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You are here: Home / Archives for Vol 34 No 41 | October 3 – October 9

A gift from President Xi

October 5, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Chinese President Xi Jinping presented the gift of a dawn redwood tree to the Global Innovation Exchange (GIX), a new partnership between the University of Washington and Tsinghua University, during a ceremony at Microsoft headquarters this past week. Xi presented UW Interim President Ana Mari Cauce, Tsinghua President Qiu Yong, and Microsoft President Brad Smith […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2015, China, Chinese President Xi Jinping, GIX, Microsoft President Brad Smith, Spring District, Tsinghua President Qiu Yong, Tsinghua University, Vol 34 No 41 | October 3 - October 9

Meher honored

October 5, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Rita Meher, co-founder of Tasveer, a Seattle-based South Asian cultural organization, was honored Sept. 26, 2015 as Globalist of the Year by Seattle Globalist at their 3rd annual Globies. Meher co-founded Tasveer (meaning “picture” in Hindi and Urdu) in 2002 with Farah Nousheen. Since then, the organization has grown to affect the broader Northwest community […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2015, Farah Nousheen, Rita Meher, Seattle-based South Asian, South Asians, Vol 34 No 41 | October 3 - October 9, attention

100 women, 100 miles

October 5, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

We Belong Together is a campaign of the National Domestic Workers Alliance and the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum, with the participation of women’s organizations, immigrant rights groups, children, and families across the country. 100 women are walking 100 miles, starting from a detention center in PA to the Nation’s capitol in Washington DC, […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2015, National Asian Pacific American Women, National Domestic Workers Alliance, Vol 34 No 41 | October 3 - October 9, Washington DC

Inslee names Fukutaki to Bellevue College Board of Trustees

October 5, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Washington Governor Jay Inslee has named Richard Fukutaki, of Bellevue, to the Board of Trustees of Bellevue College. In this role, Fukutaki will participate in the six-member board that oversees college operations and finance. Fukutaki is the managing director of the SunBreak group, which he co-founded in 1999, working with organizations such as the American […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2015, Bellevue College, Bellevue Girl, Bellevue Presbyterian Church, Jubilee Reach Center, Lacrosse Club, MBA, Pasadena City College, Richard Fukutaki, Service Day, Southern California, Vol 34 No 41 | October 3 - October 9, Washington Governor Jay Inslee

Chun swears in and congratulates new lawyers

October 5, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

King County Superior Court Judge John Chun swore in new lawyers September 23 at the King County Courthouse. The new lawyers, included one of his first externs (from earlier this year), Sho Ly. “Congratulations to all the new admittees to the Washington State Bar,” Judge Chun stated. Chun also recently taught at the National Institute […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2015, Judge Chun, King County Courthouse, King County Superior Court Judge John Chun, Sho Ly, Vol 34 No 41 | October 3 - October 9, Washington State Bar

A conversation with Sidney Rittenberg — Part 2 of 3: The powerful Xi Jinping

October 4, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Wen Liu Special to Northwest Asian Weekly Many China watchers say that Xi Jinping now has become the most powerful leader since Deng, if not Mao. He is the Party chief, state president and chairman of the military, and head of the “overall reform” and “national security” leading groups. There is talk of his […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, China Bridge Club, Cultural Revolution, Hu Jintao, Northwest Asian Weekly, OK, PRC, Party Congress, Sidney Rittenberg Obviously, Sidney Rittenberg Part, Standing Committee, TV, Vol 34 No 41 | October 3 - October 9, Wen Jiabao, Wen Liu, Xi Jinping, Zhou Yongkang

Gunmen abduct 3 foreigners from Philippines resort

October 4, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Oliver Teves Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Gunmen abducted two Canadians, including a former mining company executive, a Filipino woman and the Norwegian marina manager at an upscale resort complex on a southern Philippine island, sparking an air and sea search by authorities, officials said Tuesday. At least 11 men armed with pistols […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Abu Sayyaf, Araceli Ayuste, Associated Press, Bergens Tidende, Communist New People, Davao City, Davao Gulf, Davao Oriental, Dos Palmas, Filipino, Holiday Ocean View Samal Resort, Norwegian Kjartan Sekkingstad, Olav David Sekkingstad, Pearl Farm Beach Resort, Philippines, Restituto Padilla, Samal Island, Samuel Gandingan, Senior Supt, Teresita Flor, Vol 34 No 41 | October 3 - October 9

India clamping down on critics of Modi, activist groups

October 4, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Muneeza Naqvi Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — It takes courage to accuse a powerful politician — a man who would go on to become India’s prime minister — of encouraging riots against a minority. Police officer Sanjiv Bhatt did just that. And he says he is paying the price for it. Bhatt was […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2011, 2015, Associated Press, Bharatiya Janata Party, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, Ford Foundation, GDP, Greenpeace India, Home Ministry, Jamia Millia Islamia University, Mukul Kesavan, Nalin Kohli, Narendra Modi, New Delhi, RIOTS, Sanjiv Bhatt, Supreme Court, Teesta Setalvad, Vol 34 No 41 | October 3 - October 9

The Village Report — Bugged in Phnom Penh

October 3, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Dipika Kohli Northwest Asian Weekly “That was what I was most worried about when we got here,” Bicycle (yes, that is his name) confessed tonight, up on the terrace. “Every time you go to an insectarium, you know, there are those huge ones, those really, really giant bugs—and then you look to see where […]

Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: 2015, FOUR, Indonesia, Northwest Asian Weekly, Phnom Penh, Seattle, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Vol 34 No 41 | October 3 - October 9

The Layup Drill — Pan wins tourney, an upset in rugby, and more as we head into fall

October 2, 2015 By Jason Cruz

By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly Welcome to another edition of The Layup Drill.  In this month’s edition, we check on CT Pan, Jordan Clarkson, a couple huge wins for Japan, and a new venture for Alibaba. Pan wins 2nd pro tournament Former UW Husky men’s golf standout C.T. Pan won his second professional tournament […]

Filed Under: Sports, The Layup Drill Tagged With: 2015, Alibaba Sports Group, Andray Blatche, Eddie Jones, FIBA, Filipino, Jordan Clarkson, Little League World Series, Olympic Games, PGA, Philippine Basketball Association, Rugby World Cup, Seattle, South Africa, Team Japan, Vol 34 No 41 | October 3 - October 9, World Rankings

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