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		<title>BLOG: An expensive lunch with Obama</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:11:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vol 31 No 7 | 2/11-2/17]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Feb. 17, President Obama will fund raise at the Westin Bellevue. Count me out. I don’t have the resources to pay $1,000. Attendance is $5,000 per family representative (it includes a photo with the President) and $1,000 for each additional family member. This means a cost of $6,000 for two people from one household and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BLOG: Absorbing feedback</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:09:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Why are you helping the Chinese government?” asked a Taiwanese immigrant reader who complained that we wrote about the Chinese consul general sending a letter to the Seattle City Council asking them not to see Shen Yun, a show organized by Falun Gong, a group that opposes the Chinese government. First, it’s not only us [...]]]></description>
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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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		<category><![CDATA[Vol 31 No 6 | 2/4-2/10]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vol 31 No 6 | February 4 - February 10]]></category>

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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>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:30:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vol 31 No 6 | February 4 - February 10]]></category>

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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>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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		<category><![CDATA[Vol 31 No 5 | 1/28-2/3]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vol 31 No 5 | January 28 - February 3]]></category>

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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>BLOG: How Nate Miles rocked the house at MLK event</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:19:45 +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[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>
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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>
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		<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>BLOG: My happiness list</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:22:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vol 31 No 3 | 1/14-1/20]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vol 31 No 3 | January 14 - January 20]]></category>

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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>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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		<category><![CDATA[Vol 31 No 2 | 1/7-1/13]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cindy Ryu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Park]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vol 31 No 2 | January 7 - January 13]]></category>

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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>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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		<title>BLOG: What Locke doesn’t do — 5th and final part of the Gary Locke blog series</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:13:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vol 30 No 51 | 12/17-12/23]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vol 30 No 51 | December 17 - December 23]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Assunta Ng So you want to help your relatives and friends from China come to the United States. You think Ambassador Gary Locke can help you?  No go! During his training as ambassador, the first thing the state department taught him was that he was not to get involved in visas at all. If [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BLOG: The vital role of consulates and embassies</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Assunta Ng Ordinary folks think only of visas when they think of consul generals. Actually, consul generals play an important role in serving the local community. For instance, the recent haze in Beijing, which shut down airports and highway transportation, caused local people to turn to the U.S. Embassy for an accurate measure of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BLOG: Three big-wigs in Seattle</title>
		<link>http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2011/12/blog-three-big-wigs-in-seattle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 14:22:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vol 30 No 50 | December 10 - December 16]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yu Keping]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; By Assunta Ng Three important leaders were in Seattle recently. I saw two of them. Ironically, the one that I didn’t meet was the one the Northwest Asian Weekly wrote the most about. Edwin Lee, mayor-elect of San Francisco, attended a family reunion on Mercer Island on Dec. 3. Born and raised in Seattle, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BLOG: Family time for Gary Locke — Part 4</title>
		<link>http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2011/12/blog-family-time-for-gary-locke-%e2%80%94-part-4/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 14:20:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Assunta Ng On weekends, family time is U.S. Ambassador Gary Locke’s priority. He is in charge of accompanying his kids to their school activities, picking them up in their own family van. Locke and his wife, Mona, encourage their kids to be active in making friends at school. Emily is now a swimmer. Dylan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BLOG: Breaking bread with an ambassador — Part 3 of the Locke blog series</title>
		<link>http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2011/12/blog-breaking-bread-with-an-ambassador-%e2%80%94-part-3-of-the-locke-blog-series/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 14:26:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vol 30 No 49 | 12/3-12/9]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vol 30 No 49 | December 3 - December 9]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; “What is your preference for lunch — Chinese, Indian, Japanese, Italian, or pizza?” asked someone from U.S. Ambassador Gary Locke’s office in Beijing. I wondered, is pizza not Italian? Is it now considered American? Anyway, the last thing I wanted to eat was pizza in China. Just so you know, pizza is expensive in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BLOG: For Eli Lilly, China is the answer</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 14:24:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vol 30 No 49 | 12/3-12/9]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Eli Lilly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John C. Lechleiter]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vol 30 No 49 | December 3 - December 9]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; The other day, I was talking to one of the most powerful men from Indiana. Gov. Mitch Daniels once worked for this man’s company, and the Republicans even toyed with drafting him to run against President Obama earlier this year. John C. Lechleiter, Eli Lilly’s CEO, was a keynote speaker for a conference I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BLOG: What is normal for Gary Locke these days? — Part 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 15:45:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vol 30 No 48 | 11/26-12/2]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vol 30 No 48 | November 26 - December 2]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Assunta Ng &#160; Former U.S. Ambassador to China Jon Huntsman frequently walked to restaurants near the embassy to buy his own lunch box. The Chinese media never noticed, although he is fluent in the Chinese language and culture. But Locke, a Chinese face, has instantly changed the scenery. The Chinese public adores him for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BLOG: Remembering community leader Ark Chin</title>
		<link>http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2011/11/blog-remembering-community-leader-ark-chin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 15:42:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vol 30 No 48 | 11/26-12/2]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ark Chin]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vol 30 No 48 | November 26 - December 2]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Winnie Chin]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Assunta Ng &#160; Much was said, at his funeral, on what Ark Chin did for the Kin On Nursing Home and Chinese orphanages. Yet, what he contributed in education and politics was barely touched upon. Chin, former chairman of KCM engineering firm and former regent of Western Washington University and the University of Washington, [...]]]></description>
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