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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

Puentes — Offering services for undocumented families

December 4, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

There is a new organization in the Seattle area, Puentes, focused on supporting undocumented families. They have partnered with Latino Community Fund, One America, Colectivo Legal del Pueblo, Detention Watch Center, and World Relief-Seattle to carry out their work. Although they are located in Seattle, Puentes serves communities beyond the Seattle city limits. Puentes’ three focus […]

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2015, Advocacy Northwest Detention Center, Colectivo Legal, Counseling Psychosocial, Detention Watch Center, Education Trainings, Latino Community Fund, One America, Puentes Offering, Seattle, US, Vol 34 No 50 | December 5 - December 11

Toyota invests $1b in artificial intelligence in US

November 14, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Yuri Kageyama AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Toyota Motor Corp. is investing $1 billion in a research company it’s setting up in Silicon Valley to develop artificial intelligence and robotics, underlining the Japanese automaker’s determination to lead in futuristic cars that drive themselves and apply the technology to other areas of daily life. […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2011, 2015, AI, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, General Motors, Gill Pratt, Google, MIT, Silicon Valley, Stanford University, Tokyo, Toyota President Akio Toyoda, Toyota Research Institute Inc, US, Vol 34 No 47 | November 14 - November 20, technology

EDITORIAL: Viet Cong? Really? — Band name causes controversy

October 17, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Viet Cong. That is the name of the band that will be performing Oct. 16 at Neumos in Seattle. The art-rock /post-punk band’s name refers to the military force that fought the south Vietnamese government and the US during the Vietnam war, infamous for atrocities against both Vietnamese and Americans. It is a name that […]

Filed Under: Editorials Tagged With: 2015, Canada, Gei Chan, Mike Wallace, PM, Seattle, US, Viet Cong, Vietnamese American, Vol 34 No 43 | October 17 - October 23

Thai teacher arrested after US tip-off on obscene photos

September 27, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Nattasuda Anusondisai Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Police in Thailand arrested a former primary school teacher who they said admitted to having sexually abused 24 schoolgirls, after a tip-off from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The former teacher, identified as Decha Pradit, told police that he paid his young students 10 baht, the […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Associated Press, Decha Pradit, Homeland Security, IP, Laos, Melissa Sweeney, Thailand, US, Vol 34 No 40 | September 26 - October 2

Aegis Gardens unlocks hidden Chinese history

August 7, 2015 By Assunta Ng

By Assunta Ng Northwest Asian Weekly Unexpected history was revealed July 30 at the groundbreaking ceremony for Aegis Gardens, which will be the first Chinese retirement home in Washington state. Why was the city of Newcastle picked? Some factors might be that it is one of the highest-income areas in our state, ranked one of […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News, Health Tagged With: 2015, Aegis Gardens, Aegis Living, Assunta Ng, China Creek, Chinese American, Coal Creek Parkway, Dwayne Clark, Groundbreaking Photo, King County Executive Director Dow Constantine, King County Executive Dow Constantine, Lake Boren, Newcastle Mayor Steven Buri, Northwest Asian Weekly, Puget Sound, US, Vol 34 No 33 | August 8 - August 14, gary locke

Japanese automaker Mitsubishi Motors to end US production

August 1, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Alan Scher Zagier Associated Press NORMAL, Ill. (AP) — Mitsubishi Motors confirmed Friday that it plans to stop production at its only U.S. factory and sell the plant in central Illinois that has more than 1,200 workers. The Japanese automaker reviewed its global supply chain and decided it was necessary to end production at […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2015, Associated Press, Bill Brady, Dan Irvin, Europe, Indonesia, Kelley Blue Book, Mitsubishi Motors, NORMAL, Philippines, Tesla Motors, Thailand, UAW, US, Vol 34 No 32 | August 1 - August 7, japan, technology

Gay activists in Asia upbeat about impact of US court ruling

July 5, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By The Associated Press Gay rights activists in Asia, where no country allows same-sex couples to legally marry, are upbeat about prospects for a change following the landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling legalizing such marriages in every state of the nation. A look at some of the reactions and background on gay rights: SOUTH KOREA […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2011, 2015, Asia, Beijing, China, Chinese, Conservative Christianity, Han Ga-ram, Hong Kong, Kazuyuki Minami, Li Yinhe, Michael Vidler, Natee Teerarojjanapongs, QT, South Koreans, Supreme Court, Though Japan, US, United States, Vol 34 No 28 | July 4 - July 10, culture

LETTERS: Shock over Charleston church murders

July 3, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

I am just shaken by the killing at the Charleston AME Church. Having lived in South Carolina, I visited Charleston often and I loved that church for its beautiful courageous history. It was one of the holiest places I have experienced—not the kind of holy associated with quiet and humility. Rather, it was about the […]

Filed Under: Letters to the Editor Tagged With: 2015, African Americans, Carla Everhart, Civil War, Deep South, Human Rights, Leonard Zeskind, SC, South Carolina, South Carolinians, US, Vol 34 No 28 | July 4 - July 10

“Representing our views” — A perspective on how much a flag can have significance

June 25, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Tom Vu Special for Northwest Asian Weekly It was a joyous moment June 22 that the Seattle City council passed the resolution to recognize the Vietnamese Heritage and Freedom Flag as the symbol for the Seattle’s Vietnamese community. Kshama Sawant voted against it with two full pages of argument.  She had strong arguments though.  […]

Filed Under: Features, Community News Tagged With: 2015, Asian American, Council Chambers, Councilmember Bruce Harrell, Kshama Sawant, Northwest Asian Weekly, Seattle City Council Photo, Seattle Vietnamese, South Vietnamese, Tom Vu, US, UW, Vol 34 No 27 | June 27 - July 3, language

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