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		<title>BLOG: No showdown for Taiwan and China</title>
		<link>http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2012/02/blog-no-showdown-for-taiwan-and-china/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:34:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vol 31 No 6 | 2/4-2/10]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Assunta Ng We received a tip that both Taiwan and Chinese officials would be attending the Seattle Chinese Chamber of Commerce’s annual Lunar New Year dinner at China Harbor Restaurant last Thursday. It could be a historical moment for the Chamber, having both sides present for the first time since 2004, or it could [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BLOG: Can a fortune teller predict election results?</title>
		<link>http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2012/02/blog-can-a-fortune-teller-predict-election-results/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2012/02/blog-can-a-fortune-teller-predict-election-results/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:32:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Assunta Ng My cousin Teddy, an immigrant from Taiwan, believes so. He visited me from California last week. “Did you go back to Taiwan to vote (for the presidential election)?” I asked him. Taiwan’s President Ma Ying-Jeou won re-election two weeks ago. Taiwan permits dual citizenship. However, citizens are required to go back to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BLOG: Prayers answered at Lunar New Year fest</title>
		<link>http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2012/02/blog-prayers-answered-at-lunar-new-year-fest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:30:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Assunta Ng The snow and rain destroyed business in Chinatown/International District during the past two weeks. Restaurants and stores were forced to shut down. Fortunately, the ID was spared from rain for two important days, Jan. 21 and Jan. 28, when we celebrated the Year of the Dragon with a festival. I could not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EDITORIAL: Steven Kim will help reform South Korean’s judicial system, more like him needed</title>
		<link>http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2012/02/editorial-steven-kim-will-help-reform-south-koreans-judicial-system-more-like-him-needed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:36:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Year of the Dragon is turning out to be pretty good so far. This week, King County Senior Deputy Prosecutor Steven Kim boarded a plan to Seoul. He has an impressive task ahead, too, helping South Korea’s judicial system adopt a jury system, much like that of the United States. South Korea has been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LETTER: Extended paid parking hours may be hurting Chinatown-International District</title>
		<link>http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2012/01/letter-extended-paid-parking-hours-may-be-hurting-chinatown-international-district/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2012/01/letter-extended-paid-parking-hours-may-be-hurting-chinatown-international-district/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:44:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vol 31 No 5 | 1/28-2/3]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Editor’s note: This is an edited version of a longer letter that  was sent to Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn by Chinatown-International District business owners and community leaders. Dear Mayor McGinn, We are writing to ask for your help — the extension of paid on-street parking hours from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Chinatown-International [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BLOG: Snowed in: an issue to remember</title>
		<link>http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2012/01/blog-snowed-in-an-issue-to-remember/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:50:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When the snow descended, a bunch of nightmares came true for me. While many of you had no school or stayed home last week due to the snow, the Northwest Asian Weekly faced one of its worst crises in 30 years. “It will be the end of our reputation,” I thought. “We might not have the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EDITORIAL: We need to reward, not punish, local businesses</title>
		<link>http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2012/01/editorial-we-need-to-reward-not-punish-local-businesses/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:03:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address this week, he tackled many important issues, but we latched onto the moment when he said, “Tonight, my message to business leaders is simple: Ask yourselves what you can do to bring jobs back to your country, and your country will do everything we can to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LETTER: Commentary about Korean unification isn’t realistic</title>
		<link>http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2012/01/letter-commentary-about-korean-unification-isnt-realistic/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2012/01/letter-commentary-about-korean-unification-isnt-realistic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:20:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vol 31 No 4 | 1/21-1/27]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[To the Editor: Dr. Vernasius T. Tandia’s commentary (Jan. 7, 2012) regarding stereotypes harbored by South Koreans toward North Korean refugees among them, and the way that these stereotypes harm hope for reunification enlists the reader in the call for an idealizing and accommodating vision about North Korea that doesn’t seem at all realistic about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BLOG: How Nate Miles rocked the house at MLK event</title>
		<link>http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2012/01/blog-how-nate-miles-rocked-the-house-at-mlk-event/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2012/01/blog-how-nate-miles-rocked-the-house-at-mlk-event/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:19:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Keynote speaker Nate Miles rocked Mt. Zion Baptist Church with his fiery delivery, passionate cry for social, economic, and civil rights justices, and dramatic storytelling at “Leaders and Leadership” last Friday, an event in celebration of Martin Luther King Jr’s birthday. Organized by the Seattle Community Colleges, the annual event brought together the young and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BLOG: Remembering Michael So’s kidnapping</title>
		<link>http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2012/01/blog-remembering-michael-sos-kidnapping/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:18:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Michael So, Hong Kong opera star and former owner of Honey Court Restaurant, passed away recently. Most people are unaware that he was kidnapped in 1982. (The two criminals were Wah Mee killers in 1983.) They robbed him at gunpoint at his Queen Anne home and later locked him in his own car trunk, leaving [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BLOG: A behind-the-scenes peek at Inslee’s Chinatown visit</title>
