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Former scientist now a funny man

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Comedian Joe Wong grew up in the rural Jilin province in China during the 1980s. During this time, there was a comedy radio show named “Xiangsheng” (“Cross Talk”) that was popular.

One writer’s journey on the Chinese Heritage Tour

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For one week in July, a big blue bus rolled east, west, north, and south in search of places that Chinese pioneers touched, lived, and left during the 19th century in the western U.S.

Secretary Gary Locke visits the Seattle Chinese Garden and raises funds

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U.S. Commerce Secretary and former Washington state Gov. Gary Locke came home last week. Amid a schedule that included

Google defends shrinking China market share

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BEIJING (AP) — Google is hiring dozens of marketing and technical employees in China to defend a shrinking market share against local rivals after closing its Chinese

China mass measles vaccination plan sparks outcry from public

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BEIJING (AP) — China’s plan to vaccinate 100 million children and come a step closer to eradicating measles has set off an outcry that highlights widening public

Community clinic providing interpretation for API community named Pioneer in Healthcare

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For new immigrants, coming to America without knowing the language may sometimes make the experience unpleasant. What can make the situation really worrisome is not being able

Put ‘A Woman, a Gun, and a Noodle Shop’ together, and it’s confusing

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“A Woman, a Gun, and a Noodle Shop,” the new film from Chinese director Yimou Zhang, is his first film adapted from a Western source.

Asian, Jewish communities unite to stop use of ethnic slur

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To many U.S. citizens of Japanese ancestry, the use of the term “Jap” is considered a racial slur with a hate-filled history going all the way back to World War II.