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• David Wu (D-Ore.), the first Taiwanese-American to serve in the House of Representatives, has resigned following allegations of sexual misconduct. (NYT)
• The AP’s Seoul bureau chief and Asia photographer got unprecedented access to North Korea this year. (Lens)
• Taiwan’s Next Media Animation creates its own Dark Knight Rises trailer. (/Film)
• Miyazaki’s classic Princess Mononoke is no longer licensed in the US. (Japanator)
• YG Entertainment will debut a new SNSD-like girl group next year. (allkpop)
• In China’s second quarter of 2011, Baidu shows no signs of stopping, while Google‘s market share continues to shrink. (Penn-Olson)
• Xinhua announces its arrival on US shores with a 60-foot sign in Times Square. (NYT)
• Kenneth Choi, who appears in Captain America, explains why he won’t tell what kind of Asian American he is. (Pacific Citizen)
• Japanese rapper Shing02, known for his collaborations with the late music producer Nujabes, talks about jazz-hop in Japan. (Jazz-Hop.com)

(Photograph by Thomas Le Ngo)