Chinese Americans

10 API events that are shaping our lives TODAY

May 12, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

During Asian Pacific Islander (API) Heritage Month, we typically focus on the past — on what has happened and the events that have shaped who we are.

Giving hearts: ID bands together to raise funds for Japan disaster relief

March 31, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Last weekend, nearly $170,000 was raised in the International District (ID) to benefit Japan’s disaster relief effort.

Crash highlights Chinese American gambling market

March 24, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

NEW YORK (AP) — At age 75, Mon Ling Ng is hard of hearing and often lonely — a resident of Manhattan’s Chinatown who finds a way to fill his days: by gambling.

Study: Health coaches may be crucial in fighting against diabetes in Asians

March 10, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Chinese Americans are diagnosed with diabetes at more than twice the rate of the general population. Fifteen percent of Chinese Americans

Feb. 10: U.S. Marines to have Korean American general

February 24, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Marine Corps Col. Daniel Yoo will be sworn in as the first Korean American general in the U.S. Armed Forces.

Editorial: A walk to remember: Community members rightly stand up for Chinese who were kicked out of Seattle

February 17, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

In October, Tacoma remembered the Chinese who were ordered to leave the city in 1885, after they had finished building a portion of the Northern Pacific Railroad line.

Seattle’s expulsion of Chinese citizens remembered 125 years later

February 10, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Born in a small town near Canton, China, Wing Luke became the first Asian American to win a seat on the Seattle City Council in 1962.

An American state dinner for a Chinese president

January 27, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Last week, the president and first lady threw a state dinner at the White House in honor of Chinese President Hu Jintao. Dinner guests included celebrities, business people,

Jimmy Locke: Veteran, husband, father, and businessman

January 13, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Jimmy Locke, born Youh K. Locke, passed away on Jan. 5 in Seattle.

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

October 7, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

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.