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BLOG: Obama charms even Chinatown leaders

June 30, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Assunta Ng Northwest Asian Weekly In politics, money matters. So do connections. When money and connections merge, you get VIP treatment at Gov. Jay Inslee’s campaign dinner on June 24 in downtown Seattle, seeing President Obama up close. Ben Zhang, CEO of Greater China Industries, bought a table for $5,000 as a gold sponsor. […]

Filed Under: Publisher Ng's blog Tagged With: 2016, Ben Zhang, Jay Inslee, Obama, Publisher Ng's blog, VOL 35 NO 27 | JULY 2 – JULY 8

From notable “firsts” to a private citizen: One-on-one with the Honorable Gary Locke

April 7, 2016 By Ruth Bayang

He was first the Chinese governor in the United States, first Chinese American U.S. ambassador to China, first Chinese American commerce secretary, and the King County Executive.

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: Asian Americans, Beijing, China, Chinese American, Donald Trump, GL, Grand Canyon, Hillary Clinton, Honorable Gary Locke, King County Executive, Northwest Asian Weekly, Obama, PM, Ruth Bayang, Seattle, Seattle Chinese Post, United States, Vice President Joe Biden

Michelle Kwan fundraises for Hillary Clinton in Seattle

March 21, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Retired figure skater Michelle Kwan was on the campaign trail for Hillary Clinton in Seattle. On March 10, she attended fundraisers for the Democratic candidate. One was hosted by Mimi Gan and Everett Billingslea in their Seattle home, alongside former governor and U.S. Ambassador Gary Locke, Virginia Anderson, and Martha Choe. The event was attended […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: Ambassador Gary Locke, Everett Billingslea, Hillary Clinton, Martha Choe, Michelle Kwan, Mimi Gan, Obama, Seattle, Virginia Anderson, Vol 35 No 12 | March 19 - March 25

Thailand’s largest seafood company abandons tuna merger

December 12, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Marcy Gordon AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Chicken of the Sea and Bumble Bee have called off their proposed merger after the Obama administration told the companies it would hurt competition in the U.S. canned tuna market. The Justice Department announced that the deal, announced a year ago between Thailand’s largest seafood company […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2015, Assistant Attorney General Bill Baer, Beach Cliff, Bumble Bee Foods, John West, King Oscar, Obama, Petit Navire, San Diego, South Korea, Thai Union, Thailand, Vol 34 No 51 | December 12 - December 18, Wild Selections

EDITORIAL: No repeating mistakes — We should provide sanctuary and hope, not internment or rejection

November 25, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The past few weeks have been a sociological nightmare, testing ideology, devotion to promises, subjection to fear. The unfortunate subject that has been affected and pushed the sensitive political buttons is the issue of the United States allowing in Syrian refugees. After the Paris terrorist attacks, the level of fear has been elevated and paranoia […]

Filed Under: Editorials Tagged With: 2015, Bainbridge Island Japanese American Community, Governor Inslee, Mary Woodward, Mayor Murray, Northwest Asian Weekly, Obama, Paris, United States, Vol 34 No 49 | November 28 - December 4

McCain: Allow sale of defensive weapons to Vietnam

June 7, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Lolita C. Baldor Associated Press SINGAPORE (AP) — America needs to provide Vietnam with more defensive weapons, U.S. Sen. John McCain said Saturday as tensions in the Asia Pacific region heightened over China’s expanding land reclamation projects in the South China Sea. But U.S. efforts so far are focused on delivering some of the […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Amnesty International, Asia Pacific, Associated Press, Defense Secretary Ash Carter, Foreign Ministry, Hua Chunying, Obama, Russia, South China Sea, Vietnam War, Vol 34 No 24 | June 6 - June 12

Man arrested over drone at Japanese prime minister’s office

May 3, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Mari Yamaguchi Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese police have arrested a man who admitted to landing a drone with low-level radioactive sand on the roof of the prime minister’s office to protest the government’s nuclear energy policy, officials said Saturday. Tokyo metropolitan police said Yasuo Yamamoto, 40, turned himself in to authorities late […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2011, 2015, Associated Press, Fukushima Dai-ichi, NHK, Obama, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Tokyo, United States, Vol 34 No 19 | May 2 - May 8, White House, Yasuo Yamamoto, japan

Flag-raising by Taiwan in Washington riles China

January 10, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Matthew Pennington Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. State Department said Monday it was not given advance notice about a New Year’s flag-raising ceremony at the residence of Taiwan’s representative to Washington that has angered China.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2015, Associated Press, Beijing, China, Chinese Foreign Ministry, Hua Chunying, Jen Psaki, New Year, Obama, Shen Lyu-shun, State Department, Taiwan Strait, Twin Oaks, Vol 34 No 3 | January 10 - January 16

US think tank proposes shake-up of Taiwan defense

January 6, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Matthew Pennington Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Fears of war between Taiwan and China have eased in recent years, but the growing gap in their military capabilities has prompted a U.S. think tank to lay out a radical new approach in how Taiwan could defend itself if China invaded, relying less on conventional forces […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, Associated Press, China, Chinese, Defense Department, Iran, North Korea, North Vietnam, Obama, PRC, Philippines, Taiwan, US, United States, Vietnam War

Obama says North Korea hacked Sony, vows response

December 29, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Eric Tucker and Ted Bridis Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama declared Friday that Sony “made a mistake” in shelving a satirical film about a plot to assassinate North Korea’s leader, and he pledged the United States would respond “in a place and manner and time that we choose” to the hacking […]

Filed Under: National News, World News Tagged With: Adam Schiff, Associated Press, Bolivia, Christmas Day, FBI, George Clooney, Homeland Security Department, Kim Song, NSA, National Security Agency, New York, North Korean, Obama, Poland, Singapore, Sony Pictures Chief Executive Michael Lynton, Sony Pictures Entertainment, United States

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