Tong K. began to smoke when he secretly took a smoking pipe from his parents in China at the age of eight.
Archive | Vol 30 No 4 | 1/22-1/28
Is smoking an epidemic for Asians?
Posted on 20 January 2011.
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School for non-English speaking students to get a new name
Posted on 20 January 2011.
A new Secondary Bilingual Orientation Center (SBOC) will serve Seattle’s non-English speaking students. One of the changes that will be made includes a new name.
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Tiger mom’s memoir meets ferocious roar
Posted on 20 January 2011.
NEW YORK (AP) — A new memoir of tough parenting, Chinese style, from a self-proclaimed tiger mother has unleashed a ferocious roar.
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Seattle’s Chinatown-International District: Lunar New Year Celebration, Year of the Rabbit 2011
Posted on 20 January 2011.
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13 females shatter the glass ceiling for women in technology
Posted on 20 January 2011.
According to the Association for Women in Science, women make up less than 25 percent of engineering and computer science majors in four-year colleges and universities.
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TV drama shot in Seattle a big hit in Japan
Posted on 20 January 2011.
SEATTLE (AP) — Ichiro Suzuki slaps one of his signature hits at Safeco Field to the wild cheers of Seattle fans.
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Rabbits, time to shine for Chinese New Year
Posted on 20 January 2011.
There is more to the Chinese Zodiac than a hippety hop into year 4708 for people born under the sign of rabbit.
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Communist Laos opens stock market to boost economy
Posted on 20 January 2011.
BANGKOK (AP) — Communist Laos opened a modest stock market on Tuesday, Jan. 10, hoping to attract capital to its largest enterprises
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Study shows obstacles in Hmong and Mien getting aid for mentally disabled children
Posted on 20 January 2011.
Researchers at the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at University of California, Davis (UC Davis) explored the relationship between Hmong and Mein
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Storefronts Seattle seeks artists to revitalize neighborhoods
Posted on 20 January 2011.
Storefronts Seattle is accepting applications for its three program tracks: installations, artist residencies, and creative enterprise.
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Reflections on being a little guy
Posted on 20 January 2011.
Editor’s note: This month, Northwest Asian Weekly and the Seattle Chinese Post celebrate its 29th anniversaries. Each year, Publisher Assunta Ng
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Khmer Rouge documentary ground-breaking
Posted on 20 January 2011.
The Khmer Rouge, Cambodia’s ruling party from 1975 to 1979, killed more than 1.3 million Cambodian citizens, according to an analysis by Yale University.
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“Evangelion 2.0” worthy of its predecessor
Posted on 20 January 2011.
The first installment of the “Neon Genesis Evangelion” film series (adapted from the Japanese science fiction TV anime) begins with eerie near-silence.
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Editorial: Support SBOC in name and in action
Posted on 20 January 2011.
Founded in 1980, the Secondary Bilingual Orientation Center School (SBOC) helps immigrant children carve out an identity in their new country by providing them with
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Blog: The Korean community on cloud nine
Posted on 20 January 2011.
Historically, Chinese and Japanese Americans have dominated the spotlight in performances. At the Celebrate Asia! concert, however, it was a Korean opera singer
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Blog: Behind the glamor of an opera singer
Posted on 20 January 2011.
Voted as one of the best-dressed opera singers, Sumi Jo, a soprano, brought five glamorous outfits for her performance at the Benaroya Hall.
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