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Secret project wins Chinese scientist a Nobel

October 18, 2015 By Admin

By Didi Tang Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — The time could not have been more hostile for Chinese scientists. Research came to a virtual halt and intellectuals were routinely persecuted. […]

Fantasy, story, and history through graphic novels

October 16, 2015 By Admin

By Samantha Pak Northwest Asian Weekly Just So Happens By Fumio Obata Harry N. Abrams, 2015 Yumiko lives in London but she was born in Japan. It has been many […]

Celebrating the Moon Festival with students

October 12, 2015 By Admin

Yiheng Yuan, a guest teacher from China in her second year at the Pathfinder K-8 School in west Seattle put on a Moon Festival event with Chinese students to celebrate […]

China journalist refuses to confess despite police pressure

October 10, 2015 By Admin

By Didi Tang Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Journalist Liu Hu says that once he was detained by police the pressure for him to confess was unrelenting. They told him […]

Modern Sky Festival comes to Seattle

October 9, 2015 By Admin

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly The Modern Sky Festival, based out of China, coming to Seattle on October 11th, isn’t the first festival that organizer Michael LoJudice has helped […]

BLOG: Chinese President Xi left… — But the real gains still resonate for Seattle

October 8, 2015 By Admin

By Assunta Ng Northwest Asian Weekly When Chinese President Xi Jinping picked Seattle as his first stop to land in America recently, several U.S. cities reacted with disbelief and jealousy, […]

A gift from President Xi

October 5, 2015 By Admin

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 […]

‘Wounds in our heart’: Seattle College mourns 5 students

October 1, 2015 By Admin

By Martha Bellisle Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Students and faculty, some arm in arm, filed into a private memorial service in a lecture hall at a Seattle college on […]

Fortune cookie says: Good luck and longevity

October 1, 2015 By Admin

By Assunta Ng Northwest Asian Weekly The oldest noodle factory in Washington state, Tsue Chong Co. will celebrate its 100th anniversary next year. It produces 80,000 fortune cookies a day. […]

New members appointed to CAPAA

September 28, 2015 By Admin

Gov. Jay Inslee recently announced the reappointment of Lori Wada and made the following appointments to the Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs (CAPAA). Lori Wada immigrated to Washington from […]