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You are here: Home / Archives for Vol 30 No 2 | January 8 – January 14

Huang Ruo: composer, musician, and … Celebrate Asia! contest winner?

January 6, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

What will a young pianist do when experiencing stage fright while performing? Will the projected path in his artistic development change?

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles Tagged With: 2011, Beijing, Benaroya Hall, Celebrate Asia!, China, Chinese American, Hainan Island, Huang Ruo, Julliard School, New York, Northwest Asian Weekly, Purchase College, Seattle Symphony, Shanghai Conservatory, United States, Vivian Miezianko, Vol 30 No 2 | January 8 - January 14

Postwar adoptee spends his final days helping orphans

January 6, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — A photo of a 12-year-old North Korean boy on Sam Han’s laptop computer pulls the dying man a half-century back in time

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2011, Arthur Schneider, Cambodia, Europe, Grace Yoo, Han River, Korean American Coalition, Korean War, Los Angeles, North Korean, PASADENA, Sam Han, Sang Man Han, Tanzania, United States, Vol 30 No 2 | January 8 - January 14, attention

How will Washington’s cuts affect Asians?

January 6, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

On Dec. 14, Gov. Chris Gregoire, along with members of the Transforming Washington’s Budget committee, announced her intention to consolidate state agencies

Filed Under: Community News Tagged With: 2011, API, Alexis Oliver, Asian Advisory Council, Asian Pacific American Affairs, Business Enterprise, CAPAA, Chris Gregoire, Civil Rights, Frieda Takamura, General Administration, Information Services, Mike Lowry, Ron Chow, Transforming Washington, Vol 30 No 2 | January 8 - January 14, attention

North Dakota teacher wants more students to learn Mandarin

January 6, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

With a morning class of Fargo South High School students dragging, the Mandarin Chinese teacher beckons one of her charges to the front of the classroom to play a Chinese version.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2011, Amy Hamerlik, Ben Franklin, China, Education, Fargo South High School, Jesse Burgum, Knowing Chinese, Mandarin Chinese, Moorhead School Board, Nancy Jordheim, North High, Renny Taylor, Vol 30 No 2 | January 8 - January 14, Weiwei Qian, attention, language

Malaysia book causes rift over Indian caste system

January 6, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A high school text book that highlights multi-ethnic Malaysia’s racial harmony has riled the main ethnic Indian party

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2011, AP, Chinese, Deputy Education Deputy Wee Ka Siong, Education Ministry, Malaysian Indians, Vol 30 No 2 | January 8 - January 14, culture

‘Coupon generation’ wields consumer power in China

January 6, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

BEIJING (AP) — Ding Can is obsessed with bargains. Her purse is crammed with more than 30 shopper discount cards and dozens of coupons.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2011, Amy Yu, Associated Press, Beijing University, Cai Gongming, Eyeball China, Fu Guoqun, Leeon Zhu, Managing Money, Shan Yunfei, TV, United States, Vol 30 No 2 | January 8 - January 14, Xie Dehui, Young Chinese, Yu Bing, Zhang Xu, poverty

U.S. and Japan discussed ‘action’ against anti-whalers

January 6, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese and American officials discussed taking action against a prominent anti-whaling group, with Tokyo insisting that Sea Shepherd’s confrontations

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2009, 2010, Animal Planet, Antarctic Ocean, Antarctica, Fisheries Agency, International Whaling Commission, Katsuhiro Machida, Last January, Monica Medina, Paul Watson, Sea Shepherd, Tokyo, Vol 30 No 2 | January 8 - January 14, Whale Wars, japan

What you need to know about Celebrate Asia! – A Q&A with Yoshi Minegishi

January 6, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Where can one enjoy a live performance by world-renowned Korean soprano Sumi Jo singing Korean songs in addition to a beloved aria by Verdi?

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Profiles Tagged With: 2011, Benaroya Hall, Celebrate Asia!, Chinese American, Chinese Lion, Filipino, Hu Jianbing, Huang Ruo, Korean, Masayo Ishigure, Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Silk Road Project, Sumi Jo, Tadao Sawai, Vietnamese, Vol 30 No 2 | January 8 - January 14, Yoshi Minegishi, culture

A year of possibilities? – A-pop! is a monthly column about all things Asian in popular culture

January 6, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Happy New Year to my fellow pop-culture junkies! December was a fairly slow month. Two films, “The Social Network” and “Rabbit Hole,”

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Column: Pop Culture Tagged With: 2011, Andrew Garfield, Asian Americans, Bruno Mars, David Fincher, Eve Who, Far East Movement, Golden Globes, Happy New Year, Hollywood Film Festival, Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole, Reiko Aylesworth, Sandra Oh, Scarlet Chan, Seattle, Tyrese Gibson, Vol 30 No 2 | January 8 - January 14, culture

Editorial: Budget cuts, though necessary, require a second thought

January 6, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Late last month, Gov. Chris Gregoire proposed a new budget — full of cuts. Since then, many people have been critical, calling these cuts overly harsh.

Filed Under: Editorials Tagged With: 2009, 2011, African American, Asian Pacific American, CAPAA, Census Bureau, Chris Gregoire, Civil Rights, Editorial Budget, Hispanics Latinos, Human Rights Commission, Northwest Asian Weekly, Ron Chow, Vol 30 No 2 | January 8 - January 14, WA

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