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BLOG: Thinking big, that’s their motto

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By Assunta Ng Big dreams The Taishanese were the first wave of Chinese immigrants that came to the United States to build railroads in 1840s. Their descendants in Washington are […]

BLOG: Wow, China at the Washington State Fair!

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By Assunta Ng I consider Luminasia at the Washington State Fair amazingly avant garde and dramatically in the style of Chihuly. Inspired by the art of Chinese lanterns, Luminasia transformed […]

Three stories on a parent’s love

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By Samantha Pak Northwest Asian Weekly The Favorite Daughter By Allen Say Author A. Levine Books, 2013 With a name like Yuriko and a home in San Francisco, it’s safe […]

BLOG: Rekindling my passion

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By Assunta Ng I almost killed the Northwest Asian Weekly’s Summer Youth Leadership Program (SYLP) this year. The nonprofit arm of the newspaper, the Northwest Asian Weekly Foundation, had organized […]

BLOG: Japanese governor brings a feast to Seattle

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By Assunta Ng Oishii! Giving good first impressions make it harder for others to forget you. The youngest serving Japanese governor, Eikei Suzuki from the Mie Prefecture, intended to do […]

BLOG: Remembering Ted Yamamura

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By Assunta Ng “Did you know that the first engineer at Boeing was Chinese?” said the late Ted Yamamura in the early 2000s. This confirmed a rumor I heard years […]