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5 ways to celebrate a Chinese Thanksgiving

November 25, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

As is inevitable with most major holidays, Thanksgiving Day’s historical and cultural roots (dating more than 350 years ago) have long been traded in for cross-cultural exposure and mass marketing in the United States. Though it may sound bad, it has its advantages.

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Cultures, Food Tagged With: 2009, Asian American, Beijing, Chinese, Leslie Yeh, Moon Festival, Northwest Asian Weekly, Thanksgiving Day, Typical Thanksgiving, United States, Vol 28 No 49 | November 28 - December 4, Western-style Thanksgiving, attention, turkey

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

What to know about Maiko Winkler-Chin, the new SCIDpda Executive Director

October 15, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Maiko Winkler-Chin is the new executive director of the Seattle Chinatown International District Preservation and Development Authority (SCIDpda). She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Affairs and Asian Studies from the University of Puget Sound, and she earned a Master of Public Administration degree from the University of Washington.

Filed Under: Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2009, Asian Studies, Beacon Hill, Chinese American, ID, Leslie Yeh, Maiko Winkler-Chin, Northwest Asian Weekly, Public Administration, Puget Sound, Seattle Chinatown International District, Southeast Effective Development, Vol 28 No 43 | October 17-October 23, Wing Luke Museum, communication, culture, japan

8 people predict the future of U.S.–China relations, will it be good or bad?

October 1, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

In honor of the 30th anniversary of U.S.–China relations on Oct. 1, Northwest Asian Weekly staff asked people who have a foot (or even two feet) in China to project what they think the next 30 years will be like.

Filed Under: Cultures Tagged With: 2009, 30th anniversary, Chinese, Clare Petrich, Denise Choo, Either China, Emily Yeh, Leslie Yeh, Northwest Asian Weekly, Olivia Chow, PLLC, President Nixon, Sam Kaplan, Teaching Assistant, United Commercial Bank, United States, Vol 28 No 41 | October 3-October 9, Xiaoqiu Wang, culture, japan

Michael Jackson remembered

July 1, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

“I remember growing up in India — my grandpa would always speak of Michael Jackson as an embodiment of Western culture. When I started living in the States and he would visit us, he would joke about wanting to go to an MJ concert.

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features Tagged With: Beat It, India, Jennifer Kwang, Leslie Yeh, MJ, Michael Jackson, Mike Strathy, Nigeria, Northwest Asian Weekly, Piya Banerjee, Rob Saka, culture, vol 28 no 28 | July 4 - July 10

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