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		<title>Old Seattle artfully captured by Issei painters</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:39:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly As part of the Seattle Asian Art Museum’s “Painting Seattle” exhibit, canvases by Kamekichi Tokita occupy one showroom wall. Works from Kenjiro Nomura are exhibited on the opposite wall. The two men, friends, co-workers, and Japanese American Issei chroniclers of their hometown, shared much but also diverged as they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tiger Mother introduces her paperback, tries taming critics</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:11:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By James Tabafunda Northwest Asian Weekly Bestselling author Amy Chua walked toward the microphone and podium. She stood in front of a bookshelf labeled “Collector Editions” to share her thoughts — on everything. “I was misunderstood,” said the proud, strict mother and author of The New York Times bestseller “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother.” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How 8 famous Asians exemplify (or defy!) their dragon traits</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:25:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Nina Huang Northwest Asian Weekly Jan. 23 marks the first day of the Lunar New Year, and this year happens to be the Year of the Dragon. Occupying the fifth position in the Chinese Zodiac, the dragon is the mightiest of the signs. The dragon signifies luck and symbolizes such character traits as dominance [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Black teenager from California wows audiences with unusual talent: Singing Chinese opera</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 18:26:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Terence Chea The Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. — Tyler Thompson is an unlikely star in the world of Chinese opera. The Black teenager from Oakland has captivated audiences in the United States and China with his ability to sing pitch-perfect Mandarin and perform the ancient Chinese art form. “As soon as he opens his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pork Filled Players tackle ‘Yellow Face’</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 17:34:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Irfan Shariff Northwest Asian Weekly Consider the 1961 classic “Breakfast at Tiffany’s,” where Mickey Rooney, a white actor, portrays Audrey Hepburn’s Japanese neighbor, Mr. Yanioshi. This depiction is a prime example of “yellowface,” or the caricaturing of Asians — much like blackface was to Blacks. These types of caricatures are fodder for the Pork [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No Harry Potter for Indonesia</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jul 2011 18:31:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian moviegoers are facing a bleak year of second-rate foreign releases and lowbrow local productions ]]></description>
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		<title>Myanmar deports Michelle Yeoh over Suu Kyi movie</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 18:17:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — The military-backed government of Myanmar has deported Hollywood actress Michelle Yeoh, who stars as pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi in an upcoming movie, officials said last Tuesday. The Malaysian actress arrived in the country’s main city, Yangon, on June 22 and was deported the same day because she was on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dance! Music! Song! Art! — APIs kick off their heritage month with a huge celebration</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 21:11:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On May 1, the Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month was celebrated through a festival in the Center House at Seattle Center.]]></description>
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		<title>‘Sex in Seattle’ nears its end with the penultimate episode</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 18:03:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kathy Hsieh’s writing career began in the ninth grade when her language arts teacher asked students to write a script for a class assignment. Hsieh wrote a comedic retelling]]></description>
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		<title>Hit singer Jimmy Wong on Alexandra Wallace and why angry responses are unproductive</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 18:18:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last month, former UCLA student Alexandra Wallace posted an ill-conceived YouTube video complaining about Asian students who talked]]></description>
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		<title>Peacock designer duo go from Bollywood to Britney Spears</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 22:36:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES (AP) — Indian designers Falguni and Shane Peacock have busted out of Bollywood straight through to Hollywood. Their champion? Britney Spears.]]></description>
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		<title>Korean Idol: K-pop fans test their talents on stage in first-ever Korean song contest for non-Koreans</title>
		<link>http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2011/01/korean-idol-k-pop-fans-test-their-talents-on-stage-in-first-ever-korean-song-contest-for-non-koreans/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2011 18:08:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In her spare time, 15-year-old Vanessa Yamat enjoys singing at Korean karaoke houses with her friends. The teenagers dance and belt out songs from popular]]></description>
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		<title>Huang Ruo: composer, musician, and &#8230; Celebrate Asia! contest winner?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2011 18:35:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What will a young pianist do when experiencing stage fright while performing? Will the projected path in his artistic development change?]]></description>
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		<title>Tattooed APIs torn between culture and individuality</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[For Asian Americans, getting a tattoo has traditionally been considered taboo. In mainstream culture, tattoos often have negative connotations, ]]></description>
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		<title>At the Burke, a myriad of colors and textures are woven into layers of meaning</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2010 22:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Traditional weaving has become an endangered art because, as stated in a Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture press release, in the past 150 years, ]]></description>
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		<title>One man’s mess is another man’s award-winning show</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 18:09:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For as long as he can remember, Matt Chan has had a love affair with visual media. “I was always drawn to movies and TV in high school,” said Chan. “There was no doubt that this was what I wanted to do [when I was older]" ...]]></description>
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		<title>Taiwan singer belts it like Whitney and conjures up Susan Boyle comparisons</title>
		<link>http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2010/04/taiwan-singer-belts-it-like-whitney-and-conjures-up-susan-boyle-comparisons/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 18:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[    Screen capture of singer Lin Yu-chun as he performs Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love You” on Super Star Avenue, a talent show (Image from YouTube.com)

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — As a younger man, Taiwan’s Lin Yu-chun sang for hours on end, trying to get his mind off the sneers he endured because of his portly figure.]]></description>
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		<title>Years later, photographer revisits  the Nepalese boy who inspired a gallery</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 21:17:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vol 29 No 7 | 2/13-2/19]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes, the smallest moment and a chance  encounter can change the course of your life and lead to an adventure beyond the imagination. For Cora Edmonds, director of the ArtXchange Gallery in Seattle, that moment came in a mountain village in a remote region of Nepal.]]></description>
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		<title>Youths say love of classical music isn’t an Asian American trait</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 11:26:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vol 29 No 4 | 1/23-1/29]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wu wasn’t the only one with a perspective on Asian American youth and classical music. The Tacoma Youth Symphony’s other Chinese American co-concertmaster Tonya Yu, its former Korean American member Suzee Hong, and Kenneth Truong, a Vietnamese American member of the Garfield Orchestra, also elaborated on the role that classical music plays in their lives. ]]></description>
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		<title>The top 5 stories you’ve heard way too much about and 5 stories that went under the radar</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 06:43:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vol 29 No 1 | 1/2-1/8]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fame, fortune, and scandal were the driving forces behind the endless news coverage of Jackson. Readership of Jackson news shot up when a Los Angeles coroner ruled the singer’s death a homicide after lethal levels of the anesthetic propofol, combined with two other sedatives, were found in his system.]]></description>
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