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You are here: Home / Archives for Vol 31 No 2 | January 7 – January 13

Wayne’s Worlds: Facebook banned: a social dilemma in China

January 9, 2012 By Wayne Chan

Having come back from China this past week, I realize that what I really missed was something unexpected. This time, it had nothing to do with the little conveniences we all sometimes take for granted, at least materially speaking. China is chock full of Ferraris, Rolexes, and every little extravagance you can imagine. Let me […]

Filed Under: Wayne's Worlds Tagged With: 2012, Big Mac, China, United States, Vol 31 No 2 | January 7 - January 13, Wayne Chan, Wayne Worlds Facebook, social media

Ticiang Diangson honored with Seattle Management Association award

January 9, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Ticiang Diangson Ticiang Diangson, director of Seattle Public Utilities Environmental Justice and Service Equity (EJSE) Division of the Human Resources and Service Equity Branch, was awarded the 2011 Management in Race and Social Justice Award by the Seattle Management Association (SMA) on Dec. 8 at the Columbia Tower Club. 

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2012, Columbia Tower Club, Environmental Protection Agency, SPU, Seattle, Ticiang Diangson, Vol 31 No 2 | January 7 - January 13

Kathy Hsieh named Seattle’s cultural partnerships and grants director

January 9, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Kathy Hsieh Last month, Kathy Hsieh was named director of the City of Seattle’s cultural partnerships and grants program. Hsieh has worked with the Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs since 2003, originally as part of the community development and outreach team and then as part of the cultural partnerships and grants team as […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2012, Diversity Scholarship Committee, Freehold Theatre, Kathy Hsieh, Northwest Asian Weekly Foundation, Seattle, Theatre Puget Sound, Vol 31 No 2 | January 7 - January 13

Garfield High School Orchestra performs with Sanyo Band from Japan

January 9, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

On Dec. 13, Garfield High School Orchestra performed with the Sanyo Band of Okayama, Japan, at Meany Hall on the University of Washington campus.

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2012, Garfield High School Orchestra, Marcus Tsutakawa, Meany Hall, Vol 31 No 2 | January 7 - January 13

Seattle Public Schools Board of Directors elects three board members, including API Betty Patu

January 9, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

At a Dec. 7 meeting, the Seattle Public Schools Board of Directors elected the following new officers for the 2012 calendar year: — Michael DeBell, president — Kay Smith-Blum, vice president — Betty Patu, member at large Patu will serve on the executive committee with the president and vice president and will preside at board […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2012, Betty Patu, Vol 31 No 2 | January 7 - January 13

LIHI Awarded $10,000 from ID Rotary Club

January 9, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

On Dec. 15, the Seattle International District Rotary Club presented Low Income Housing Institute (LIHI) with a $10,000 grant to help families with children living in transitional housing. The grant will focus on the needs of homeless, immigrant and refugee families living at Columbia Court in Seattle.

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2012, LIHI, Seattle International District Rotary Club, Sharon Lee, Vol 31 No 2 | January 7 - January 13

Dentist from Alaska helps honor Nisei soldiers

January 7, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Mary Beth Smetzer Fairbanks Daily News-Miner FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — The day Pearl Harbor was bombed, Dec. 7, 1941, Brian Yamamoto’s father, Edward, was attending the University of Southern California on a baseball scholarship.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2012, Air Corps, Brian Yamamoto, Congressional Gold Medals, Edward Yamamoto, France, Infantry Battalion, Japanese American, MIS, Military Intelligence Service, Pearl Harbor, Regimental Combat Team, Replacement Depot, Tokyo, United States, Vol 31 No 2 | January 7 - January 13, Vosges Mountains, italy

‘Octomom’ case stuns one-child public in China

January 7, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Alexa Olesen The Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — The photo was undeniably cute. A studio portrait of eight babies in identical onesies and perky white cotton hats, sports an array of expressions from giggly to goofy, baffled to bawling.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, Associated Press, Author Cai Hong, Bai Yansong, Beijing, China Daily, Chinese Central Television, Guangdong Health Department, Guangzhou Daily, Liang Zhongtang, Liu Jialei, Southeast Asia, University College London, Vol 31 No 2 | January 7 - January 13, Yu Bing, attention, blog

Samoa and Tokelau jump ahead a day on New Year’s Eve

January 7, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Keni Lesa The Associated Press   APIA, Samoa (AP) — Sirens wailed and fireworks exploded in the skies over Samoa, as the tiny South Pacific nation jumped forward in time, crossing westward over the international date line and effectively erasing Friday, Dec. 30, 2011, from the country’s calendar.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2011, 2012, APIA, Asia Pacific, Australia, China, Independence Day, New Year, New Zealand, Prime Minister Tuila, Sailele Malielegaoi, South Pacific, Tokelau, Tonga, United States, Vol 31 No 2 | January 7 - January 13, communication

Charges of United States bias as Taiwan election nears

January 7, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Peter Enav The Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Washington has been lavishing attention on Taiwan, stepping up official visits and saying it will likely allow visa-free travel to the United States. The moves are raising suspicions that America is trying to influence a tight presidential election here in January.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, American Institute, Beijing, China, East Asia, Edward Chen, Financial Times, International Development, James Soong, June Teufel Dreyer, Sheila Paskman, TAIPEI, Taiwan Strait, Tamkang University, Though Ma, Though Tsai, United States, Vol 31 No 2 | January 7 - January 13

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