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You are here: Home / Archives for Vol 32 No 21 | May 18 – May 24

SCIDpda and CIDBIA hosts 15th annual Chinatown–ID Spring Clean

May 20, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Seattle Chinatown–International District Preservation and Development Authority (SCIDpda) and the Chinatown–International District Business Improvement Area (CIDBIA) hosted the 15th annual Chinatown–International District Spring Clean on May 11.

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2013, CIDBIA, Chinatown International District Spring Clean, Vol 32 No 21 | May 18 - May 24

Tasveer holds 8th annual Aaina South Asian women’s festival

May 20, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Tasveer, a Seattle-based nonprofit organization dedicated to showcasing South Asian film, art, and media, hosted their 8th annual Aaina South Asian Women’s Festival from May 10 to May 12 at the Seattle Asian Art Museum (SAAM).

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2013, Aaina South Asian Women, SAAM, Seattle South Asian Film Festival, Vagina Monologues, Vol 32 No 21 | May 18 - May 24, Yoni Ki Baat

Vietnamese Friendship Association host fifth annual Benefit Dinner

May 20, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Vietnamese Friendship Association (VFA) hosted their fifth annual Benefit Dinner on April 20 at the Garfield Community Center, raising operating funds and honoring community leaders for their accomplishments.

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2013, ESL, Ed Murray, Garfield Community Center, Juan Carlos Vasquez, Linh Thach, Tim Schottman, United States, Vietnamese Friendship Association, Vol 32 No 21 | May 18 - May 24

Bruce Harrell inducted to Pacific Northwest Football Hall of Fame

May 20, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Seattle City Councilmember and mayoral candidate Bruce Harrell was inducted to the Pacific Northwest Football Hall of Fame on May 10 for his time as a linebacker for the University of Washington Huskies football team. Harrell accepted a football scholarship to play at the University of Washington from 1976 to 1979. In 1979, Harrell received […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2013, Bruce Harrell, NFL, Seattle City Councilmember, Senior Bowl, UW, Vol 32 No 21 | May 18 - May 24, Washington Huskies

Black student targeted with racist note at mainly Asian campus

May 19, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff The Associated Press IRVINE, Calif. (AP) — University of California, Irvine officials pledged to work on race relations on campus this week after a Black student found a hand-scrawled note in her backpack calling her a slave, making it the second racist incident that has offended Black students in recent weeks.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2013, ABC, African American, IRVINE, Lambda Theta Delta, Orange County Register, San Diego, Stephanie Lyons, UCI, Vice Chancellor Thomas Parham, Vol 32 No 21 | May 18 - May 24

40 years on, f leeing Vietnamese refugees take to seas again

May 19, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Chris Brummitt The Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Nearly 40 years after hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese fled the country’s Communist regime by boat, a growing number are taking to the water again.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2011, 2013, Australia, Christmas Island, Four Vietnamese, Geneva Convention, Hoi Trinh, Indonesia, Kaye Bernard, Kien Giang, Nauru, Peter Hansen, Roman Catholics, Several Vietnamese, Trung Doan, Truong Chi Liem, United States, Villawood Immigration Detention Center, Vol 32 No 21 | May 18 - May 24

Cyberattacks a growing irritant in US-China ties

May 18, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Christopher Bodeen The Associated Press BEIJING, China (AP) — Signs are growing that the sustained surge in cyberattacks emanating from China is imperiling its relations with the United States, lending urgency to fledgling efforts by both governments to engage on the issue.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, Abe Denmark, Beijing, Chinese Defense Ministry, Defense Group Inc, George Washington University, Iran, Israel, James Mulvenon, Liberation Army, Martin Dempsey, Naval Academy, PLA, Shanghai-based Unit, Though China, United States, Vol 32 No 21 | May 18 - May 24, Yu Maochun, commentary, technology

China, India gloss over border dispute at meeting

May 18, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Christopher Bodeen The Associated Press BEIJING, China (AP) — The foreign ministers of China and India have glossed over a recent standoff along their countries’ disputed border in an apparent sign that the incident will not harm future high-level contacts.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2011, 2013, Aksai Chin, Although China, Arunachal Pradesh, Beijing, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Indian External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid, New Delhi, Vol 32 No 21 | May 18 - May 24, Xinhua News Agency, Yang Jiechi, commentary

Japan pulls back on denials of WWII sex slavery

May 18, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Mari Yamaguchi The Associated Press TOKYO, Japan (AP) — Japan has acknowledged that it conducted only a limited investigation before claiming there was no official evidence that its imperial troops coerced Asian women into sexual slavery before and during World War II.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, Associated Press, Cabinet Secretariat, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, China, Elaine Kurtenbach, Far East, Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida, Imperial Army, Japan Communist Party, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, South Korean President Park Geun-hye, Tokyo, Tomoko Kami, Vol 32 No 21 | May 18 - May 24, WWII, Yasukuni Shrine

COMMENTARY: Fire the Medina City Manager

May 17, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Doug Chin SPECIAL TO THE NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY In March, an eight-person federal jury found the City of Medina and City Manager Donna Hanson guilty of firing former Police Chief Jeffrey Chen because of his race. As Chen’s attorney Marianne Jones stated, Hanson fired Chen because of  “old school racism.”

Filed Under: Commentaries Tagged With: 2011, 2013, African American, Asian Americans, Bill Russell, Chinese, City Manager Donna Hanson, Doug Chin, Marianne Jones, Medina City Council, Pacific Islanders, Police Chief Jeffrey Chen, Rick Barry, TV, Thanksgiving, Vol 32 No 21 | May 18 - May 24, turkey

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