inside Asian America" Tom Gray: Senior Vice President, Head of Production, Golden Harvest Films Chris mathis: Organizer, Bus Riders Union Michael Clough (Cluff): Research Associate, Institute for International Studies, UC Berkeley; Co-Director, The New American Global Dialogue (series of forums on regionalization) Chris Mathis:

    topic: BUS RIDE UNION

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Frances Anderton

      architecture critic and author

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