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Alibaba buys Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post

December 20, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Kelvin Chan AP Business Writer HONG KONG (AP) — Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has announced that it’s buying Hong Kong’s leading English-language newspaper, the South China Morning Post, as part of a plan to create a global platform for news about China. Alibaba Group Holdings Ltd., founded by billionaire Jack Ma, said it signed […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Alibaba Executive Vice Chairman Joe Tsai, Alibaba Group Holdings Ltd, Bangkok Post, Beijing, Chinese, HK, Hong Kong, Jack Ma, Kerry Group, Robert Kuok, Rupert Murdoch, SCMP, South China Morning Post, Tiananmen Square, Vol 34 No 52 | December 19 - December 25, editorial, technology

BLOG: Adventures in Cambodia — Six reasons why you should visit Cambodia (Part 1)

December 10, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Assunta Ng Northwest Asian Weekly “Why go to a backward country?” my friends reacted when they heard that my husband and I were going to Cambodia. “Are you crazy going alone and not with a tour?” another asked. Why people think Cambodia is not a safe country puzzles me. It could have to do […]

Filed Under: Publisher Ng's blog Tagged With: 2015, Angkor Wat, Cambodia, Cambodia Part, China, Chinese, England, HK, Killing Fields, King Norodom Sihanouk, Paris, Phnom Penh, Publisher's Blog, Seattle, Siem Reap, Singapore, Thailand, Viet Cong, Vietnamese, Vol 34 No 51 | December 12 - December 18

Feast on this — Filling up buffet-style

September 18, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Assunta Ng Northwest Asian Weekly The worst comment Chinese immigrants say about a restaurant is, not “bad food,” “ugly décor,” or “lousy service.” Simply, it is: “The customer is still hungry after eating at the restaurant.” With our relatives from Hong Kong (HK) visiting us recently, I was mindful in picking the right restaurant […]

Filed Under: Lifestyle, Community News, Food, Publisher Ng's blog Tagged With: Chinese, Food, HK, Northwest Asian Weekly, Seattle, Vol 34 No 39 | September 19 - September 25, WA

BLOG: What you didn’t know about Taiwan — Bubble tea, canines, rocks, colleges, and cookies

February 5, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

For those who don’t know anything about Taiwan, here is one of many interesting facts: It is the birthplace of bubble tea. The bubble tea is not what fascinated me most about Taiwan, but it is more the many other things you would not normally expect from a tiny island in the Pacific. I was […]

Filed Under: Travel, Publisher Ng's blog Tagged With: 2015, Although Japan, Asian Weekly, China, Democrat Progressive Party, HK, Mainland Chinese, NTU, Pacific Ocean, President Chen Shui Bien, President Chiang Kai Shek, Sacred Heart, TWIN, Taiwan, Taiwan Bubble, Tofu Street, Virgin Mary, Vol 34 No 7 | February 7 - February 13, attention, reunion

My Taiwan trip: Food, more food, (and bring bigger luggage) — Delicious, delicious, serendipitous

January 29, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Assunta Ng Northwest Asian Weekly Whenever I relive my recent trip to Taiwan, my mouth starts to salivate, I blush to recall <!–more–>my previous silly assumptions, and then I cherish the joyful moments and appreciate all the incredible work of my high school classmates who planned our reunion. I graduated from Sacred Heart Canossian […]

Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: 2015, Assunta Ng, Australia, Big Mountain, China, Edge Water Inn, Europe, Food, HK, Malaysia, River Forest, Sacred Heart Canossian College, Seattle Chinese Post, Taiwan, Vol 34 No 6 | January 31 - February 6, culture, reunion

Guts and voice — Reflecting on the Hong Kong protests

December 19, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Assunta Ng Northwest Asian Weekly I watched on live television about how the Hong Kong (HK) government shut down students’ <!–more–>protest-for-democracy camps last week. The conversation I had with the students in HK in November was still vivid in my memory. Ironically, I was in HK for my high school reunion. To be defiant […]

Filed Under: Commentaries Tagged With: 2014, Assunta Ng, CIA, HK, Hong Kong, Jimmy Lai, Northwest Asian Weekly, OK, San Francisco, TV, Vol 33 No 52 | December 20 - December 26, reunion

BLOG: Seattle vs. Hong Kong

October 16, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Assunta Ng Within months, I visited two Bruce Lee exhibitions, one in Hong Kong in July and the other on Oct. 4, at Seattle’s Wing Luke Museum. For people who saw both, the reactions were similar.

Filed Under: Publisher Ng's blog Tagged With: 2014, Bruce Lee Museum, HK, His Seattle, Hong Kong Heritage Museum, Linda Lee Caldwell, Perry Lee, Publisher Ng's blog, The Wing, Vol 33 No 43 | October 18 - October 24, Wing Luke Executive Director Beth Takekawa, Wing Luke Museum, social media

BLOG: Hong Kong students’ protest stirs up conflicts within families and friends

October 9, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Assunta Ng I left Hong Kong (HK) in the 1970s, but my family ties are still there. The recent HK students’ protest that started on Sept. 27 has stirred up much conversations and arguments in the former British colony—between husband and wife, among friends, between employers and employees, and among parents and children.

Filed Under: Publisher Ng's blog Tagged With: 2014, China, Chinese, HK, New York Times, Publisher Ng's blog, Vol 33 No 42 | October 11 - October 17, reunion

HK activists start bigger protest amid standoff

October 2, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Joanna Chiu and Kelvin Chan Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong activists kicked off a long-threatened mass civil disobedience protest Sunday

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2014, Associated Press, Beijing, China, Chinese, HK, Hong Kong, Joshua Wong, Kelvin Chan, Occupy Central, Vito Leung, Vol 33 No 41 | October 4 - October 10

BLOG: My Hong Kong diary — World’s highest bar, Ozone! (Part II)

July 17, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

If you want to impress someone visiting Hong Kong, take him or her to Ozone, the world’s tallest bar.

Filed Under: Publisher Ng's blog Tagged With: 2014, Al Hess, Alan Hui, Bruce Lee, Chinese Club, Delta Airline, Felicia Hee, Filipino, HK, Hong Kong Heritage Museum, Lantau Island, Man Wah Restaurant, Mandarin Hotel, Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Mandarin Spa, Port of Seattle, Publisher Ng's blog, Ritz Carlton Hotel, South China Morning Post, Vinay Dube, Viola Ting, Vol 33 No 30 | July 19 - July 25

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