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Director films movie about Enron-style greed, set in the 19th century

December 1, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly Directing, co-producing, and co-writing a multimillion dollar Chinese historical epic movie might sound like an impossible task, especially when you’ve never shot a feature […]

Class assignment becomes book for dad of adopted Chinese girl

November 26, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Katie Lovett The Gloucester Daily Times GLOUCESTER, Mass. (AP) — A burly court officer at Newburyport District Court, Mick Verga of Gloucester interacts with prisoners all day and keeps […]

BLOG: Remembering community leader Ark Chin

November 23, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Assunta Ng Much was said, at his funeral, on what Ark Chin did for the Kin On Nursing Home and Chinese orphanages. Yet, what he contributed in education […]

A-POP! Asians conquer YouTube

November 18, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

A monthly column about all things Asian in popular culture By Vivian Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly Controversies and — a movie opening Relativity Media, an L.A.-based film studio, defended its […]

READER’S CORNER: The pitfalls of being an American in China

November 18, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Colgan Chan For Northwest Asian Weekly Editor’s note: Being fans of his blog, “The ABCs of China,” which details the adventures and cultural differences he experiences in Asia, we […]

In memory of Ark Chin, community leader and activist (1924–2011)

November 17, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff Northwest Asian Weekly Ark Chin, a Chinese American community leader, passed away at his home on Nov. 13. He was 87 years old. Chin was born in a […]

Gary Locke visits his family’s ancestral village in China with his sister Rita

November 12, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

On Nov. 4, the U.S. ambassador to China, Gary Locke, went back to his ancestral home, Jilong village in Taishan, a county-level city in southern China’s Guangdong province.

Cambodia’s former king vows to stay in homeland

November 5, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Sopheng Cheang The Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia’s ailing former King Norodom Sihanouk, his country’s dominant figure for half-a-century, vowed Sunday, Oct. 30, at a rare […]

BLOG: Who has the money?

November 3, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Assunta Ng China, of course. “These days, our real estate market is dry. No one has money to buy,” said a Chinese American realtor who dropped by the Asian Weekly earlier in the month.

Police arrest two drivers in Chinese 2-year-old’s death

October 29, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

BEIJING (AP) — Police formally arrested two drivers suspected of running over a toddler who died a week after she was struck on a busy market street in southern China […]