Taiwan – Page 14

Potent form of common child illness deadly in Asia

July 21, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Margie Mason The Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Tran Minh Giang has spent more than a third of his young life in a Vietnamese hospital, and it could […]

Asian golfers set the bar

July 12, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Chris Jenkins The Associated Press KOHLER, Wis. (AP) — With his course hosting its second U.S. Women’s Open this week, Herbert

Philippines opens school on disputed island

June 30, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Associated Press staff MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine officials have opened a small kindergarten on a South China Sea island that is also claimed by five other governments.

“Starry Starry Night”

June 28, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY When Taiwanese director Tom Lin wanted to make a film based on one of his favorite books, the illustrated tale “Starry Starry Night” by […]

BLOG: Seattle Chinese Radio dream

June 22, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Assunta Ng The other day, a man called me saying he was from a group trying to start the Seattle chinese Radio. Although the group claimed to be the […]

COMMENTARY: The ups and downs of having a single father

June 14, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Tiffany Ran For Northwest Asian Weekly I was raised by Dad, a single father.

Ping pong dreaming for 16-year-old Olympian

June 2, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Stephen Wade The Associated Press Ariel Hsing was 8 when she wrote down her Olympic dream on a piece of paper. She rolled it up, wrapped it with a […]

Suspense builds for Seattle Chinese Post’s 30th anniversary celebration

May 4, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Assunta Ng NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY The suspense ended at the Seattle Chinese Post (SCP)’s 30th anniversary dinner on April 22 at the House of Hong

YMCA launches new Global Teen Program in Seattle’s sister city, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

April 20, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

On April 14, a group of high school teens from the greater Seattle area packed their bags for the kick-off of YMCA’s new Global Teen Program. The new program takes […]

Lin-firmary! Knicks guard done for the rest of regular season

April 7, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Brian Mahoney THE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) ― Say so long to Linsanity. Jeremy Lin will miss the rest of the regular season because he needs knee surgery […]