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EDITORIAL: Something should have been done

June 4, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Yes, there has been a lot of media attention to bullying, especially in our schools. But there is also a reason for that. And that is because bullying consistently exists. […]

Seattle International Film Festival represents!

May 29, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Chinese Mayor Reviewed by Tiffany Ran In the last 1600 years, the city of Datong has degenerated from ancient cultural capital to one of China’s most polluted cities. “The […]

China teacher allowed to give birth and ordered to abort

May 24, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

BEIJING (AP) — A schoolteacher who gained permission to have an additional child in her hometown in one Chinese province has been ordered to have an abortion because the province […]

BLOG: Small pins make a big statement — Madeleine Albright’s collection expresses wit, irony, and diplomacy

May 21, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

What did Madeleine Albright wear when she met North Korean leader Kim Jong Il to represent America’s might? Albright visited China in 1998 to prepare for the summit meeting between […]

Get back to normal life — Chui Wan on their first American tour

May 15, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly The Chinese psychedelic band Chui Wan, named from a passage written by Taoist philosopher Zhuangzi, brings a particular brooding spin to explorations of the […]

A mission to create hope through planning — Filipino American develops new environments and inspiration

May 14, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By James Tabafunda Northwest Asian Weekly Raldi Formantes fights poverty. He designs highly imaginative and habitable places around the world, some reflect hope to the world’s poorest people and those […]

Festivals, large gatherings canceled in Beijing

May 9, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jack Chang Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Springtime in Beijing usually brings out bustling crowds for rock concerts, food festivals and other outdoor revelry amid the smog and catkins. […]

N. Korea arrests S. Korean studying in US

May 9, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea said Saturday it has arrested a South Korean student of New York University for illegally entering the country from China last month. Won […]

Police in southern China raid office of car-hailing app Uber

May 9, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

BEIJING (AP) — Police in southern China raided the office of U.S. car-hailing app Uber after the Chinese government in January banned drivers of private cars from offering such services […]

Nepal quake death toll tops 4,000; villages plead for aid

May 1, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Katy Daigle and Binaj Gurubacharya Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — As the death toll from Nepal’s devastating earthquake climbed past 4,000, aid workers and officials in remote, shattered […]