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Top 11 Asian achievements of 2015

January 14, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Last year was a banner year for Asian and Asian Americans, who pushed forth advancements in technology, science, art, academia, and politics. One even went to space.

Here are our top 10 events of note:

11. Two spelling bee champs tie

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2015, 2016, Asian Americans, Chinatown, Gokul Venkatachalam, Japanese American Citizens League, Jennifer Lee, Kennedy Center Honors, Kjell Lindgren, Lei Liang, Lunar New Year, Min Zhou, Minoru Yasui, Naval Ravikant, Pacific Rim, Presidential Medal, Seiji Ozawa, Tu Youyou Chinese, Vanya Shivashankar, Vol 35 No 3 | January 16 - January 22, technology

Strike a pose, a monkey pose — NWAW to hold its first-ever Lunar New Year fashion show Feb. 6

January 14, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Do you like lunar new year activities? Do you like fashion? Do you like monkeys? Do you like creating clothing ensembles featuring monkeys and lunar new year themes?

Well, you are in luck. Northwest Asian Weekly is holding a competition, Celebrate with Style! Year of the Monkey 2016 Fun Fashion Contest and Show.

Filed Under: Features, Community News Tagged With: 2016, APCC, Asian Americans, Chinatown, Gei Chan, Hong Restaurant, Keiro Northwest, Lunar New Year, NWAW, Northwest Asian Weekly, Seattle, Stacy Nguyen, The Wing, Vol 35 No 3 | January 16 - January 22

EDITORIAL: Our 5 wishes for Seattle’s ID in 2016

January 7, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

At the beginning of January, it feels natural to do a retrospective of the year before, take lessons, and think on how we’d want 2016 to look different. Here are five of our wishes: Wish 1: For no more senseless deaths in the ID There have been three known homicides in the International District (ID) […]

Filed Under: Editorials Tagged With: 2015, 2016, API, Benito Benny Enriquez, Chinatown, Christina Enriquez, Eighth Avenue South, ID, Kenny Chesney, Seattle Police Department, Seattle Streetcar, South Seattle, South Weller Street, Summit Sierra, TBD, Vol 35 No 2 | January 9 - January 15

SF crime defendant says undercover agent forced money on him

January 2, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Sudhin Thanawala Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A key defendant in an organized-crime case in San Francisco’s Chinatown will face more questions from prosecutors after testifying that the undercover agent leading the probe tried to drag him into conversations and force money on him. Under cross-examination by prosecutors on Dec. 22 at his […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2016, Associated Press, Chinatown, Chinese, Leland Yee, Prosecutor William Frenzen, Raymond Shrimp Boy Chow, SF, San Francisco, Vol 35 No 1 | January 2 - January 8, language

Unfold the invisible — The myth of “model minority”

January 1, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Yuxuan Liu Northwest Asian Weekly U.S. Supreme Court justices are in the midst of hearing a case that sprouted from a controversial affirmative action plan of the University of Texas in 2013. New updates from the Court signal a majority opinion shift against the plan’s legality. If this consensus extends to the final ruling, […]

Filed Under: Commentaries Tagged With: 2013, 2016, African Americans, Asian Americans, California Governor Jerry Brown, Chinatown, Chinese Americans, Filipino, Laotian Americans, New York, Pacific Islanders, Presidential Election, South Louisiana, Supreme Court, Vol 35 No 1 | January 2 - January 8, poverty

Racketeering defendant to testify during his trial

November 21, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Sudhin Thanawala Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A defendant in a San Francisco racketeering case will take the stand at his trial as prosecutors accuse him of ordering the killing of a rival before taking over his organization in Chinatown. Raymond “Shrimp Boy” Chow is a reformed criminal whose testimony will be the […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2015, Allen Leung, Associated Press, Chinatown, FBI, Ghee Kung Tong, Leland Yee, Philippines, Prosecutor Waqar Hasib, Raymond Shrimp Boy Chow, San Francisco, Tony Serra, Vol 34 No 48 | November 21 - November 27

Mystery persists following murder of family in N.Y.

November 14, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Michael Hill Associated Press GUILDERLAND, N.Y. (AP) — A couple originally from China and their two elementary school-age boys were found fatally stabbed and bludgeoned in their modest suburban home just over a year ago. Investigators since then have run into language barriers, cultural differences and the logistical challenge of a quadruple murder case […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2015, Associated Press, Canada, Chinatown, Chinese, Eddie Chiu, FBI, GUILDERLAND, Hai Yan Li, Jin Chen, Lin Sing Association, Los Angeles, New York City, Senior Investigator John Camp, United States, Vol 34 No 47 | November 14 - November 20, language

COMMENTARY: What’s going to happen to the C-ID without Donnie Chin?

October 30, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Marie Wong Northwest Asian Weekly It has been almost four months since the murder of Donnie Chin. The sensationalism of the story has waned from the general media as other stories have come to the forefront of the news. But for the people who live and work in the Chinatown-International District (C-ID), the profound […]

Filed Under: Commentaries Tagged With: 2015, Asian American Studies, Associate Professor, Chinatown, Donnie Chin, Kong Yick, Northwest Asian Weekly, Seattle Police Department, Seattle University, Urban Planning, Vincent Chin, Vol 34 No 45 | October 31 - November 6

Lucky Peach cooks up easy side of Asian food

October 23, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Michele Kayal Associated Press Disney princesses reimagined as hot dogs and drunken rants by name-brand chefs are de rigueur for quarterly food magazine Lucky Peach. But a new cookbook from the journal’s editors leaves most of that on the table, favoring instead a just-campy-enough approach to Asian home cooking. Launched in 2011 by New […]

Filed Under: Food Tagged With: 2011, 2015, AP, Associated Press, Chinatown, Chinese, Clarkson Potter, David Chang, Easy Asian Recipes, Los Angeles, Lucky Peach, New York, Peter Meehan It, Roy Choi, Sichuan Pork Ragu, Vol 34 No 44 | October 24 - October 30, culture

Mile markers — Alaska Airlines collaborates with Hainan Airlines

October 22, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff Northwest Asian Weekly Gary Locke, former Washington state governor, broke a big fortune cookie and wished Alaska Airlines and Hainan Airlines a prosperous future at a reception in Chinatown on Oct. 20, celebrating a win-win for their collaboration and especially for customers. Alaska Airlines is joining with China-based carrier Hainan Airlines to enhance […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Business, Community News Tagged With: 2008, 2015, Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan, Andrew Harrison, Beijing, Chinatown, Chinese, Fortune Wings Club, Hainan Airlines, Hou Wei, Northwest Asian Weekly, Nyhus Communications, San Jose, Seattle, Vol 34 No 44 | October 24 - October 30, Wing Luke Asian Museum, gary locke

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