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Yao retiring from the NBA

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By Chris Duncan THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HOUSTON, Texas (AP) — Houston Rockets All-Star center Yao Ming is retiring after nine NBA seasons, according to a person with direct knowledge of […]

Blog: Chris Lu — Obama’s inner circle

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President George W. Bush appointed two Asian Americans to his cabinet. The Asian community was impressed. But President Obama gave us more—three cabinet secretaries, Gary Locke, Steve Chu, and Secretary […]

Editorial: Yao Ming for NBA Hall of Fame

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Many National Basketball Association (NBA) fans were stunned when news came down that Houston Rockets Center Yao Ming would retire from basketball. Although he spent just eight seasons in the […]

The Dalai Lama’s greatest challenge: trying to retire when the worshippers refuse to accept it

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DHARMSALA, India (AP) — In a lifetime spent advocating the plight of his Tibetan community, promoting inter-religious harmony

Chinese American orgs request expression of regret from Congress

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By Stacy Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly It was a moment in American history that is hard for many to forget. From 1848 to 1855, Chinese immigrants booked passage with the […]

World’s largest service club organization installs its first Chinese Lion

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Click here to see the pictorial. By Assunta Ng Northwest Asian Weekly Wing-Kun Tam knows that there are 950,000 people in China who are blind. He sees how their quality […]

Director Lu explores fall of Nanking

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By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly Chinese director Chuan Lu graduated from the prestigious Beijing Film Academy and wrote his dissertation on Francis Ford Coppola, director of the “Godfather” saga. […]

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei: Free in body, not in voice

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By Alexa Olesen The Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Outspoken artist and government critic Ai Weiwei talked about giving himself a haircut Thursday, but said little else in his first […]