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Report: AAPIs squeezed by rising rents

May 24, 2016 By Ruth Bayang

Local organizations find solutions By Ruth Bayang NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Incomes for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) have failed to keep up with the rising cost of rents and home prices, according to a report, “Our Neighborhoods: Asian American and Pacific Islander Anti-Displacement Strategies,” released May 11. The report surveyed 15 AAPI and Native […]

Filed Under: Briefs, Community News Tagged With: 2008, AAPI, Asian Americans, CAPACD, Ching Chan, Historic Preservation Districts, InterIm, Lisa Hasegawa, Native Hawaiian, Pradeepta Upadhyay, Ruth Bayang, San Francisco, Seattle, VOL 35 NO 21 | MAY 21 – MAY 27, poverty

Chinese businessman Su Bin pleads guilty in United States hacking case

April 1, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Amanda Lee Myers Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) – A Chinese businessman has pleaded guilty to conspiring to hack into the computer systems of U.S. defense contractors, including Boeing, to steal data on military projects, according to court records released March 23. Su Bin, 50, admitted to conspiring with two unnamed hackers in China […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2008, 2014, 2016, Associated Press, Attorney Eileen Decker, British Columbia, CCP, Canada, China, Chinese Communist Party, Robert Anello, Su Bin, United States, Vol 35 No 14 | April 2 - April 8, technology

Former U.S. Rep. Joseph Cao enters Louisiana Senate race

March 12, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Kevin McGill Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Another Republican is joining the U.S. Senate race in Louisiana. Former U.S. Rep. Joseph Cao announced his candidacy March 1 in a news release. Cao became the nation’s first Vietnamese American congressman with his unexpected defeated of a scandal-plagued incumbent Democrat, William Jefferson, in 2008. Two […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2016, Air Force Col, Caroline Fayard, Cedric Richmond, Charles Boustany, David Vitter, GOP, Hurricane Katrina, John Fleming, Joseph Cao, New Orleans-based, President Barack Obama, Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell, Rob Maness, Treasurer John Kennedy, Vietnamese American, Vol 35 No 11 | March 12 - March 18

Scholarship available for Japanese and American students studying abroad

March 4, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The U.S.–Japan Council (USJC) introduced the U.S.–Japan Council Toshizo Watanabe Endowed Scholarship on Feb. 18. The scholarship is for undergraduate American and Japanese students in a term or a year-long study abroad program in the United States or Japan. During the inaugural program year (2016–2017), the scholarship will be used to assist Japanese students studying […]

Filed Under: Community News Tagged With: 2008, 2013, 2016, Japan Council Toshizo Watanabe, Tokyo, Toshizo Watanabe Foundation, USJC, United States, Vol 35 No 10 | March 5 - March 11

Life and love with the Chinese zodiac

February 12, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Rat: 1924, 1936, 1948, 1960, 1972, 1984, 1996, 2008 Ox: 1925, 1937, 1949, 1961, 1973, 1985, 1997, 2009 Tiger: 1926, 1938, 1950, 1962, 1974, 1986, 1998, 2010 Rabbit: 1927, 1939, 1951, 1963, 1975, 1987, 1999, 2011 Dragon: 1928, 1940, 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000, 2012 Snake: 1929, 1941, 1953, 1965, 1977, 1989, 2001, 2013 Horse: […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, Chinese, Vol 35 No 7 | February 13 - February 19

EDITORIAL: Kings rightly pull Lunar New Year monkey shirts deemed racially insensitive

February 4, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

On Monday, Feb. 1, the Sacramento Kings beat the Milwaukee Bucks, 111–104. According to various news outlets (and Twitter), a bit of drama also went on right before the game. Kings center DeMarcus Cousins — who sat out of Monday’s game due to a sprained ankle — arrived at the Sleep Train Arena and found […]

Filed Under: Editorials Tagged With: 2008, 2016, Associating Black, Black History Month, Chinese New Year, Kings President Chris Granger, Lunar New Year, Milwaukee Bucks, Pacific Standard, Pennsylvania State University, Sacramento Bee, Sacramento Kings, Sleep Train Arena, Vol 35 No 6 | February 6 - February 12

Clinton woos Asian Americans, slams ‘hateful’ GOP rhetoric

January 16, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

SAN GABRIEL, Calif. (AP) — On Jan. 7, Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton courted Asian American voters, telling members of the nation’s fastest growing racial minority that she disagrees with the “hateful rhetoric” of her Republican challengers.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2008, 2012, 2016, Alma Harrison, Asian Americans, Filipino, GOP, James Sobredo, Karthick Ramakrishnan, Ninio Fetalvo, Pacific Islanders, Philippines, Republican National Committee, Sacramento State University, San Francisco, San Gabriel Valley, Southern California, Suzette Lopez, Vol 35 No 3 | January 16 - January 22

Cardinals sign Korean pitcher Seung Hwan Oh to bolster ‘pen

January 16, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Seung Hwan Oh has been such a dominant pitcher in Japan that he has two nicknames: “Final Boss” and “Stone Buddha.”

The St. Louis Cardinals project the Korean with 357 career saves as a reliever who’ll get the ball to their own record-setting closer, Trevor Rosenthal.

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: 2008, 2009, 2014, 2016, Derek Lilliquist, Hanshin Koshien Stadium Photo, Hanshin Tigers, Japanese Central League, Japanese League, Jordan Walden, Jung Ho Kang, Korean, Louis Cardinals, Manager Mike Matheny, Seung Hwan Oh, Trevor Rosenthal, Vol 35 No 3 | January 16 - January 22, World Baseball Classic

Chinese medicinal herbs provide niche market for US farmers

January 2, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Mary Esch Associated Press DELMAR, N.Y. (AP) — Expanding interest in traditional Chinese medicine in the United States is fostering a potentially lucrative new niche market for farmers who plant the varieties of herbs, flowers and trees sought by practitioners. While almost all practitioners still rely on imports from China, dwindling wild stands there, […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2008, 2016, Associated Press, Blue Ridge Center, China, Cleveland Clinic, DELMAR, Hudson Valley, Jamie Starkey, Jean Giblette, New York, Peg Schafer, Tai Chi, Tobacco Region Revitalization Commission, Traditional Chinese, US, United States, Vol 35 No 1 | January 2 - January 8

Samsung aid for sick workers comes with conditions, secrecy

December 20, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Youkyung Lee AP Technology Writer SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Samsung’s hopes of ending years of acrimony over whether its computer-chip factories caused cancer have hit a hitch: Some sickened workers and their families say they’ll never accept its highly conditional offer of financial assistance. As recently as the middle of last year, it […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2008, 2012, 2015, Asia, Baik Sooha, Chinese, Europe, Hwang Sang-gi, LCD, Lee Jae-yong, SEOUL, Samsung Electronics, Son Sung-bae, South Korean, Vol 34 No 52 | December 19 - December 25

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