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First Xiamen-Shenzhen connection to Sea-Tac Airport

May 25, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

SEATTLE — There will be six nonstop flights from Seattle to China with a new Xiamen route starting September 26. The announcement was made May 11 during a press conference in Shenzhen, China, involving the Port of Seattle, the City of Seattle, and the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce. “Service between the two leading technology […]

Filed Under: Briefs, Community News, Feature stories Tagged With: Asia, Beijing, China, Delta Air Lines, Hainan Airlines, Hong Kong, Port of Seattle, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray, VOL 35 NO 21 | MAY 21 – MAY 27, Xiamen Airlines, technology

Queen says Chinese officials are rude; has she forgotten something?

May 24, 2016 By Assunta Ng

By Assunta Ng NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Queen Elizabeth II ranted about Chinese officials being “very rude,” before President Xi Jinping’s visit in London last year, in a private conversation with a police commander on May 10. A pool cameraman recorded the conversation on the Buckingham Palace lawn. Lucy D’Orsi, the Gold Commander, was in charge […]

Filed Under: Publisher Ng's blog Tagged With: Assunta Ng, Barbara Woodward, Boxer Rebellion, Buckingham Palace, China, Chinese, England, France, Germany, Gold Commander, Hong Kong, London, New York Times, President Xi Jinping, United States, VOL 35 NO 21 | MAY 21 – MAY 27

Searching for the right balance when dealing with money

April 7, 2016 By Assunta Ng

By Assunta Ng Northwest Asian Weekly My young Asian friend got accepted into Yale University’s MBA program. That’s the good part. The bad news is he can’t pay for it. The program costs over $100,000 a year. “My parents are not helping me,” he said. “They said they already paid for [my] undergraduate degree.” It […]

Filed Under: Publisher Ng's blog Tagged With: Asian Americans, Assunta Ng, East Coast, Hong Kong, Ivy League, MBA, MONEY, Northwest Asian Weekly, OK, Seattle, Suze Orman, University District, Yale University, poverty

China punishes ’Ip Man 3’ distributor for box office fraud

March 24, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By LOUISE WATT Associated Press BEIJING (AP) – China’s film authorities have suspended the license of a distributor that inflated box office figures for Hong Kong martial arts movie “Ip Man 3,” according to state media. The third installment of the franchise starring Donnie Yen opened in mainland China on March 4 and soon attracted […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2016, Associated Press, Beijing Max Screen, China, Chinese, Donnie Yen, Hong Kong, Ip Man, United States, Vol 35 No 13 | March 26 - April 1, Xinhua News Agency, Zhang Hongsen

Chinese celebrities warned not to mix with exiled Tibetans

March 6, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Louise Watt Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China’s state media have criticized celebrities for attending an event in northeastern India with members of the Tibetan government-in-exile, adding to Chinese authorities’ warnings that actors and singers must “serve the people and socialism.” An article on China Tibet Online last week that was widely carried by […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2016, Associated Press, Beijing, Bodh Gaya, Central Tibetan Administration, China Tibet Online, Chinese, Faye Wong, Gyalwang Karmapa, Hong Kong, Hu Jun, India, Jamphel Shonu, Karma Namgyal, Tibetan Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhists, Tony Leung, Vol 35 No 10 | March 5 - March 11, commentary

Monkey Year predicts fire and disease!

February 12, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Louise Watt Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — The new Chinese year is the one to go bananas over. On Feb. 8, the zodiac calendar enters the Year of the Monkey — the ninth of 12 animal signs. Plastic monkeys are adorning shopping centers and office buildings, and government departments have been giving out toy […]

Filed Under: World News, Cultures Tagged With: 2015, 2016, Aaron Kwok, Chen Qifang, China, Chinese New Year, Donald Trump, Feng Shaofeng, Gong Li, Hang Seng, Hong Kong, Louis Wong, Monkey King, Monkey Year, Sun Wukong, Vol 35 No 7 | February 13 - February 19, Wang Jinping, Western Han Dynasty

BLOG: The many faces of Cambodia (Part 3)

January 7, 2016 By Assunta Ng

Dispelling safety myths
“Is Cambodia safe?” Many readers asked me this after reading my first two blogs about my recent trip with my husband last November.
It is surprising that many have this misconception. While some may have concerns traveling to Cambodia, its tourism has actually increased 17 percent in 2013 and 7 percent last year. Just in Angkor, there are more than one million visitors every year.

Filed Under: Publisher Ng's blog Tagged With: 2013, 2016, Assunta Ng, Besides Killing Fields, Cambodia, Cambodia Part, Cambodian Chinese, Hong Kong, Khmer Rouge, Killing Fields Museum, National Museum, Phnom Penh Restaurant, Publisher's Blog, Royal Palace, Siem Reap, Southeast Asia, Tuol Sleng Prison, USD, Vietnam, Vol 35 No 2 | January 9 - January 15, poverty

It’s cold outside in Sweden — (But also beautiful)

December 31, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Dipika Kohli Northwest Asian Weekly Four minutes is all I can take. It’s not jetlag. Or culture shock. It’s just hot. I’m in a sauna. In Malmoe, in Sweden. Guidebooks and everything, they talk about this. You go to Scandinavia, and you go to the sauna. For the coziness. For warmth and safety, inside, […]

Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: 2016, Denmark, Dipika Kohli, Hong Kong, Ireland, Northwest Asian Weekly, Phnom Penh, Scandinavia, Seattle, Southeast Asia, Sweden, Vol 35 No 1 | January 2 - January 8, culture

“Mojin: The Lost Legend”

December 25, 2015 By Andrew Hamlin

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly Wu Ershan’s “Mojin: The Lost Legend” opens with a frantic action sequence inside an ancient tomb. In the far-reaching tradition of Hong Kong cinema, time and gravity seem to work at the whim of the screenwriter (Tianxi Bachang, in this case), and the three leads scrabble about, frozen in […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: 2015, 2016, Andrew Hamlin, Chen Kun, China, Ding Sitian, Hong Kong, Hu Bayi, Huang Bo, Kim Kardashian, New York City, Northwest Asian Weekly, Pacific Place Mall, Pine Street, Seattle, Shu Qi, Tianxi Bachang, Vol 34 No 53 | December 26 - January 1, Wu Ershan

Alibaba buys Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post

December 20, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Kelvin Chan AP Business Writer HONG KONG (AP) — Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has announced that it’s buying Hong Kong’s leading English-language newspaper, the South China Morning Post, as part of a plan to create a global platform for news about China. Alibaba Group Holdings Ltd., founded by billionaire Jack Ma, said it signed […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Alibaba Executive Vice Chairman Joe Tsai, Alibaba Group Holdings Ltd, Bangkok Post, Beijing, Chinese, HK, Hong Kong, Jack Ma, Kerry Group, Robert Kuok, Rupert Murdoch, SCMP, South China Morning Post, Tiananmen Square, Vol 34 No 52 | December 19 - December 25, editorial, technology

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