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BLOG: The unconventional Asian American journalist

August 10, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Assunta Ng It’s unusual for Asian Americans to share a lot about themselves when meeting with strangers. We met a television journalist from San Francisco outside the elevator of […]

The Layup Drill — Lin switching teams, golf, poker tweeting, the Olympics, and more

July 20, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly Welcome to another edition of The Layup Drill.

Supporters attend dedication of memorial at Chinese Massacre Cove

July 9, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

A group of about 135 supporters, including representatives of Chinese American communities in Portland, Seattle, San Francisco, and Los Angeles and members of the Chinese Massacre

Seattle’s first Pride ASIA starts at International District

June 21, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Nina Huang Northwest Asian Weekly While Seattle has long had Pride Festival, it will also celebrate its first Pride ASIA event on June 23, a multicultural event for the […]

BLOG: Winning friends over with lunch at Jade Garden

June 15, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Assunta Ng The Seattle Chinese community is not famous for its Chinese restaurants. I hate to admit it, but our neighbor to the north, British Columbia’s Chinese cuisine well surpasses […]

“Fortunato Teho’s Hawaii Gardens” — A book born from grandpa’s writings and photos

June 14, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Stacy Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly In 1988, Corinne Villa-Riese took time off from her job and backpacked <!–more–>around the globe. She started in California and went east, not stopping […]

Scam targets elderly Chinese women in International District and other Chinatowns

May 25, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Three Cantonese-speaking women approached an elderly woman in the International District and told her that her family was in danger of experiencing misfortune. The woman was conned into withdrawing $50,000 […]

EDITORIAL: More supervision for the ID, and greater hope for our alleys

April 12, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The image of drug addicts in our neighborhood is one that the International District can’t seem to shake off. While some might jokingly say that the drug use and panhandling […]

COMMENTARY: Who are the Teochew people? They are our neighbors and friends.

March 23, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Cindy Luc For Northwest Asian Weekly When I first tell people that I am Chinese, I get an instantaneous assumption and the question “Do you speak Cantonese or Mandarin?” […]

Filmmaker Frank Abe ensures resisters are never forgotten

March 8, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly Frank Abe’s documentary film “Conscience and the Constitution” begins with two old men discussing the past. They look out over a landscape they seem […]