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Biden and China: Guarded optimism from local Chinese leaders

December 3, 2020 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Mahlon Meyer Northwest Asian Weekly Amazon Fresh uses bins that would have been marked up 25% because of tariffs imposed by the Trump administration. But Ben Zhang, whose company Greater Pacific Industries imports them, last year shifted operations to Cambodia, where he could obtain them duty-free. He also found new supply chains in Vietnam, […]

Filed Under: Community News, National News Tagged With: 2020, VOL 39 NO 49 | DECEMBER 5 - DECEMBER 11

Political fight brewing over Neera Tanden, Biden’s OMB nominee

December 3, 2020 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By ZEKE MILLER and ANDREW TAYLOR WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden’s pick to lead the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is quickly emerging as a political battle that could disrupt his efforts to swiftly fill out his administration. Neera Tanden would be the first woman of color and the first South Asian […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2020, VOL 39 NO 49 | DECEMBER 5 - DECEMBER 11

Hawaii requires negative COVID tests prior to arrival

November 25, 2020 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By CALEB JONES Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Anyone flying to Hawaii is required to have a negative COVID-19 test result prior to departure for the state, with the new rule going into effect two days before Thanksgiving, Gov. David Ige announced on Nov. 19. Until Nov. 24, passengers flying to the islands using a […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2020, VOL 39 NO 48 | NOVEMBER 28 - DECEMBER 4

White House Rose Garden adds Japanese American’s sculpture

November 25, 2020 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House Rose Garden has a new addition, but it isn’t a floral variety. Melania Trump announced on Nov. 20 that artwork by Japanese American sculptor Isamu Noguchi has been installed on the east terrace of the famous garden, which she renovated earlier this year. Noguchi […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2020, VOL 39 NO 48 | NOVEMBER 28 - DECEMBER 4

Hawaii health department creates new contact tracing team

November 25, 2020 By Northwest Asian Weekly

HONOLULU (AP) — The Hawaii Department of Health has created a contact tracing team that will perform their duties in languages such as Samoan, Marshallese and Chuukese. The new Pacific Islanders Outreach Team will comprise of 10 people who, along with their contact-tracing duties, will host online educational seminars about the coronavirus in a viewer’s […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2020, VOL 39 NO 48 | NOVEMBER 28 - DECEMBER 4

Kim Ng ready to bear the torch as baseball’s 1st female GM

November 19, 2020 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By STEVEN WINE MIAMI (AP) — The Miami Marlins’ new general manager sat at home plate in the team’s ballpark on Nov. 16, reflecting on all the times she struck out. As baseball’s first female GM, Kim Ng can bask in a breakthrough achievement that’s all the more admirable because she was turned down for […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2020, VOL 39 NO 47 | NOVEMBER 21 - NOVEMBER 27

Kamala Harris win inspires women and girls nationwide

November 12, 2020 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By KAT STAFFORD and CHRISTINE FERNANDO DETROIT (AP) — When Ashley Richardson-George’s 5-year-old daughter saw Kamala Harris wearing a white suffragette suit during her prime-time victory speech on Nov. 7, she ran into her room and came back minutes later wearing a white dress and sweater. Not only did her daughter, Andrea, want to be […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2020, VOL 39 NO 46 | NOVEMBER 14 - NOVEMBER 20

Biden defeats Trump for White House, says ‘time to heal’

November 10, 2020 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Democrat Joe Biden defeated President Donald Trump to become the 46th president of the United States on Nov. 7 and offered himself to the nation as a leader who “seeks not to divide, but to unify“ a country gripped by a historic pandemic and a confluence of economic and social turmoil.

Filed Under: National News, Politics

Asian GOP group endorses Biden

November 4, 2020 By Northwest Asian Weekly

A national group of Asian American Republicans has endorsed Democrat Joe Biden for president.

Filed Under: National News, Politics Tagged With: VOL 39 NO 45 | NOVEMBER 7 - NOVEMBER 13

California voters reject affirmative action measure

November 4, 2020 By Northwest Asian Weekly

A national awakening on race drove a well-funded campaign in California to reinstate affirmative action, but the measure allowing the nation’s most populated state to grant preferential treatment based on race and gender failed.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: VOL 39 NO 45 | NOVEMBER 7 - NOVEMBER 13

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