		<link>http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2012/01/blog-a-behind-the-scenes-peek-at-inslees-chinatown-visit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2012/01/blog-a-behind-the-scenes-peek-at-inslees-chinatown-visit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:14:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vol 31 No 4 | January 21 - January 27]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Three Chinatown organizations impressed Congressman Jay Inslee, a gubernatorial candidate, with their history, a toast, Chinese welcoming sign, and reception in his honor on Jan 8. What Inslee didn’t know was that some of the members of these associations had already given money to the campaign of his opponent, Attorney General Rob McKenna. So why [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EDITORIAL: For Lunar New Year, get out of the house and support your community!</title>
		<link>http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2012/01/editorial-for-lunar-new-year-get-out-of-the-house-and-support-your-community/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:22:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chinese, Koreans, Vietnamese, some Japanese, Tibetans, Mongolians, and other ethnicities are all celebrating the Lunar New Year this week. While the traditions of each culture differ somewhat, there is one unifying aspect to all of them. Lunar New Year is a time to spend with family. Typically, family members will make pilgrimages — long and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LETTER: Hirabayashi remembered by a reporter</title>
		<link>http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2012/01/letter-hirabayashi-remembered-by-a-reporter/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2012/01/letter-hirabayashi-remembered-by-a-reporter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:18:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[To the Editor: Back in 1997, when I reported for the NW Asian Weekly, I was asked to profile Dr. Gordon Hirabayashi in the run-up to the paper’s inaugural Asian American Pioneers Awards banquet, during which Dr. Hirabayashi was to be honored for his personal stand against the Japanese American Internment. I can remember during [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BLOG: My happiness list</title>
		<link>http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2012/01/blog-my-happiness-list/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:22:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What really matters? Ask yourself this before you make your New Year’s resolutions. Write down what you find valuable. Writing helps you understand yourself and empowers you to achieve what you want. My friend Vi Mar said, “You must love yourself before you love others. If you don’t love yourself first, you cannot help others.” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EDITORIAL: Our hopes for the Asian community in the new year</title>
		<link>http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2012/01/editorial-our-hopes-for-the-asian-community-in-the-new-year/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2012/01/editorial-our-hopes-for-the-asian-community-in-the-new-year/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:19:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Don’t let your cynical friends sway you. Making New Year’s resolutions is always a good idea. We like to jump on any chance we get to work on self-improvement. We saw quite a boon for retail businesses at the end of 2011. We hope that this momentum continues throughout 2012, that as it continues climbing, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BLOG: What our political leaders have taught us about failure</title>
		<link>http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2012/01/blog-what-our-political-leaders-have-taught-us-about-failure/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:59:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am not insane. People will probably accuse me of being insane because I’m starting my 2012 blog by talking about failures. I can imagine some readers’ reaction. &#8220;Don’t you have better things to write about?&#8221; But the point I want to make is that it isn’t the end of the world when you fail. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>COMMENTARY: Stereotyped impressions of North Koreans hurting Korean reunification</title>
		<link>http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2012/01/commentary-stereotyped-impressions-of-north-koreans-hurting-korean-reunification/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:57:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Vernasius T. Tandia By Dr. Vernasius T. Tandia For Northwest Asian Weekly Compared to about a decade ago, when there was widespread opposition to reunification, a growing number of Koreans now seem to be settling for it. With increasing public discourse on the issue, including the current jostling over a mandatory reunification tax, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EDITORIAL: Jean Quan, the story of a failed Asian American politician</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 14:53:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vol 31 No 2 | 1/7-1/13]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This week, the contentious friction between Oakland’s mayor Jean Quan and her constituents continues heating up. She started her administration with such promise, too. But then, every new mayor is full of optimism. Quan was probably sure she was going to change Oakland for the better at the beginning of her term when she was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EDITORIAL: Pvt. Daniel Chen and his family deserve justice for Chen’s death</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 15:22:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vol 31 No 1 | 12/31/11-1/6/12]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, criminal military charges were filed against eight soldiers for involuntary manslaughter, negligent homicide, and assault, among other charges, for the death of Pvt. Danny Chen. Chen shot himself in Afghanistan after being subjected to what some say were assaults and ethnic taunting from his fellow soldiers. Chen was a 19-year-old Chinese American born [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BLOG: 8 offbeat holiday traditions you can start right NOW</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 17:38:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vol 30 No 52 | 12/24-12/30]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vol 30 No 52 | December 24 - December 30]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Assunta Ng Northwest Asian Weekly If you lament being alone and lonely during the holiday, here are some suggestions for you to rewrite your holiday routines with meaning and fun. 1. Join a holiday performance Do you have to be a dancer to be involved in a Nutcracker ballet? Nope. It has been a [...]]]></description>
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