By Mahlon Meyer Northwest Asian Weekly Trapped by millions of dollars in debt after her family’s hotel collapsed in 2013, Tanya Woo walked the streets of the Chinatown-International District (ID), heading for an emotional collapse of her own. Old people would come up to her and ask if they could live there—after it reopened. She […]
Port of Seattle race highlights remaining economic engine
Both candidates want to use the Port to create jobs and housing. Both are concerned with the environment. Both want to assert affirmative action in hiring.
EDITORIAL: Gary Locke urges a boycott on citizenship question
The 2020 Census is getting closer, and the Trump administration’s promotion of a citizenship question is expected by the Census Bureau’s own experts to exert a chilling effect on families and households that include a noncitizen, and communities of color. Former Gov. Gary Locke is advising people to boycott that question. He is now the […]
Lang Lang marries
Superstar Chinese pianist Lang Lang has married his girlfriend, 24-year-old German/Korean pianist Gina Alice Redlinger. The 36-year-old musician, who will perform at Seattle’s Benaroya Hall on Oct. 9, announced the wedding on his official Weibo account on June 2. He and his bride tied the knot in a private ceremony at the Palace of Versailles, […]
Goodwill Ambassador Shiro Kashiba
The Consulate-General of Japan in Seattle hosted a special reception on May 20 to celebrate the appointment of legendary sushi chef Shiro Kashiba as the “Goodwill Ambassador to Spread Japanese Cuisine.” Kashiba is known for spreading the “Edo-mae” style sushi in the United States. He worked as a chef at Maneki, located in the International […]
Ng, Phang promoted at Architectural Werks
Architectural Werks, Inc. (AWI) announced the promotion of Franklin Ng and Jennifer Phang on May 30. “The promotion of Franklin and Jennifer is obviously in recognition of their talents and the demonstrated value they bring to the firm and our clients’ projects,” President Jeff Clark said. Combined, Phang and Ng have more than four decades […]
Dinner for Chinese seniors
More than 1,100 seniors attended a series of three free dinners from May 28-30. The dinners were held at the House of Hong. Harry Chan of Taitung Restaurant donated $6,000 so that each dinner guest would receive a red envelope containing $5. $37,310 was raised and that money was donated to three organizations—AiPACE, CISC, and […]
Strategic Partnership Program graduates
Clark Construction Group and Lease Crutcher Lewis celebrated the achievement of 10 local small business leaders, the newest graduates of its Strategic Partnership Program (SPP), at a ceremony and luncheon on May 31 at Cedarbrook Lodge in SeaTac. The SPP is an intensive, eight-month MBA-style course targeted to local small-business enterprises including minority-, women-, and […]
Will she flip? Deputies urge woman to say she was trafficked
By TERRY SPENCER and MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press STUART, Fla. (AP) — The Chinese masseuse shrinks into her chair as the Florida sheriff’s detective tells her deputies installed hidden cameras in her spa’s ceiling. He knows she and other women had sex with men for money. But you can save yourself, Martin County Detective Mike […]
Japanese exchange student speaks about mushroom cloud logo
By ANNETTE CARY Tri-City Herald RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) — Nonoka Koga was a little shocked when she arrived as an international exchange student at Richland High, home of the Bombers. There on the gym floor was a big green “R’’ over a mushroom cloud from an atomic bomb. The school logo seemed to be everywhere, […]