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Three stories on a parent’s love

September 13, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Samantha Pak Northwest Asian Weekly The Favorite Daughter By Allen Say Author A. Levine Books, 2013 With a name like Yuriko and a home in San Francisco, it’s safe to say you’re not going to meet many people who share your name. And for Yuriko, that has always been just fine.

Filed Under: On the Shelf Tagged With: 2013, Canton Elegy, China, Chinese American, Cultural Revolution, Golden Gate Bridge, Howard Webster, Kim Wong Keltner, Northwest Asian Weekly, San Francisco, Tiger Baby, Tiger Mom, Vol 32 No 38 | September 14 - September 20, Watkins Publishing London, William Morrow, letter

Strength in Youth — NWAW’s monthly must-reads

November 2, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Samantha Pak Northwest Asian Weekly Saraswati’s Way By Monika Schroder Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010 Akash, a 12-year-old boy living in a small village in the Indian desert, is not like the other kids. First of all, he loves school and would rather spend his days in a classroom absorbing knowledge than playing cricket […]

Filed Under: On the Shelf Tagged With: 2010, 2012, China, Cultural Revolution, Ji-li Jiang, Khmer Rouge, Northwest Asian Weekly, Phnom Penh, Red Scarf Girl, Samantha Pak, United States, Vol 31 No 45 | November 3 - November 9

“The Revolutionary”

May 17, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Reviewed by Tiffany Ran Sidney Rittenberg was an American civil rights activist

Filed Under: At the Movies Tagged With: 2012, China, Chinese Communist, Cultural Revolution, Harvard Exit, Pacific Place, Sidney Rittenberg, Tiffany Ran, Vol 31 No 21 | May 19 - May 25

King memorial’s unexpected Asian connection

August 25, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Ben Nuckols The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Some were locals who’ve watched for years as the memorial to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. took shape on the National Mall. Some were tourists who happened to be in Washington the day it opened. All felt honored to be a part of history as they gazed […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: Abraham Lincoln, China, Chinese Sculpture Association, Cultural Revolution, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Lei Yixin, Martin Luther King Jr., National City Sculpture Association, National Mall, National Memorial Project Foundation, President Barack Obama, Tehran Wadley, Thomas Jefferson

NWAW’S must-reads: stories about heritage and culture

May 13, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Her sister Regina is going away to college, leaving Lucy with a room to herself. After practicing all summer, she’s ready to show her coach her skills on the basketball court.

Filed Under: On the Shelf Tagged With: 2009, 2011, Brooklyn Dodgers, China Witness, Chinese American, Cultural Revolution, Discovering America, Harper Trophy, Jackie Robinson, Lucy Wu, Major Leagues, Po Po, Scholastic Press, Sloane Connors, Vol 30 No 20 | May 14 - May 20, Yi Po, culture

Mongolian activist’s son: China police took mother

December 8, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

BEIJING, China (AP) — Chinese police detained the wife of the co-founder of a Mongolian separatist movement and raided the family bookstore just days before the

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, Beijing, China, Communist Party, Cultural Revolution, Genghis Khan, Govruud Huuchinhuu, Inner Mongolia, Liu Xiaobo, Nobel Peace Prize, Southern Mongolian Democratic Alliance, Tiananmen Square, Vol 29 No 50 | December 11 - December 17, Wei Lesi, Zhou Yongkang, letter, reunion

NWAW’s November must-reads

November 23, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

This third installment of the Haruhi series is a collection of four short stories chronicling our beloved SOS Brigade members and their efforts

Filed Under: On the Shelf Tagged With: 2008, 2010, Albert Kim, Bamboo Leaf Rhapsody, Brown Books, Cultural Revolution, Haruhi Suzumiya, Hyperion Books, Lang Guoren, Lang Lang, Mia Stone, NWAW, Nagaru Tanigawa, Remote Island Syndrome, Samantha Pak, Spiegel Grau, Vol 29 No 48 | November 27 - December 3, Zhou Xuilan

Woman survives being homeless and earns second highest honor

August 12, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Betty Kwan Chinn’s mission in life is to help the homeless and less fortunate. On Aug. 4, President Barack Obama awarded Chinn a Presidential Citizens Medal. That day also happens to be Obama’s birthday. Chinn is from Eureka, Calif., and was honored for her work in providing food and clothing to the homeless …

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: Betty Kwan Chinn, California State Assembly, Chinami Tajika, Cultural Revolution, First District Assembly, Hong Kong, Mao Zedong, President Barack Obama, Presidential Citizens Medal, Red Guard, United States, White House

Warren Chang and Buyun Zhao: Asian American Pioneers in Music

August 20, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Husband and wife duo, Warren Chan and Buyun Zhao have introduced the traditional Chinese genre of music to the Seattle community over the last two decades. They founded the first organization dedicated to Chinese music in Washington state.

Filed Under: News, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2009, China Harbor Restaurant, Chinese, Cultural Revolution, Northwest Asian Weekly Foundation, Seattle, Warren Chang, vol 28 no 35 | August 22 - August 28

NWAW’s June must-reads

June 4, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Samantha Pak Northwest Asian Weekly “The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya” By Nagaru Tanigawa, published by Little, Brown and Company, April 2009 Almost every kid has moments where he or she wishes that life was a little less ordinary and a little more exciting.

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Reviews, On the Shelf Tagged With: 2008, American Knees, Asian Americans, Beijing, China, Chinese American, Cultural Revolution, Haruhi Suzumiya, Meet Mei Wang, NWAW, Northwest Asian Weekly, Samantha Pak, Simon Schuster, Washington Press, attention, vol 28 no 24 | June 6 - June 12

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