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Two women to vie in Taiwan presidential election

July 26, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Ralph Jennings Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s top two political parties have each nominated a woman for president in 2016, a historic first signaling acceptance of female leadership and kicking off a campaign highlighted so far by clashing views on ties with rival China. The ruling Nationalist Party on Sunday picked as […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2008, 2015, Asia, Beijing, Chiang Kai-shek, China, Hung Hsiu-chu, Joanna Lei, New York-based, Park Strategies, Sheikh Hasina, South Korea, TAIPEI, Taiwan, Tsai Ing-wen, Vol 34 No 31 | July 25 - July 31, japan

US designers take trunk show to China

August 2, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Samantha Critchell AP Fashion Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Rag & Bone, Marchesa, and Proenza Schouler, among the top in their class of cool, youngish New York-based fashion houses, took a field trip to China recently to start a dialogue with consumers there as they all have their eye on expansion.

Filed Under: Fashion Tagged With: 2013, Beijing, CFDA, China, Chinese, David Neville, Fashion Fund, Georgina Chapman, Great Wall, India, Keren Craig, Meredith Melling Burke, Michael Kors, New York-based, Proenza Schouler, Rag Bone, Silas Chou, US, Vol 32 No 32 | August 3 - August 9

Google executive visits North Korea

January 19, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Gillian Wong The Associated Press BEIJING, China (AP) — The Google chairman wants a firsthand look at North Korea’s economy and social media in his private visit Monday, Jan. 14 to the communist nation, his delegation said, despite misgivings in Washington over the timing of the trip.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2013, Beijing, Bill Richardson, Eric Schmidt, Google, Kim Jong-il, Kim Jong-un, New Mexico Gov, New York-based, North Koreans, Russia, South Korea, State Department, Victoria Nuland, Vol 32 No 4 | January 19 - January 25, World Wide Web, social media, technology

Vietnam jails two songwriters

November 1, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff The Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Two musicians in Vietnam whose topical songs are popular among overseas

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: Asia, Christopher Hodges, Communist Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City, Human Rights Watch, New York-based, Nguyen Van Hai, Patriotic Youth, Phil Robertson, Tran Vu Anh Binh, Tran Vu Hai, Truc Ho, United States, Viet Khang, Vietnamese, Vo Minh Tri

Muay Thai comes to Seattle — NWAW’s Layup Drill columnist reviews Seattle’s first Friday Night Fight

May 31, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly A line of people waited outside the Fisher Pavilion on a Friday night in May to witness something

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: 2012, Alexksander Numoski, Canada, Friday Night Fights, Jason Cruz, Justin Blair, Layup Drill, Muay Thai, New York-based, Northwest Asian Weekly, Paul Hage, San Jose, Taki Uluiiakepa, UFC, Vol 31 No 23 | June 2 - June 8, Wai Khru Ram Muay, West Coast

Chefs and foodies root for ginger’s versatile properties for Lunar New Year

January 19, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Michelle Locke For The Associated Press Fresh, dried, candied, or pickled, the rhizome of the plant Zingiber officinale — ginger root to you and me — is a hot commodity at the moment. Used quietly for years to add zip to everything from stir-fries and sushi to breads and cookies, ginger happens to be […]

Filed Under: Food Tagged With: 2011, 2012, Bruce Cost Ginger Ale, Chinese New Year, Diana Kuan, Los Angeles, Lunar New Year, Lunar New Year 2012, New York-based, Spring Lantern Festival, Vol 31 No 4 | January 21 - January 27

One year after protests, Thailand still divided, its people suffer most

May 28, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

BANGKOK (AP) — Cradling a framed portrait of her slain daughter, Payao Akkhahad approached a soldier outside a barracks in this vast Asian metropolis

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, 2011, Asia, Brad Adams, FBI, Human Rights Watch, New York-based, Payao Akkhahad, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, Red Shirts, Somchai Homlaor, Thailand, Vol 30 No 22 | May 28 - June 3, Wat Pathum Wanaram, culture, letter

Koreans mark more than 100 years of U.S. migration

January 27, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

NEWARK (AP) — Korean immigrants across the United States celebrated a milestone this month, marking more than 100 years since their predecessors first arrived in America

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2011, Ambassador Kim Young-mok, City University, KAAGNY, Korean American Association, Korean American Day, Korean Americans, Los Angeles, New Jersey, New York City, New York-based, Preserving Korean, South Korea, United States, Vol 30 No 5 | January 29 - February 4, Yong Hwa-ha

AIDS activists: Chinese colleague detained wrongly

August 26, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

BEIJING (AP) — Police in central China have detained an AIDS activist who contracted the virus as a boy and whose tireless campaigning for the rights

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, AIDS, Asia Catalyst, Beijing, China, Chinese, HIV, New York-based, Tian Xi, Vol 29 No 35 | August 28 - September 3, Wan Yanhai, blog

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