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COMMENTARY: Tiphares vs Elysium — Welcome to the Age of Appropriation

August 23, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Lam New America Media Many years ago, before the age of cyperspace, I found a Japanese manga series at a specialty bookstore in San Francisco. Created by Yukito Kishiro, Battle Angel Alita is the story of a post apocalyptic world where humans scavenge to survive, many using robotic technology to replace lost limbs. […]

Filed Under: Commentaries Tagged With: 2013, Alexandre Aja, Battle Angel Alita, East Asia, Francis Ford Coppola, Hong Kong, Information Age, John Sturges, Keanu Reeves, Kill Bill, Magnificent Seven, Maxine Hong Kingston, New America Media, Oliver Stone, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Ringo Lam, Sergio Leone, Sung-ho Kim, Vol 32 No 35 | August 24 - August 30, Young-hoon Park, Yukito Kishiro, japan

COMMENTARY: Big Mac won’t satisfy Vietnamese desire for human rights

August 2, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Lam New America Media Vietnam specializes in irony. Its president, Truong Tan Sang, is due to visited the White House recently, where he was expected to request a lifting of the U.S. ban on lethal weapons sales to his country while also seeking support for a bid to join the UN Human Rights […]

Filed Under: Commentaries Tagged With: 2013, Andrew Lam, Cam Ranh Bay, Dieu Cay, HRW, House Foreign Affairs Committee, John Sifton, Leon Penetta, New America Media, Nguyen Van Hai, Nguyen Van Ly, President Bush, President Sang, South China Sea, Truong Tan Sang, United States, Vietnamese American, Vietnamese Constitution, Vietnamese President, Vietnamese Spring, Vol 32 No 32 | August 3 - August 9, japan

Skilled immigration masks APA poverty, report shows

July 25, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Asha DuMonthier New America Media The influx of highly skilled, highly educated workers on H1-B visas from Asian countries in the last decade has skewed poverty statistics, according to a new report by the National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development (National CAPACD). In 2011 alone, “there were over 90,000 H1-B visas issued […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, APA, Asian Americans, Asian Indian, Bay Area, Census Bureau, Chinese, Josh Ishimatsu, New America Media, Pacific Islanders, Vietnamese, Vivian Yi Huang, Vol 32 No 27 | June 29 - July 5, poverty

Seattle directs contractors to advertise in ethnic media

July 19, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Asha DuMonthier New America Media Seattle may be the first in the nation to require its contractors to include ethnic media in their community outreach plans, city officials say. The move boosts the visibility of ethnic media, but some of those news outlets say it is unclear if it will result in more ad […]

Filed Under: Briefs, Community News Tagged With: 2013, Census, El Mundo, Julie Pham, Martha Montoya, Muhamod Yussuf, New America Media, Northwest Vietnamese News, Robert Cruickshank, Seattle, Vol 32 No 30 | July 20 - July 26

COMMENTARY: Senate hog wild over Chinese bid for Smithfield Pork

July 19, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By George Koo New America Media When Shuanghui, China’s largest pork producer, made an offer to buy Smithfield, it should have been a straightforward business transaction. Smithfield is America’s largest pork producer. By acquiring Smithfield, Shuanghui would be positioned to fill China’s rising demand for more pork.

Filed Under: Commentaries Tagged With: 2013, Beijing, China, Chinese Communist Party, New America Media, President Obama, Smithfield Pork, United States, Usha Haley, Vol 32 No 30 | July 20 - July 26, Wan Long, george koo

SF schools to reduce services for Chinese immigrant students

June 15, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff New America Media Two schools in San Francisco will be scaling back courses and other programs for newly arrived Chinese immigrants starting next year, reports the Sing Tao Daily. While the decision has caused alarm among parents and teachers, district officials say it will ultimately benefit students struggling with the English language.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2012, 2013, Chinatown, Chinese language, Chris Gao, ELL, Francisco Middle School, Lincoln High School, New America Media, Newcomer Pathway, Olivia Huang, Principal Barnaby Payne, SFUSD, San Francisco Unified, Sing Tao Daily, Vol 32 No 25 | June 15 - June 21

COMMENTARY: Low interest at home, kung fu master opens secrets to the West

June 14, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Lam New America Media Lam Chun-fai, a master of Southern Chinese kung fu style, Hung Kuen, is the first of the kung fu

Filed Under: Commentaries Tagged With: 2013, Black Belt, Bruce Lee, Hong Kong, Hung Kuen, Inside Kung Fu, Kung Fu Master, Kung Fu Panda, Kung Fu Rabbit, Lam Chun Fai Hung Gar School, Martial Arts Experts, New America Media, Official Karate, RAZO, Shaolin Temple, Sifu Lam Chun-fai, Southern Chinese, Steven Spielberg, Teacher Lam, Vol 32 No 25 | June 15 - June 21, Zen Buddhism

Japanese diplomat sentenced in violence case

March 30, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Rafu Shimpo Staff New America Media REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — Yoshiaki Nagaya, 33, vice consul at the Japanese Consulate in San Francisco, has been sentenced to one year in jail for domestic abuse.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2013, Associated Press, Deputy Consul General Nobuhiro Watanabe, Deputy District Attorney Tricia Povah, District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe, Garrick Lew, Japanese Consulate, Judge Parsons, New America Media, Northern California, San Bruno, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Tokyo, Vol 32 No 14 | March 30 - April 5, Yoshiaki Nagaya, Yuka Nagaya

US targets Korean birth tourists

February 9, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jane Han New America Media NEW YORK ― For certain privileged Korean moms-to-be, their baby’s first gifts aren’t toys, rattles, or clothes. It’s U.S. citizenship.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2013, Kim Ki-woong, Korean, Los Angeles County Supervisor Don Knabe, New America Media, New York, One Chinese-operated, Representative Steve King, US, United States, VWP, Vol 32 No 7 | February 9 - February 15

Psy’s Gangnam Style becomes most viewed video on YouTube ever

November 29, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Lam New America Media Anthropologists and linguists are no doubt having a field day trying to chronicle and dissect how,

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features Tagged With: 2012, Asian Values, China, Chow Yun Fat, Gangnam Style, Hong Kong, Jackie Chan, Kung Fu Panda, Lady Gaga, Mitt Romney Style, New America Media, North America, South Korean, United States, Vietnamese, Vol 31 No 49 | December 1 - December 7, culture, language

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