2014 was a year of change, controversy, and loss of long-time community fixtures. However, it was also a year of good news for the Asian American and Pacific Islander community. Here, we look back on our top 10 stories of the year, ranked in order of their effect:
Mongolian Hot Pot opens its $2 million restaurant in Chinatown
By Assunta Ng Northwest Asian Weekly Lately, the trend for successful Chinese businesses has been to head to the Eastside and forget Chinatown.
Ocean City Restaurant owners start real estate company
Husband and wife, Tim and Christine Lee, owners and managers of Ocean City Restaurant, held a grand
BLOG: Rekindling my passion
By Assunta Ng I almost killed the Northwest Asian Weekly’s Summer Youth Leadership Program (SYLP) this year.
Behind the scenes at the Owen celebration
Many in the audience at the NW Asian Weekly’s event knew that Owen could play the saxophone well, but no one knew that he had been secretly practicing a Chinese song for the occasion. After the saxophone performance, he sang a rendition of Teresa Teng’s “The Moon Represents My Heart.” …
BLOG: Publisher Ng’s Lunar New Year Awards — And the winner is …
By Assunta Ng Over 50 local Lunar New Year events took place in February, and they were all competing for attendees and attention. So, which one had the better food, […]
PICTORIAL: Scenes from Election Day
Photos by George Liu/NWAW, Charles Lam/NWAW, Rebecca Ip/SCP, and Assunta Ng/NWAW
BLOG: The most stylish couple won
By Assunta Ng Although the Northwest Asian Weekly was celebrating its 30th anniversary at the Seattle Sheraton, we also wanted to create a meaningful
30 years of the Asian Weekly
Over the past 30 years, the Northwest Asian Weekly has grown from two English-language articles in the Seattle Chinese Post to a
BLOG: Five Chinese officials in one day
By Assunta Ng It’s unusual for five Chinese officials to visit Seattle all on one day. In the past, it has usually been only two or three attendees for one […]