ad_wong.jpg

SevenFeathers_ShaunTam

SOED_TenantImprovementProgram

Northwest Asian Weekly

You are here: Home / Archives for China

Mmm … mochi! — A Japanese new year’s treat, a harbinger of good blessings, a choking hazard?

By

By Peggy Chapman Northwest Asian Weekly If you frequent Asian markets during the year, especially around special holidays, you are probably familiar with the colorful and interesting variety of mochi, […]

South Korea, Japan settle deal on wartime Korean sex slaves

By

By Hyung-Jin Kim and Foster Klug Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The foreign ministers of South Korea and Japan on Monday reached a deal meant to resolve a […]

Japanese mountaineer Kei Taniguchi falls to her death from peak

By

By Elaine Kurtenbach Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Mountaineer Kei Taniguchi fell to her death while climbing this week in the snowy Daisetsuzan range in northern Japan’s Hokkaido. She was […]

Chinese medicinal herbs provide niche market for US farmers

By

By Mary Esch Associated Press DELMAR, N.Y. (AP) — Expanding interest in traditional Chinese medicine in the United States is fostering a potentially lucrative new niche market for farmers who […]

Former refugee thanks governor who welcomed him in 1975

By

By Melissa Santos The News Tribune TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Vuong Nguyen has spent the past 40 years feeling indebted to former Washington Gov. Dan Evans. This year, the former […]

“Mojin: The Lost Legend”

By

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly Wu Ershan’s “Mojin: The Lost Legend” opens with a frantic action sequence inside an ancient tomb. In the far-reaching tradition of Hong Kong cinema, […]

Prominent tycoon entangled in Chinese investigation

By

By Joe McDonald AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — One of China’s top entrepreneurs, the chairman of the Fosun conglomerate that owns Club Med and other businesses in Europe and […]