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		<title>Old Seattle artfully captured by Issei painters</title>
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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>Diversity Makes a Differences — Part 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:34:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Compiled by Staff Northwest Asian Weekly Northwest Asian Weekly’s Diversity Makes a Difference scholarship program celebrates young people who are committed to reaching out across cultural lines. Students are nominated by their school as being champions of diversity. From among those students, a judging panel will choose five winners who will receive $1,000 scholarships and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>For Phillip Yin, after one dream fizzles, another lands on a silver platter</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:49:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Assunta Ng Northwest Asian Weekly Last year, former Bloomberg TV anchor–reporter Phillip Yin wanted to challenge Sen. Maria Cantwell and, in the process, become the first Chinese American senator from the mainland United States. The showdown never materialized, as his supporters did not send campaign money. After he put his political dreams on hold, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Korean American teen gets online web searches to do offline lifesaving</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:45:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By James Tabafunda Northwest Asian Weekly After Larry Page and Sergey Brin created the precursor to Google in 1996, they paired it with a business plan that’s proven to be successful beyond any measure. Jack Kim, 16, has done a similar pairing, but with a unique twist. He started Benelab.org, which he calls a “nonprofit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shawn Wong and Eric Byler talk “Americanese” at film screening</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:54:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Jan. 24 at SIFF Cinema at the Uptown, director Eric Byler appeared at a screening of his critically acclaimed 2006 film “Americanese,” which is based on Shawn Wong’s 1995 novel, “American Knees.”   Byler and Wong answered questions from the audience after the screening, which was partly aimed at stirring up interest for a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tao: The Art of the Drum comes to Seattle Feb. 3</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:53:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Friday, Feb. 3, The Seattle Theatre Group is presenting Tao: The Art of the Drum at the Moore Theatre. Tao has been seen in 16 countries and 300 cities, with 500 performances a year. To date, it has been seen by 3.5 million spectators worldwide. Tao is based on traditional Japanese taiko drumming but, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>“Lost Years” documentary is screened in Canada, includes local Seattle leaders</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:52:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Lost Years: A People’s Struggle for Justice” is a documentary about the Chinese diaspora directed by Tom Radford and Kenda Gee. Gee is Chinese Canadian, and the film traces his grandfather’s journey from China to Edmonton, Canada. Also included in the film are views from Chinese Americans, Chinese New Zealanders, and Chinese Australians. Part of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eri Takahashi joins Union Bank</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:51:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Jan. 11, Eri Takahashi became senior relationship banker at Union Bank’s Bellevue branch (10900 N.E. 8th St.). Takahashi began her financial services career in 2000 in customer service for Shinsei Bank in Tokyo, Japan. Over the next decade, she held positions in the environmental, financial services, and insurance industries. Takahashi holds a Bachelor of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What’s next for this newspaper publisher? — Part 2 of the NWAW 30th anniversary series</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:44:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Assunta Ng Northwest Asian Weekly “When is she going to retire?” people often ask my staff members. Yes, my competitors would love to see me disappear. But it would be a loss for the community if we were to vanish. The question of when is not up to me. If God continues to give [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Woman suffers broken hip after dog scare, gets $200,000</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Evangeline Cafe Northwest Asian Weekly As the saying goes, “Every dog has its day,” and in this case, a woman injured during a pit bull encounter had her day in court — and won. In June, a jury awarded more than $200,000 in damages to Yuanquin Ge, a Chinese woman who fell and broke [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Attorney Steven Kim goes to South Korea to teach other prosecutors</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:58:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Staff NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office’s Senior Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Steven Kim left for Seoul over the weekend. He was invited by the South Korean government to spend six months in Seoul teaching Korean prosecutors trial practice skills and lecturing on the American Criminal Justice System in anticipation of the country’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A delegation to Chongqing slated for March</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:12:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Scott Heinlein and Sandy Marvinney For Northwest Asian Weekly In the works is a business, civic, and cultural delegation to Chongqing, Seattle’s sister city, a booming metropolis on the Yangtze River and the gateway to southwest China. The March 18–23 program, “Seattle Week in Chongqing,” reciprocates a May 2011 visit by a Chongqing delegation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Parade of Dragon Kids</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:04:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Jan. 28, families from all over the Greater Seattle area came down to the Chinatown-International District for its annual Lunar New Year festival. Featured were lion and dragon dances, drumming, food from local restaurants, and a children&#8217;s parade and costume contest. All photos taken by George Liu/NWAW Related stories ASTROLOGY: For the week of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Author Ron Chew tells often forgotten story of murdered Filipino cannery workers</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:50:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For Northwest Asian Weekly Ron Chew, executive director of the International Community Health Services Foundation, said his recently completed book on Silme Domingo and Gene Viernes, two young cannery union officials murdered in 1981, is the most difficult piece of writing he’s ever done. “It took me 30 years to arrive in an emotional space [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Lunar New Year winter wonderland</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:41:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Related stories Lunar New Year commemorated with USPS forever stamp Year of the Dragon 2012 BLOG: Snowed in: an issue to remember Where do red envelopes come from? BLOG: Prayers answered at Lunar New Year fest]]></description>
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		<title>Whoa and wow! — 30 years of challenges and wonders</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:27:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Assunta Ng Northwest Asian Weekly In September 1981, when I dreamed of starting a newspaper, I was a mother with a baby and toddler. Most people called me nuts, thinking a woman should put her family first and ambition second. In addition, it would be a risky venture. Yet four months later, the first [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Which Northwest cities have the most people of Chinese heritage?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:34:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Eric De Place In honor of Chinese New Year, I thought it would be fun to crunch some Census numbers to get a sense of where people of Chinese heritage live in the Northwest. In the tables  below, I’ve rank-ordered places in the Northwest according to their share of people who self-identify as Chinese. As you’ll see, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mayor seeks candidates for International Special Review District Board, due Jan. 30</title>
		<link>http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2012/01/mayor-seeks-candidates-for-international-special-review-district-board-due-jan-30/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:14:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mayor Mike McGinn invites residents to apply for an open position on the International Special Review District Board.  The available position is one of two seats on the board that are filled by mayoral appointment.  Individuals who have an architectural background and an interest in historic preservation and/or familiarity with the Chinatown/ International District are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ho Nam Association/Luke Family Association gets new officers</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:51:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vol 31 No 4 | 1/21-1/27]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vol 31 No 4 | January 21 - January 27]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Ho Nam Association recently announced its new officers for 2012. They are Sterling Luke, Bettie Luke, Andre Loh, and Marge Young. The Ho Nam Association, also known as the Luke Family Association, was created in the early 20th century for Chinese immigrants who shared the last name Luke, Luc, Look, Lu, Luu, or Loh. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Local woman participates in relay race in Kawamoto, Japan</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:50:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jenn Doane, a Whitman College graduate, recently participated in the Kawamoto Ekiden — a 26-km, 8-leg relay race that loops around town — in an all-girls team. Kawamoto is a small town located in the Ochi District in Shimane, Japan. Doane has taught English in Japan as part of the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) [...]]]></description>
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