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Rediscovering New York — going green

June 8, 2017 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Assunta Ng NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY I never expected to be in New York this year. By a twist of fate, I was there last week. What lured me to this city of glamor in the past was materialism and fantasy, never its people or the least — its environment. In retrospect, it could be […]

Filed Under: Publisher Ng's blog Tagged With: 2017, ALEXANDER HAMILTON, Central Park, HIGH LINE, New York, THE WORLD TRADE CENTER MEMORIAL PLAZA, United Airlines, VOL 36 NO 24 | JUNE 10 - JUNE 16

Derek Wing moves to PEMCO

May 25, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

PEMCO Insurance announced on May 4 that it hired Derek Wing as its new communications manager. Wing manages external communications and serves as the face and go-to spokesperson for the company’s brand. Wing previously worked at KCPQ-TV, where he was an Emmy-winning anchor and reporter. He earned a bachelor’s degree in English from Oberlin College […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: Derek Wing, New York, Oberlin College, PEMCO, Syracuse University, VOL 35 NO 21 | MAY 21 – MAY 27

NEA head Jane Chu lauds arts curriculum for language-learners

February 26, 2016 By Ruth Bayang

By Ruth Bayang Northwest Asian Weekly Jane Chu, the head of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), got a first-hand look at diversity through the arts at Seattle’s Wing Luke Museum on Feb. 17. Chu’s Chinese name is Ji Jen, which means virtue and integrity. She was born in Shawnee, Okla., to Chinese immigrants […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles, Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2016, Beth Takekawa, Chinese, Ellen Ferguson, Indiana University, Ji Jen, Karen Hanan, Musical Theater Songwriting Challenge, NEA, New York, Rockhurst University, Ruth Bayang, Seattle, Vol 35 No 9 | February 27 - March 4, Washington State Arts Commission, Wing Luke Museum, technology

COMMENTARY: The roots of Chinese American silence on political events can’t be overlooked

February 26, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Li Jin For Northwest Asian Weekly New York police officer Peter Liang was patrolling a dark staircase in a Brooklyn housing complex when his gun discharged accidentally, and the bullet struck and killed a man walking down the stairs with his girlfriend. This was terrible enough, but what made it worse was that it […]

Filed Under: Commentaries Tagged With: 2010, 2016, Asian Americans, Chinese Americans, Chinese Studies, Li Jin, New York, Peter Liang, Pew Research Center, United States, Vol 35 No 9 | February 27 - March 4, language, social media

Buddhist monk faces March trial in embezzlement case

February 20, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — A Buddhist monk faces trial in March on charges he embezzled more than $200,000 from his Lafayette temple to feed a casino gambling habit. Khang Nguyen Le was scheduled to plead guilty on Wednesday to wire fraud charges. But The Advocate reports that the plea agreement fell apart when Le told […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2010, 2016, Canada, David Mayeux, Khang Nguyen Le, Lake Charles, Magistrate Judge Patrick Hanna, New York, Vol 35 No 8 | February 20 - February 26

H Mart to finally open downtown after delays

February 19, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

H Mart, a Korean grocery chain store, will finally open its fifth store in downtown Seattle after its opening announcement three years ago. It is going to be at Second Avenue and Pine Street, where a Nordstrom Rack Store was. Three years ago, in order to provide the growing number of residents in downtown with […]

Filed Under: Features, Briefs, Community News Tagged With: 2016, Han Ah Reum, Korean, New York, Nordstrom Rack Store, Pine Street, Puget Sound, Seattle, Second Avenue, Vol 35 No 8 | February 20 - February 26

Filipino Miss Universe winner says next dream is to be a Bond girl

January 30, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The reigning Miss Universe has her eyes set on her next big dream: being a Bond girl. Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach returned home to the Philippines for the first time since her crowning — and that awkward moment when host Steve Harvey mistakenly announced Miss Colombia as the winner instead of her. […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2016, AIDS, Filipino Miss Universe, HIV, James Bond, Las Vegas, MANILA, Miss Colombia Ariadna Gutierrez Arevalo, Miss Philippines, New York, Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach, Steve Harvey, United States, Vol 35 No 5 | January 30 - February 5, attention

We’re still in print!

January 21, 2016 By Assunta Ng

Thirty-four years of running a newspaper and learning how to turn struggles into miracles

Will newspapers last?

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Business, Community News Tagged With: 2010, 2016, Al Sugiyama, Charles Lam, Edgewater Inn, Every Thursday, Media Life Magazine, NBC, New York, Northwest Asian Weekly, Philadelphia Inquirer, Seattle Chinese Post, Seattle Westin Hotel, Thank God Chinese Post, United States, Vol 35 No 4 | January 23 - January 29, Washington Newspaper Publishers Association

Famed Chinese opera singer to debut in ‘Figaro,’ says Asian singers need not Westernize

January 14, 2016 By Vivian Nguyen

To Shenyang, a Chinese bass-baritone singer, his name represents a bridge between the opera performer’s Chinese roots and his international reputation.

“My full name, pronounced from first to last (Yang Shen), sounds like a ‘goat’s kidney’ in Chinese,” said Shenyang.

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles Tagged With: 2016, China, Famed Chinese, General Director Aidan Lang, Given Western, Juilliard School, Le Nozze, Metropolitan Opera, Michael Jackson, New York, Northwest Asian Weekly, Richard Wagner, Seattle Opera, Shanghai Conservatory, Vivian Nguyen, Vol 35 No 3 | January 16 - January 22, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, attention, language

Chinese medicinal herbs provide niche market for US farmers

January 2, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Mary Esch Associated Press DELMAR, N.Y. (AP) — Expanding interest in traditional Chinese medicine in the United States is fostering a potentially lucrative new niche market for farmers who plant the varieties of herbs, flowers and trees sought by practitioners. While almost all practitioners still rely on imports from China, dwindling wild stands there, […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2008, 2016, Associated Press, Blue Ridge Center, China, Cleveland Clinic, DELMAR, Hudson Valley, Jamie Starkey, Jean Giblette, New York, Peg Schafer, Tai Chi, Tobacco Region Revitalization Commission, Traditional Chinese, US, United States, Vol 35 No 1 | January 2 - January 8

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