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You are here: Home / Archives for Vol 32 No 14 | March 30 – April 5

Artist Kip Fulbeck signs books at Wing Luke Museum’s Annual Dinner and Auction

April 1, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Spoken word artist, film director, author, and professor Kip Fulbeck was present at the Wing Luke Annual Dinner and Auction as a special guest, signing copies of his fourth book, “Mixed: Portraits of Multiracial Kids.”

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2013, CNN, Kip Fulbeck, MTV, PBS, Vol 32 No 14 | March 30 - April 5, Wing Luke Museum

Jaipur Avenue chai tea makes splash at Seattle Vegfest

April 1, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Among the many booths of volunteers passing out over 500 different samples at the Vegetarians of Washington’s Annual Vegfest last weekend, one company’s booth was staffed by its actual owner. Seattle-based Jaipur Avenue’s owner Rahul Zaveri spent the festival working at his company’s table, passing out samples of Indian chai tea. The tea, which is […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2013, Annual Vegfest, India, Rahul Zaveri, Seattle Vegfest, Seattle-based Jaipur Avenue, Vol 32 No 14 | March 30 - April 5

Shorecrest dance crew takes first place at WIAA Dance and Drill Championships

April 1, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Shorecrest High School Hip Hop Dance Team took first place, over seven other high schools in the 3A hip-hop category at the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association’s State Dance and Drill Championships on Friday, March 22. The event was hosted at the Yakima Sun Dome.

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2013, Vol 32 No 14 | March 30 - April 5, Washington Interscholastic Activities Association, Yakima Sun Dome

Jun-Ai producer and actress Keiko Kobayashi visits Seattle screening

April 1, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Jun-Ai executive producer and lead actress Keiko Kobayashi visited Seattle on Saturday, March 16, attending the movie’s Seattle screening, which was hosted at the Nisei Veterans Hall. The screening attracted over 200 viewers.

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2013, China, Chinese, Jun-Ai, Keiko Kobayashi, Monaco, Nisei Veterans Hall, Seattle, United Kingdom, United States, Vol 32 No 14 | March 30 - April 5

A diplomatic star is born in China’s first lady

March 30, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Christopher Bodeen The Associated Press BEIJING, China (AP) — Glamorous new first lady Peng Liyuan has emerged as Chinese diplomacy’s latest star, charming audiences and cutting a very different profile from her all-but invisible predecessors on her debut official visit abroad to Russia. A celebrated performer on state television, Peng featured prominently in Chinese […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, Beijing News, Chen Li, China Policy Institute, Chinese, Communist Party, International Relations, Jiang Qing, Lin Zhibo, Moscow, PLA, Peng Liyuan, Premier Wen Jiabao, Steve Tsang, Tanzania, Vol 32 No 14 | March 30 - April 5, Wang Fan, Zhang Peili

China punishes North Korea as US asks for more

March 30, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Charles Hutzler The Associated Press BEIJING, China (AP) — China is trying to punish ally North Korea for its nuclear and missile tests, stepping up inspections of North Korean-bound cargo. It’s a calibrated effort to send a message without further provoking a testy Pyongyang government.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, China Construction Bank, Chinese, Dalian Fast International Logistics Co, Ewha Womans University, ITC, International Trade Center, Jo Dong-ho, Kim Jong-un, Kim Joongho, Korea Kwangson Banking Corp, Kuwait, North Korean-bound, North Koreans, Russia, South Korea, Spurring Beijing, Though Pyongyang, Treasury Undersecretary David Cohen, United States, Vol 32 No 14 | March 30 - April 5, Yu Tao, japan

Death toll in Thai refugee camp fire rises to 35

March 30, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff The Associated Press BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) — The number of Myanmar refugees killed in a fire at a camp in northwestern Thailand has risen to 35, Thai officials said Saturday, March 23.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, BANGKOK, Ban Mae Surin, International Rescue Committee, Mae Hong Son, Mireille Girard, Myanmar, Paisarn Thanyavanichkul, Red Cross, Thailand, UNHCR, Vol 32 No 14 | March 30 - April 5

Oakland board closes 3 top schools serving Asians

March 30, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff The Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The Oakland school board has narrowly voted to shut down three of California’s highest-performing public schools amid allegations of fraud and financial mismanagement.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2013, Alameda County, American Indian Model Schools, Asian Americans, Ben Chavis, Education, Jumoke Hinton Hodge, Native American, OAKLAND, San Francisco Chronicle, Toni Cook, Vol 32 No 14 | March 30 - April 5

Japanese diplomat sentenced in violence case

March 30, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Rafu Shimpo Staff New America Media REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — Yoshiaki Nagaya, 33, vice consul at the Japanese Consulate in San Francisco, has been sentenced to one year in jail for domestic abuse.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2013, Associated Press, Deputy Consul General Nobuhiro Watanabe, Deputy District Attorney Tricia Povah, District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe, Garrick Lew, Japanese Consulate, Judge Parsons, New America Media, Northern California, San Bruno, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Tokyo, Vol 32 No 14 | March 30 - April 5, Yoshiaki Nagaya, Yuka Nagaya

UW musicians tour China

March 29, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Hayat Norimine Northwest Asian Weekly Nearly 10 years ago, University of Washington Wind Ensemble Conductor Tim Salzman helped a student finance his education. That small act, years later, eventually led to a partnership with the China Conservatory.

Filed Under: Features, Briefs Tagged With: 2010, 2013, Beijing, China Conservatory President Zhao Talimu, Chinese, Foreign Relations, Hayat Norimine, Northwest Asian Weekly, Renmin University, Task Force Report, Tiananmen Square, Tsinghua University, UW, United States, Vol 32 No 14 | March 30 - April 5, Wind Ensemble, culture, japan

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