Kin On raised $10,000 at its South China Benefit Dinner with the help of more than 90 volunteers, including Jerry Lee, president of MulvannyG2 Architecture and member of Kin On’s board of directors, University of Washington students, the Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association, the Chinese Baptist Church Boy Scouts Troop 254, and many others. [...]
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Kin On raises $10,000 for Asian seniors at South China Benefit Dinner
Posted on 14 May 2012.
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Community members greet the China National Women’s Basketball Team at reception dinner
Posted on 14 May 2012.
On May 7, about 120 people, including local community leaders, turned out for a dinner at Ocean City Restaurant in the International District to greet the players of the China National Women’s Basketball Team. Assunta Ng, publisher of the Northwest Asian Weekly, organized the dinner. Notable attendees included Sun Fengwu, head coach of the Chinese [...]
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Jay Inslee and Organizing for America open office on Rainier Avenue South
Posted on 14 May 2012.
Jay Inslee and Organizing for America opened their office last week on 901 Rainier Avenue South at the corner of South Charles Street and Rainier Avenue South. The office opening was marked by a visit from Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, chair of the Democratic National Committee, and nearly 700 people. The office will serve as [...]
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Appetites for shark fin wane in Chicago’s Chinatown
Posted on 12 May 2012.
By Sophia Tareen The Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) ― Like other herb shops in Chinatown, the glass jars lining shelves at Yin Wall City offer floral teas, shitake mushrooms, and a seafood product that looks strangely like dried corn husks, one that sparks controversy even hundreds of miles from the ocean it was taken from. [...]
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All eyes on Gary Locke during activist crisis
Posted on 12 May 2012.
By Christopher Bodeen The Associated Press BEIJING (AP) ― As a former U.S. commerce secretary and governor of Washington state, Gary Locke wasn’t considered much of a heavyweight on human rights when he became the first Chinese American ambassador to Beijing last year. Trade and maintaining smooth relations between Washington and its biggest foreign creditor [...]
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Ex-junta prisoner Suu Kyi takes office in Myanmar
Posted on 12 May 2012.
By Aye Aye Win and Todd Pitman The Associated Press NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (AP) ― Aung San Suu Kyi capped a tenacious, decades-long journey from political prisoner to office holder in long-repressed Myanmar as the country’s main opposition party moved its struggle for democratic rule inside government for the first time.
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COMMENTARY: A long look at Seattle’s sister city Chongqing amidst the Bo Xilai scandal
Posted on 11 May 2012.
By Wendy Liu For Northwest Asian Weekly When Robert Kapp, founding executive director of the Washington State China Relations Council, first lobbied Governor Dixy Lee Ray for a state-to-province relationship between Washington and Sichuan, it was 1980. With the Washington-Sichuan relationship formally established in 1982, Mayor Charles Royer thought it made sense for Seattle to [...]
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Cooking and eating with Mom — Food writers share stories about their mothers and food
Posted on 10 May 2012.
Compiled by Pat Tanumihardja For Northwest Asian Weekly For many, food is the link to cultural roots, the lens through which we view our
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Gamelan Pacifica creates harmony among musicians
Posted on 10 May 2012.
By Gabrielle Kazuko Nomura Northwest Asian Weekly From outside Cornish College of the Arts’ Kerry Hall, it may seem like just another
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40 years in the making: Founders recap the early history of the Chinese service center
Posted on 10 May 2012.
By Tiffany Ran Northwest Asian Weekly Ten years ago, upon the Chinese Information and Service Center (CISC)’s 30th anniversary, a timeline for the organization was drawn up, but current Executive Director Alaric Bien insists that much more can be added.
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5 out of 5 stars: Happy Ending — Sex in Seattle ends 12-year, 20-play run
Posted on 10 May 2012.
By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly 12 years without sex is a long time.
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The best, exotic landscape of “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel”
Posted on 10 May 2012.
By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel” begins with a gray clamminess, where seven English characters work to
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BLOG: 8 tips to help working moms balance work and family
Posted on 10 May 2012.
By Assunta Ng Sen. Patty Murray was a mom in tennis shoes when she ran for the U.S. Senate in 1992. I was also a mom in tennis shoes when I launched the Seattle Chinese Post in 1982, except I tried to hide my shoes, thinking that men would think less of me if I [...]
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