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You are here: Home / Archives for Vol 29 No 23 | June 5 – June 11

‘When China Rules the World,’ a love story

June 3, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

For many, the title of Martin Jacques’ new book, “When China Rules the World: The Rise of the Middle Kingdom and the End of the Western World,”

Filed Under: Community News Tagged With: 2010, China, England, Hong Kong Chinese, Indian Malaysian, International Studies, Jackson School, Macau, Martin Jacques, Roman Empire, Singapore, Taiwan, Vol 29 No 23 | June 5 - June 11, WTO, culture, letter, technology

Medical Tourism: the next reform in health care?

June 3, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Shoreline retirees Yoshi and Naomi Minegishi, ages 70 and 61, returned this spring from a vacation in Asia and brought back a new interest

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: 2010, Bumrungrad International Hospital, CIGNA, Frederick Chen, Jason Cruz, Kenneth Mays, Medical Tourism, Naomi Minegishi, Northwest Asian Weekly, Thailand, United States, Vol 29 No 23 | June 5 - June 11

Are bloggers journalists?

June 3, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Jason Chen and his wife returned home on a Friday night last April to find his garage door opened and his front door bashed in.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2010, Apple Computers, EFF, Gaby Darbyshire, Gawker Media, Gray Powell, Jason Chen, John Doe, Julian Dibbell, Kurt Opsahl, Nick Ciarelli, Nick Denton, Northwest Asian Weekly, Privacy Protection Act, San Mateo County, Think Secret, Vol 29 No 23 | June 5 - June 11, blog, communication, technology

China executes man who attacked 29 children

June 3, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities on Sunday executed a man convicted of slashing 29 children and three teachers with a knife in one of a series of recent assaults on schools and kindergartens, a state news agency reported.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, Associated Press, Chen Bingkang, China, Chinese, Henry Hou, Taizhou Intermediate Court, Vol 29 No 23 | June 5 - June 11, Xin Feng, Xinhua News Agency, Xu Yuyuan, Zheng Minsheng, attention

NPS helps cover costs for Japanese American internment memorial wall on Bainbridge Island

June 3, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

On May 19, the National Park Service (NPS) awarded the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Memorial nearly $183,000, covering two-thirds of the total cost to design and install an educational wall at the memorial.

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2010, Bainbridge Island Japanese American Memorial, Eagledale Ferry Dock, Japanese American Confinement Sites, Japanese Americans, Maria Cantwell, NPS, National Park Service, Pearl Harbor, Vol 29 No 23 | June 5 - June 11

Will a census taker come to your house?

June 3, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The 2010 Census was due May 1, 2010. Anyone who did not respond to the mail-in questionnaire will receive an in-person visit from a census taker

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2010, Census Bureau, Chinese, Korean, Social Security, Vietnamese, Vol 29 No 23 | June 5 - June 11

$75 million initiative launched to promote racial equality

June 3, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

A five-year, $75 million initiative called “America Healing” was launched by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation on May 11, promoting racial equity by addressing the effects of structural racism on communities.

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2010, America Healing, Kellogg Foundation, Vice President Gail Christopher, Vol 29 No 23 | June 5 - June 11

White House initiative launches campaign to increase API participation in federal programs

June 3, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

For Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month in May, the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders announced the Obama administration’s

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2010, API, Asian Americans, Obama, Pacific Islanders, Vol 29 No 23 | June 5 - June 11, White House Initiative, poverty

Buy a brick. Bring the artisans. Build the courtyard.

June 3, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The site is ready. The foundation and walls for the first courtyard are in place. Now, 27 skilled artisans must come from China this summer to build the

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2010, China, Hong Restaurant, Join Chinese, San Francisco, Seattle Chinese Garden, South Seattle Community College, Spring Courtyard, Vol 29 No 23 | June 5 - June 11

Japan’s ‘Knuckle Princess’ makes U.S. debut

June 3, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

CHICO, California (AP) – Japan’s Eri Yoshida has become the first woman to pitch professionally in the United States in a decade, showing Saturday

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: 2010, Arizona Winter League, CHICO, Chico Outlaws, Eri Yoshida, Girl Power Night, Golden Baseball League, Ila Borders, Ivan Ochoa, Juan Melo, Juan Velasquez, Kansai Independent League, Kit Pellow, Kobe Cruise, Manager Garry Templeton, Mika Kuriyama, Mike Marshall, Tim Wakefield, United States, Vol 29 No 23 | June 5 - June 11, Yuma Scorpions, japan

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