CBS News White House correspondent Weijia Jiang is working on a memoir about her experiences as a Chinese American. One Signal Publishers, a Simon & Schuster imprint, announced on Dec. 10 that Jiang’s “Other’” would come out in Spring 2022. “In rural West Virginia where I grew up, most residents had never laid eyes on […]
Latest ‘Ip Man’ installment hits its mark, hard
I had to laugh at the first review I found of this latest installment of the “Ip Man” saga, available from Magnet Releasing on Dec. 11. The reviewer suggested that nobody in the film looked like a real fighter.
A-pop’s 2020 hall of fame/shame—The brightest and the very worst—from a truly craptastic year
Man, I can’t wait for 2020 to be over, too! Writing this roundup was kind of hard because the high points were hard to come by, the low points were plentiful, and everything—when it comes to Asian popular culture, constantly revolved around the pandemic and how every white person thinks that Asians are the problem. (Instead of white people’s pervasive racism being the problem.)
Diverse TV holiday season includes all-Asian Lifetime movie
In one scene from the Lifetime TV movie, “A Sugar & Spice Holiday,’’ a co-worker says to Suzy, an Asian American architect in Los Angeles: “I didn’t know if Christmas was a big deal where you’re from.’’
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai to leave agency on January 20
By Tali Arbel THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai, a Republican, says he is leaving the telecommunications regulator on Inauguration Day. President-elect Joe Biden will choose a new Democratic head for the agency. A new administration typically picks a new chairman. Pai has presided over a contentious FCC over the last four […]
Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai denied bail, U.S.’s Pompeo tweets support
HONG KONG (AP) — Jimmy Lai, the 73-year-old Hong Kong media tycoon and advocate for democracy, was denied bail on Dec. 12 after being charged the previous day under the semi-autonomous Chinese territory’s new national security law. Lai faces a charge of collusion with foreign elements to endanger national security, apparently for tweets he made […]
Biden, Harris named Time magazine’s ‘Person of the Year’
WASHINGTON (AP) — Time magazine has named President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris its “Person of the Year.” Time’s editor-in-chief Edward Felsenthal says Biden and Harris won the honor for “changing the American story, for showing that the forces of empathy are greater than the furies of division, for sharing a vision of […]
UW gets $1.8 million for Taiwan Studies Program
Daniel Kuo-Ching Chen, Director General of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) in Seattle, signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) of cooperation with Ana Mari Cauce, President of the University of Washington (UW), in a virtual signing ceremony held on Dec. 8. Based on the MOU, the Taiwan government provided $1.8 million for the […]
Sign up for 2021 democracy vouchers—Be sure to request before Dec. 31
SEATTLE — The City of Seattle Democracy Voucher Program encourages Seattle residents to sign up for their Online Democracy Vouchers ahead of the 2021 election. In 2021, the mayor, city attorney, and two city council (at-large) positions will be on the ballot. Democracy Vouchers will be mailed on Feb. 9, 2021 to Seattle registered voters […]
Chipped, but not broken—Business at nail salons continue to lag due to coronavirus effects
By Janice Nesamani NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY You’ve had a rough work week and a reward sounds good—for most women (and some men), there’s probably nothing more comforting than sinking into a plush massage chair and entrusting your hands and feet to the care of a nail technician at one of the many nail salons across […]
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