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Moy appointed AIT director

June 11, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Kin Moy, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia, is set to become the new director of the Taipei Office of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) this summer. Moy will be taking over from AIT Director Christopher Marut. He is a senior U.S. Department of State official with extensive working experience of […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2015, AIT, American Institute, Beijing, China, East Asia, Foreign Service, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Kin Moy, Madeleine Albright, Mongolia, South Korea, Taiwan, Vol 34 No 25 | June 13 - June 19

Creator of landmark buildings elevated to top-level architect group

March 6, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By James Tabafunda Northwest Asian Weekly Ming Zhang’s heart is both cultivated and enriched, qualities that the legendary Frank Lloyd Wright once said makes for a great architect.

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Business, Community News Tagged With: 2014, AIA, American Institute, Beijing, Callison Architects, China, Chinese, Frank Lloyd Wright, James Tabafunda, Ming Zhang, MulvannyG2 Architecture, Northwest Asian Weekly, Redmond City Hall, Sammamish River, Suning Chengdu, United States, Vol 33 No 11 | March 8 - March 14, technology

Women of color building bridges and uniting communities

January 18, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Compiled by Staff Northwest Asian Weekly A community can only be as strong as the bond of its people. If those bonds are weak, the community is easily divided, but the stronger they are, the more the community can work together.

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2013, AIMD, American Institute, Debbie Bird, Ellen Ferguson, Evergreen State College, Highline Community College, Jane Nishita, Manuelita Ybarra, Natasha Burrowes, New Hong Kong Restaurant, New York, Northwest Native American Basketweavers Association, Sharon Parker, Vivian Lee, Vol 32 No 4 | January 19 - January 25, WWIN, West Seattle, Women of Color Empowered, Yoshiko Harden

Charges of United States bias as Taiwan election nears

January 7, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Peter Enav The Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Washington has been lavishing attention on Taiwan, stepping up official visits and saying it will likely allow visa-free travel to the United States. The moves are raising suspicions that America is trying to influence a tight presidential election here in January.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, American Institute, Beijing, China, East Asia, Edward Chen, Financial Times, International Development, James Soong, June Teufel Dreyer, Sheila Paskman, TAIPEI, Taiwan Strait, Tamkang University, Though Ma, Though Tsai, United States, Vol 31 No 2 | January 7 - January 13

Before Locke confirmation, who’s manning the fort?

June 16, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Tessa Sari Northwest Asian Weekly Robert S. Wang is a career Foreign Service officer with more than two decades of experience in the U.S. Department of State. He is the deputy chief of mission at the Embassy of the United States in Beijing. He is currently serving as charge d’affaires, essentially acting as the […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2011, American Institute, Beijing, Cambodia, China Studies, Chinese American, Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, Foreign Service, International Relations, International Studies, Phi Beta Kappa, Philippines, Public Affairs, Robert Wang, Taiwan, UW, United States, Vol 30 No 25 | June 18 - June 24

Editorial: Before criticizing, take a second look at Japan

March 17, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Japan’s death toll is projected to exceed 10,000, and a half-million people could be left homeless as a result of the devastating earthquakes and tsunami

Filed Under: Editorials Tagged With: 2011, American Institute, CT, Daniel Borochoff, GDP, Haiti, North America, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, President Barack Obama, Press Secretary Jay Carney, Richard Wakeford, Salvation Army, Seattle, Vancouver Sun, Vol 30 No 12 | March 19 - March 25, West Coast, japan

Commentary: How small businesses can survive an economic downturn

November 12, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

We all know that starting up or running a business in an unstable economy is not an easy task. Contrary to what we would expect, start-up and smaller companies are less affected by economic downturns than large companies with big, rigid infrastructures.

Filed Under: Commentaries Tagged With: 2009, American Institute, International District, Mandy Cao, Vol 28 No 47 | November 14 - November 20

Oct. 12: Quynh Tran becomes an aeronautical engineer

November 5, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

While plowing her way through an intense aeronautics and astronautics engineering program at the University of Washington (UW), Quynh Tran took on a challenging internship during her last year in school for Bothell-based, minority-owned PCSI Design, a product design and engineering services company.

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2009, American Institute, Quynh Tran, UW, Vol 28 No 46 | November 7 - November 13

Taiwan’s vice foreign minister resigns over storm

August 20, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s vice foreign minister resigned Tuesday, Aug. 18, to take responsibility for his agency’s initial rejection of aid from other governments following Typhoon Morakot, which claimed about 500 lives and caused an estimated $1.5 billion in damage.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2009, American Institute, Andrew Hsia, Australia, China, Israel, New Taiwan, Philippines, President Ma Ying-jeou, Shiao Lin, Singapore, TAIPEI, TV, Tai Chan-te, Typhoon Morakot, Xinhua News Agency, vol 28 no 35 | August 22 - August 28

Taiwan’s president greeted with love and hate in Seattle

June 4, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Assunta Ng Northwest Asian Weekly Cheers and jeers met Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeoh when he arrived in Seattle on Tuesday, June 2. More than 100 protesters stood outside the Seattle Sheraton Hotel including those from Portland and Vancouver. They shouted, “Ma Ying-jeoh must go. Taiwan doesn’t need you!” Inside the hotel, approximately 200 admirers […]

Filed Under: News, Features, Community News Tagged With: AIT, American Institute, Asian Pacific, Assunta Ng, Central America, China, Chinese, Democratic Progressive Party, Nationalist Party, Northwest Asian Weekly, Raymond Burghardt, Seattle Sheraton Hotel, Taiwan President Chen Shui-bui, Taiwan President Ma Ying Jeoh, United States, World Health Organization

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