When a thousand participants commemorated the 60th anniversary of the founding of People’s Republic of China by storming through Seattle’s Chinatown last Sunday, serendipities occurred.
Archive | September 2009
Largest pro-China parade ever!
Posted on 24 September 2009.
Posted in Community News, Vol 28 No 40 | 9/26 - 10/22 Comments
A parade! A parade!
Posted on 24 September 2009.
On Sunday, Sept. 20, people crowded the streets of Seattle’s Chinatown/International District to celebrate the upcoming 60th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China. The parade demonstrated how tensions have eased between China and Taiwan supporters.
Posted in Community News, Vol 28 No 40 | 9/26 - 10/23 Comments
If FICP builds it, will they come?
Posted on 24 September 2009.
Amid the hustle and bustle of Chinatown sits a quiet, unassuming park nestled behind trees on the corner of Seventh Avenue South and South Lane Street. A bronze dragon hovers over a giant yin-yang arrangement made of sand and grass. Rockery symbolizing the mountainous regions of the Philippines rests alongside a small slide and merry-go-round.
Posted in Community News, Vol 28 No 40 | 9/26 - 10/20 Comments
Homeownership fell in ’08 — Asians get hit the worst
Posted on 24 September 2009.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Asians, many of them living in foreclosure-ravaged California, suffered the sharpest drop in homeownership last year, eclipsing declines felt by whites, Blacks, and Latinos, according to new Census data.
Posted in National News, Vol 28 No 40 | 9/26 - 10/20 Comments
Chicken feet a bridge in U.S.–China relations?
Posted on 24 September 2009.
I could never imagine that chicken feet, despised by many Americans, would be the thing to link China and America in a win-win situation.
Posted in Food, Vol 28 No 40 | 9/26 - 10/20 Comments
Bhutanese refugees get fresh start in Ohio — on a farm
Posted on 24 September 2009.
CLEVELAND (AP) — The families from the edge of the Himalayan Mountains arrived in Cleveland last winter as other refugees have — poor, cold, and bewildered.
Posted in National News, Vol 28 No 40 | 9/26 - 10/20 Comments
Indian runner stripped of medal after a gender-test, empathizes with Semenya
Posted on 24 September 2009.
PUDUKKOTTAI, India (AP) — Considering suicide after being stripped of her medal and shunned by the people around her, Indian runner Santhi Soundarajan knows a bit about what Caster Semenya is going through.
Posted in National News, Vol 28 No 40 | 9/26 - 10/21 Comment
Young foreigners hunt for jobs in China amid crisis
Posted on 24 September 2009.
BEIJING (AP) — When the best job Mikala Reasbeck could find after college in Boston was counting pills part-time in a drugstore for $7 an hour, she took the drastic step of jumping on a plane to Beijing in February to look for work.
Posted in Vol 28 No 40 | 9/26 - 10/2, World News0 Comments
Dry run: Beijing shuts down early for its 60th anniversary parade practice
Posted on 24 September 2009.
BEIJING (AP) — Police cleared the streets and office buildings in parts of China’s capital on Friday for a full dress rehearsal of celebrations for 60 years of communist rule. There was a mixture of excitement and resentment among ordinary Chinese who were told to stay away.
Posted in Vol 28 No 40 | 9/26 - 10/2, World News0 Comments
Civil rights organizations oppose Arizona’s mandatory E-Verify law
Posted on 24 September 2009.
The Asian American Justice Center (AAJC), along with other leading civil rights and labor organizations, recently filed a petition with the United States Supreme Court to challenge the state of Arizona’s mandatory E-Verify law.
Posted in Briefs, Vol 28 No 40 | 9/26 - 10/23 Comments
Secretary Locke announces $4 million grant aimed at creating more Seattle jobs
Posted on 24 September 2009.
On Sept. 17, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke announced a $4 million dollar Economic Development Administration (EDA) grant to South Seattle Community College.
Posted in Briefs, Vol 28 No 40 | 9/26 - 10/20 Comments
Reminder: First time homebuyer credit will expire on Dec. 1
Posted on 24 September 2009.
One of the ways that the government is helping during the current economic crisis is through the $8,000 first time homebuyer credit initiative.
Posted in Briefs, Vol 28 No 40 | 9/26 - 10/20 Comments
Harrell announces technology initiatives for 2010
Posted on 24 September 2009.
Seattle Councilmember Bruce Harrell, chair of the Energy and Technology Committee, proposed on Sept. 8 the utilization of a government and technology outline that will optimize the use of technology to increase transparency, enhance access to city information, and improve government efficiency.
Posted in Briefs, Vol 28 No 40 | 9/26 - 10/21 Comment
Column: Breaking through the professional barrier
Posted on 24 September 2009.
At my high school, there were the freaks (also known as stoners), the jocks, and everybody else.
The football jocks were the royalty of the high school, and you felt honored if they took the time out of their glamorous life to say hi to you.
Posted in Column: You Talkin' to Me?, Vol 28 No 40 | 9/26 - 10/21 Comment
Commentary: SEDA aims to brings hope to the fight against malnutrition in Laos
Posted on 24 September 2009.
Look at Meena from a distance and you will see a normal, healthy Lao girl. She is of average height for a 7-year-old girl. But look a little closer and you will notice that her arms and legs, poking out through her oversized second-hand clothes, are painfully thin. Her hair lacks a healthy shine. Her eyes look tired and weary.
Posted in Commentaries, Vol 28 No 40 | 9/26 - 10/20 Comments
Editorial: Wilson’s career may be over, but we all learn a lesson
Posted on 24 September 2009.
By now, most of us are all aware of Rep. Joe Wilson’s “You lie!” outburst at President Obama during the president’s speech about health care reform to Congress. Wilson’s comment came at the moment when Obama promised that illegal immigrants would not be covered by his health care bill.
Posted in Editorials, Vol 28 No 40 | 9/26 - 10/20 Comments
