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Hookah lounge advocates fight back

August 13, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Peggy Chapman Northwest Asian Weekly It was standing room only at Monday afternoon’s Seattle City Council meeting, moderated by Councilmember Tim Burgess. The majority present was there to protest Seattle Mayor Ed Murray’s initiative to ban hookah lounges/bars throughout Seattle. The chamber was filled with loyal customers, lounge owners, community activists, and even health […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Business, Community News Tagged With: 2015, Asian American, City Attorney, Councilmember Nick Licata, Donnie Chin, East African, Frank Irigon, International District, James Bible, Kings Hookah Lounge, Lane Street, Mayor Murray, Northwest Asian Weekly, Police Chief, Seattle City Council, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray, Stop Blaming Hookah Lounges, Vol 34 No 34 | August 15 - August 21, WNPA2016, commentary

Viet Wah MLK location closes

August 13, 2015 By Assunta Ng

By Assunta Ng Northwest Asian Weekly At the end of the day on Sunday, Aug. 9, Viet Wah Superfoods was permanently closed for business at the location on 6040 Martin Luther King Jr. Way S., Seattle. Fifty people are out of work at the store of 24,000 sq. ft., specializing in Asian groceries. High rent […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Business, Community News Tagged With: 2015, Asian Plaza, Assunta Ng, Chinatown International District, Duc Tran, Jackson Square, MLK, Martin Luther King Jr., Northwest Asian Weekly, Pacific Rim Mall, Paul Liao, Seattle, South End, Viet Wah, Viet Wah Superfoods, Vol 34 No 34 | August 15 - August 21, social media

Poof! Alibaba likely not settling in Seattle

August 6, 2015 By Jason Cruz

By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba will not make its U.S. headquarters in Seattle according to a recent report. Despite the company shopping for space in Bellevue, a company spokesperson indicated that it would not be moving its U.S. headquarters which is currently located in San Mateo, California. The company’s founder, […]

Filed Under: Features, Business, Community News Tagged With: 2015, Alibaba, China, Chinese, City Center Bellevue, Jack Ma, Jason Cruz, Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles Lakers, Northwest Asian Weekly, Pacific Northwest, Poof Alibaba, San Francisco, San Mateo, Seattle, United States, Vol 34 No 33 | August 8 - August 14, technology

From a boat to running a million-dollar business —Lam’s new owner’s journey

July 9, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Peggy Chapman Northwest Asian Weekly George Nguyen never imagined he would be running grocery stores and food distribution businesses along the west and north coast in the U.S. Nguyen left by boat from Vietnam, in 1979, the age of 19, with pretty much nothing, including his devoted wife, which he had been married to […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Business, Community News Tagged With: 2015, China, George Nguyen, Grand Rapids, International District, Lam's Seafood, Los Angeles, Mac Lam, Northwest Asian Weekly, Peggy Chapman, Seattle, Thailand, United States, Vietnam, Vol 34 No 29 | July 11 - July 17

Columbia Pacific invests in Shanghai hospital

June 27, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Seattle-based Columbia Pacific Management – one of the largest healthcare providers in Asia, with 28 hospitals in India and Southeast Asia and three senior care facilities in China – announced it is officially entering the China hospital market with an investment in a 200-bed orthopedic hospital in Shanghai. The Seattle-based firm last fall announced it […]

Filed Under: Business Tagged With: 2015, Beijing, Cascade Healthcare, Changning District, Chinese, Columbia Asia, Columbia China, Huangpu District, India, Malaysia, Pudong District, Puxi District, Seattle-based Columbia Pacific Management, Southeast Asia, Vol 34 No 27 | June 27 - July 3

Hong Kong investors to purchase Seattle’s Columbia Center — High-rise and high price: $725 million

June 11, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff Northwest Asian Weekly Seattle has the Space Needle and the Smith Tower, the city’s guaranteed architectural treasures. But the building that is hard to overlook? That would be the tallest building in Seattle: Columbia Center, the city’s monolithic building at 76 stories high—and it is also the tallest building in the state of […]

Filed Under: Business Tagged With: 2015, Beacon Capital, China, Columbia Center High-rise, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong-based Gaw Capital Partners, New York, Northwest Asian Weekly, Real Estate Alert, San Francisco, Seattle Columbia Center, Seattle Times, Smith Tower, Space Needle, United States, Vietnam, Vol 34 No 25 | June 13 - June 19

Lawsuit accuses Port of Seattle of discrimination — Concessionaires claim racial disparity of minority-owned businesses at Sea-Tac Airport

May 28, 2015 By Jason Cruz

By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly The next time you head to Sea-Tac Airport take notice of the concessions at the terminals. A lawsuit claims that the way the Port of Seattle issues its leases for businesses at Sea-Tac Airport is discriminatory.  Three minority-owned businesses have filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court of […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Business, Community News Tagged With: 2015, ACDBE, African Americans, Asian Americans, Central Terminal, Chief Executive Officer Tay Yoshitani, District Court, Executive Director, Jason Cruz, Mark Reis, Northwest Asian Weekly, Port of Seattle, Seatac Bar Group, Vol 34 No 23 | May 30 - June 5, Western Washington

“It’s Bao Time” — Taiwanese food truck in Seattle hits the streets

May 7, 2015 By Nina Huang

By Nina Huang Northwest Asian Weekly Earlier this year, Sean Jen quit his job at a consulting firm to start his own Taiwanese food truck. One of the few of its kind in Seattle, Jen wanted to honor his heritage as well as the food he enjoyed most. Growing up, food was very important to […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Business, Community News, Food Tagged With: 2015, Bao Time Taiwanese, Chinese, Harrison Street, Nina Huang, Northwest Asian Weekly, Sean Jen, Seattle, South Lake Union, Taiwanese Student Association Night Market, Vol 34 No 20 | May 9 - May 15, social media

Who determines your destiny? — YOU.

May 1, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Assunta Ng Northwest Asian Weekly Gin Foo Yee, owner of Gin’s Construction, changed his destiny, defying odds because he knew he was the master of his own fate and creator of his own luck. When Yee first came to America at the age of 22 in 1987, his immediate concern was one of survival. […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Business, Community News Tagged With: 2015, Assunta Ng, Chinese, Education, Gin Foo Yee, Gin Yee, John Harvey, Michael Pickett, Northwest Asian Weekly, Seattle Central College, Vol 34 No 19 | May 2 - May 8, Wood Technology Center, language

A last supper and a new beginning in Chinatown — Neighborhood icon Ocean City closes

December 4, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Assunta Ng Northwest Asian Weekly After hosting countless weddings and social events, Ocean City (OC) restaurant, the biggest restaurant in Seattle’s Chinatown, finally ended its own party and history of 31 years on Nov. 30.<!–more–> Instead of tears and sorrow, owners Christine and Tim Lee, dining with their 10 employees and a few customers, […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Business, Community News Tagged With: 2014, Assunta Ng, Big Chinese, Chinatown Golden Dragon, Chinatown Neighborhood, Golden Zhang, Hong Kong Ocean City, Last October, Little Sheep Mongolian Hot Pot, Little Sheep North America International Group, Maynard Avenue South, Northwest Asian Weekly, San Francisco, Seattle, Tim Lee, Vol 33 No 50 | December 6 - December 12, culture

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