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Activist calls for investigation into family’s mistreatment

May 5, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Charles Hutzler The Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — The blind activist at the center of a diplomatic tussle between the United States and China did not set out to […]

From aliens to dragons, books on sports that score a home run

May 4, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Samantha Pak Northwest Asian Weekly “Galaxy Games: The Challengers” By Greg R. Fishbone Lee & Low Books, 2011 When Tyler Sato turns 11, his cousins in Tokyo have a […]

A-pop! Color blind casting: to dye or not dye, that is the question

April 27, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

A monthly column about all things Asian in popular culture By Vivian Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly A media convergence for local Asian American In local and television news, Seattle web […]

Two students from China shot and killed near the University of Southern California campus

April 21, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Greg Risling The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Gunfire shattered the window of the BMW near the University of Southern California campus just after midnight, striking two Chinese […]

Bo Xilai’s scandal leads to a call for tougher anti-corruption efforts

April 21, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Christopher Bodeen The Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao is demanding tougher anti-corruption efforts amid a huge political scandal over a now-suspended Politburo member, whose wife […]

YMCA launches new Global Teen Program in Seattle’s sister city, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

April 20, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

On April 14, a group of high school teens from the greater Seattle area packed their bags for the kick-off of YMCA’s new Global Teen Program. The new program takes […]

BLOG: An emperor in Bellevue?

April 13, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Assunta Ng My Bellevue friend always jokes that Bellevue has a city manager, a mayor, and an emperor, Kemper Freeman! Despite the negative press on Freeman, the owner of […]

Woman gets 3 years in illegal immigrant case

March 31, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A woman convicted in Mississippi of harboring illegal immigrants from China, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, India, and Mexico has been sentenced to three years in prison.

U.S. importers of research monkeys facing cruelty charges

March 31, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Linda Deutsch The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A U.S. importer of research monkeys was set to stand trial March 26 on cruelty charges after 15 primates died […]

U.S. nominee for World Bank job to visit seven countries

March 31, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Martin Crutsinger The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Jim Yong Kim, the Obama administration’s nominee to head the World Bank, is starting a global tour to promote his candidacy […]