Amid the hustle and bustle of Chinatown sits a quiet, unassuming park nestled behind trees on the corner of Seventh Avenue South and South Lane Street. A bronze dragon hovers over a giant yin-yang arrangement made of sand and grass. Rockery symbolizing the mountainous regions of the Philippines rests alongside a small slide and merry-go-round.
Homeownership fell in ’08 — Asians get hit the worst
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Asians, many of them living in foreclosure-ravaged California, suffered the sharpest drop in homeownership last year, eclipsing declines felt by whites, Blacks, and Latinos, according to new Census data.
Chicken feet a bridge in U.S.–China relations?
I could never imagine that chicken feet, despised by many Americans, would be the thing to link China and America in a win-win situation.
Bhutanese refugees get fresh start in Ohio — on a farm
CLEVELAND (AP) — The families from the edge of the Himalayan Mountains arrived in Cleveland last winter as other refugees have — poor, cold, and bewildered.
Indian runner stripped of medal after a gender-test, empathizes with Semenya
PUDUKKOTTAI, India (AP) — Considering suicide after being stripped of her medal and shunned by the people around her, Indian runner Santhi Soundarajan knows a bit about what Caster Semenya is going through.
Young foreigners hunt for jobs in China amid crisis
BEIJING (AP) — When the best job Mikala Reasbeck could find after college in Boston was counting pills part-time in a drugstore for $7 an hour, she took the drastic step of jumping on a plane to Beijing in February to look for work.
Dry run: Beijing shuts down early for its 60th anniversary parade practice
BEIJING (AP) — Police cleared the streets and office buildings in parts of China’s capital on Friday for a full dress rehearsal of celebrations for 60 years of communist rule. There was a mixture of excitement and resentment among ordinary Chinese who were told to stay away.
Civil rights organizations oppose Arizona’s mandatory E-Verify law
The Asian American Justice Center (AAJC), along with other leading civil rights and labor organizations, recently filed a petition with the United States Supreme Court to challenge the state of Arizona’s mandatory E-Verify law.
Secretary Locke announces $4 million grant aimed at creating more Seattle jobs
On Sept. 17, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke announced a $4 million dollar Economic Development Administration (EDA) grant to South Seattle Community College.
Reminder: First time homebuyer credit will expire on Dec. 1
One of the ways that the government is helping during the current economic crisis is through the $8,000 first time homebuyer credit initiative.