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Contender for Nobel prize is in Chinese prison

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BEIJING (AP) — When the police came for Liu Xiaobo on a December night nearly two years ago, they didn’t tell the dissident author why he was being taken away.

Reader’s Corner: The top 10 lessons on life and politics that I learned from my brother, Wing Luke

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Editor’s note: For Seattle Rotary, Bettie Luke from the Organization of Chinese Americans gave a short presentation on the top 10 lessons on life and politics she learned from her brother, Wing Luke.

Wayne’s Worlds: Business isn’t business without a cough and wheeze

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By Wayne Chan Northwest Asian Weekly As we’ve all recently celebrated World No Tobacco Day … actually, let me rephrase that. I may be overstating things. As we’ve all observed […]

Beggars are mostly hidden from New Delhi tourists during Commonwealth games

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NEW DELHI (AP) — The banners were erected at the little hillside enclave while everyone was at work, long blue and purple signs with a smiling cartoon tiger proclaiming the arrival of the Commonwealth Games.

Decades later, Flying Tigers receive a hero’s welcome at home in Seattle

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At their 24th formal reunion, Wayne Wong and his friends recollected serving as Flying Tigers. They belonged to the 14th Air Force and the 987th Signal Company

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