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Squash, the sport, on the rise — World Championships held in Bellevue

November 25, 2015 By Jason Cruz

By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly An overlooked sport that is seeking to gain more popularity held the biggest event of its sports year in Bellevue last week. The men’s squash World Championships came to the Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue, Wash., from Nov. 11-22. The world championships brought the best in men’s professional squash to […]

Filed Under: The Layup Drill Tagged With: 2015, Egypt, England, Gregory Caultier, Hong Kong, India, Meydenbauer Center, Mohamed El Shorbagy, Pakistan, Pro Sports Club, Qatar, Ramy Ashour, Seattle Athletic Club, Shabana Khan, Vol 34 No 49 | November 28 - December 4, Washington Athletic Club, World Championships

Nella Kwan crowned Miss Seafair 2015

August 3, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Nella Kwan was selected as Miss Seafair 2015. She is an undergraduate at the University of Washington where she is pursuing a degree in business administration with an emphasis in finance and information systems. She recently traveled to Egypt, where she expanded her knowledge and passion for global literacy and education. She has been heavily […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2015, Egypt, Miss Seafair, Nella Kwan, Seattle South African Scholarship Foundation, South Africans, Talking Rain Ice Ambassador, UW, Undergraduate Business Council, Vol 34 No 32 | August 1 - August 7

International Children’s Fest at Seattle Center

April 4, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Turkish American Cultural Association of Washington will partner with the Seattle Center to bring the fifth annual International Children’s Friendship Festival to Seattle on April 12 and 13, from 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on both days.

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2014, Brazil, Egypt, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, Fisher Pavilion, Friendship Festival, Hungary, Iceland, Iran, Ireland, Libya, Norway, Peru, Poland, Russia, Scotland, Seattle Center, Ukraine, Vol 33 No 15 | April 5 - April 11

Hong Kong dock workers shut down port, win raises

March 22, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jane Mee Wong Northwest Asian Weekly Eight months ago, dock workers at Hong Kong’s Kwai Chung terminal went on a historic 40-day strike. Faced

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, 2014, Cheong Kong Holdings, Egypt, HIT, HKDWU, Hong Kong Dock Workers Union, Jane Mee Wong, Kwai Chung Terminal, Li Ka Shing, Northwest Asian Weekly, Stephen Chan, Tahrir Square, Taksim Square, USD, United States, Vol 33 No 13 | March 22 - March 28, Wong Loy

SYLP: The life of a TCK

September 5, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Cindy Lee Summer Youth Leadership Program “Cindy, we’re moving to __________ in a few weeks.”

Filed Under: Education Tagged With: 2013, Cindy Lee, Egypt, Korea, Newport High School, Poland, SYLP 2013, Summer Youth Leadership Program, TCK, Third Culture Kid, United States, Vol 32 No 37 | September 7 - September 13, Wing Luke

Chinese teen defaces temples, sparks outcry

June 8, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Gillian Wong The Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese teenager who defaced an ancient temple in Egypt with graffiti has come under fire at home where his vandalism prompted public fretting about how to cultivate a good image overseas as more newly affluent Chinese travel abroad.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, 2013, Associated Press, China, Chinese, Communist Party, Deputy Premier Wang Yang, Ding Jinhao, Egypt, Fu Ting, Germany, Shanghai Television, Vol 32 No 24 | June 8 - June 14, World Tourism Organization, Xuan Kejiong, attention, commentary

Stowaways suspected in container ship from India

July 7, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Samantha Henry The Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Dock workers rushed to unload stacked containers from a cargo ship that arrived in New Jersey from the Middle East on Wednesday after a Coast Guard inspection team heard knocking for about two hours that suggested stowaways might be inside one of the boxes.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2012, Chinese, Drew Barry, Egypt, Frank Atcheson, Homeland Security, India, International Maritime Organization, Ireland, Michael Ward, NEWARK, New Jersey, New York Harbor, North Bergen, Sandy Hook Pilots Association, United Arab Emirates, Vol 31 No 28 | July 7 - July 13

Pakistani tech wiz utilizes the Internet for the poor

September 10, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Sebastian Abbot The Associated Press LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — While many young tech wizards strive to invent the next iPad, Umar Saif is working to bring Internet-style networking to millions of Pakistanis who don’t have access to the web. He could shake up the country’s politics in the process. Saif’s efforts recently earned him […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2008, 2011, Africa, Arif Alvi, CEO, Carnegie Mellon University, Egypt, Imran Khan, Iraq, LAHORE, Nigeria, Pakistani-controlled Kashmir, SMS, Technology Review, Umar Saif, United States, Vol 30 No 37 | September10 - September 16

China tries to stamp out ‘Jasmine Revolution’

February 24, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

BEIJING (AP) — Jittery Chinese authorities wary of any domestic dissent staged a show of force Sunday, Feb. 20, to squelch a mysterious online call for a “Jasmine Revolution,”

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2011, Algeria, Associated Press, Bahrain, Beijing, China Mobile, Egypt, Elaine Kurtenbach, Extensive Internet, Jasmine Revolution, Libya, Middle Easterners, President Hu Jintao, Tech-savvy Chinese, Vol 30 No 9 | February 26 - March 4, Yemen, attention, communication

Beauty at a cost

October 29, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Who is the real Pei-ti Tung? That is the question Mike Sabo and Dean Leong have been asking themselves since 2006, when they first found out that the woman they had forged a business relationship with was actually a convicted felon with a criminal background. She had several aliases and her family history didn’t tie together.

Filed Under: Community News Tagged With: 2009, Addison Biological Laboratories, Addison Biological Laboratory, Bruce Addison, Chee Hwa Tung, China, Dean Leong, Egypt, Hong Kong, Leslie Yeh, Michael Tseng, Northwest Asian Weekly, Pei-ti Tung, San Francisco, Seattle, Stanford University, Vol 28 No 45 | October 31 - November 6

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