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BLOG: ID businesses dealing with unexpected challenges — Creative solutions for small businesses

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By Assunta Ng Northwest Asian Weekly Seattle’s $15 minimum wage is expected to impact many small businesses. However, challenges for the International District (ID) businesses go beyond the wage issue. […]

Visit landmarks, get your caffeine and pizza fix, and drop off your mail — 10 things outsiders don’t know about the Chinatown/International District

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By Assunta Ng Northwest Asian Weekly 1. Did you know Chinatown is “a city within a city”? It has several doctors, dentists, attorneys, a post office, a library, a church, […]

COMMENTARY: Naming the Children’s Park after Donnie Chin — Seattle Parks and Recreation superintendent offers alternatives

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By Douglas Chin For Northwest Asian Weekly While not committing to the Asian American community’s request to rename the International Children’s Park at Seventh Avenue South and South Lane Street […]

Hing Hay will expand (and celebrate!)

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Hing Hay Park is a focal point and one of the premier gathering spaces in the Chinatown-International District.  Hing Hay literally translates to “pleasurable gatherings.” On Saturday, Sept. 5 from […]

Donnie Chin, ID community protector, slain — Police continue search for killer

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By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly Seattle Police have no leads as to who killed International District mainstay Donnie Chin. The 59-year-old Chin was fatally shot in the early morning […]

Dean Wong: The legacy of Donald Gregory Chin — A speech commemorating a friend and hero’s life

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By Dean Wong Heaven has a new angel. Donnie must be pleased to rejoin his parents in heaven, along with Uncle Jimmy whose wartime experience inspired him to become a […]

BLOG: Seattle’s Chinatown loses its dragon — Donnie Chin’s tragic death unites the community

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By Assunta Ng “Donnie Chin is our dragon,” said Dean Wong at Chin’s candlelight vigil at the Hing Hay Park this past weekend. In Chinese culture, the dragon symbolizes excellence, boldness, […]

EDITORIAL: No butts about it — Props to no smoking in parks

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  The Seattle Board of  Park Commissioners recently announced it would be hosting  a public hearing regarding a proposed change to the Parks Code of Conduct which would prohibit smoking […]