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China falling in love with Sherlock Holmes

February 22, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Fu Ting Associated Press SHANGHAI (AP) – Zhou Yeling dragged herself out of bed at 5 a.m. for a long-awaited date with her favorite Englishman — Sherlock Holmes. Zhou, 19, watched the third season premiere of the BBC’s “Sherlock” on Jan. 2 on the British broadcaster’s website. Two hours later, the episode started showing […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, 2014, Arthur Conan Doyle, BBC, Benedict Cumberbatch, China, Chinese, Englishman Sherlock Holmes, London, Martin Freeman, Mycroft Holmes, QQ, TV, Vol 33 No 9 | February 22 - February 28, Yu Fei, Zhang Jing, censorship, technology

US, Vietnam far apart on human rights

April 27, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Chris Brummitt and Matthew Pennington The Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnamese authorities seeking to stop a well-known democracy activist from meeting an American diplomat last weekend deployed an unusual weapon — a group of elderly ladies.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2012, 2013, American Embassy, Asia, BBC, China, Communist Party, Daniel Baer, Father Ly, HANOI, Human Rights Watch, Phil Robertson, Several Vietnamese, South Vietnamese, United States, Vol 32 No 18 | April 27 - May 3, Washington DC

BLOG: What can the reality show contestants learn from each other?

March 22, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Assunta Ng Seattle has been on the map recently. Local Filipino girl Catherine Giudici, who attended Roosevelt High School, won ABC’s reality show “The Bachelor” and is planning to wed Sean Lowe.

Filed Under: Publisher Ng's blog Tagged With: 2013, ABC, Alumni Award, Apolo Ohno, BBC, Catherine Giudicci, Catherine Giudici, James Sun, Local Filipino, NBC, Publisher Ng's blog, Roosevelt High School, Sean Lowe, Seattle, So Catherine, South Korea, TV, The Bachelor, Vol 32 No 13 | March 23 - March 29

Diabetes becoming a global epidemic, but also hits close to home with Asian Americans

February 16, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jeffrey Osborn Northwest Asian Weekly Diabetes is a disease that is quickly becoming a global epidemic. In recent history, diabetes has become the focus of numerous medical studies. Alarmingly, those that are Asian American or who live in Asian countries are some of the highest at-risk people in the world.

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: 2012, Asian Americans, BBC, Caribbean, China, Chinese Americans, Huan Zhou, India, Jeffrey Osborn, Middle East, North Africa, North American, The Health Issue, United States, Vietnamese, Vol 31 No 8 | February 18 - February 24, Western Pacific, William Hsu

Top 10 wacky-but-true Asian news stories

December 29, 2011 By Stacy Nguyen

By Stacy Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly Throughout the year, we encounter some news stories that make us go, HUH? <!–more–> These are stories that are strange, weird, unique — or just really funny. 10. Barbie too sexy for China? In March, the Barbie store in Shanghai shut down after only two years in business. Critics […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, Asian Americans, BBC, China, Del Monte Pacific Ltd, Fauja Singh, HUH, Indonesia, Jollibee Foods Corp, Procter Gamble Co, SAT, Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon, Seattle-based Amazon, Thomas Espenshade, Vol 31 No 1 | December 31 - January 6, Willie Revillame, Willing Willie, japan

Guinness won’t ratify 100-year-old’s marathon

November 5, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

TORONTO (AP) — Centenarian marathoner Fauja Singh won’t have a spot in the Guinness World Book of Records after all. The 100-year-old Singh attracted worldwide attention when he completed the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon in over eight hours on Oct. 16. But Guinness World Records told the BBC it won’t recognize Singh as the world’s […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2011, BBC, Fauja Singh, Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon, Vol 30 No 45 | November 5 - November 11, World Masters Athletics, attention

Myanmar’s Suu Kyi seeks to revive political party

November 18, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi began the nuts and bolts work of reviving her political movement Monday

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, Aung San Suu Kyi, BBC, British Prime Minister David Cameron, Burma, Election Commission, High Court, Human Rights Council, International Labor Organization, Myanmar, NLD, National League, Nyan Win, Vol 29 No 47 | November 20 - November 26, YANGON, attention

A tragic end for Korean star due to stress

July 15, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The constant good news only lasted so long. It has been a mixed month for Asian American celebrities and, unfortunately, it ended in tragedy.

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Column: Pop Culture Tagged With: 2010, Asian Americans, BBC, Black Eyed Peas, Charice Pempengco, Filipino, Green Hornet, Guy Aoki, Indian Dev Patel, Jay Chou, Justin Chon, M. Night Shyamalan, MANAA, Park Yong-ha, South Korean, UK, Vol 29 No 29 | July 17 - July 23, Winter Sonata

Philippines slams BBC comedy

October 18, 2008 By Northwest Asian Weekly

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine government protested a popular BBC comedy sketch in which a Filipino maid was told to have sex with a neighbor, officials said Oct. 7.

Filed Under: News, World News Tagged With: 2008, BBC, British Ambassador Peter Beckingham, British Embassy, Filipino, Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo, London, MANILA, Philippines, Risa Hontiveros, TV, culture, editorial, vol 27 no 43 | October 18 - October 24

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