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2008 news: The TOP 5 overlooked, the TOP 5 overrated

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As editor of the Northwest Asian Weekly, one of the hardest aspects of my job is deciding which stories are important

China sensitive over film’s Japanese and Taiwanese coupling

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HONG KONG (AP) — China has reversed its decision to import a hit Taiwanese film that highlights Japan’s 50-year colonial rule over the island because it may be offensive to nationalist sentiment on the Chinese mainland, news reports said.

Confessions of a study abroad student

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I didn’t expect a very fun summer this year until my parents signed me and my brother, Austin, up for a study tour sponsored by the Overseas Chinese Affairs Commission in Taiwan. Not only that, they also offered us a chance to see the highly anticipated opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics. Our jaws dropped like a broken door hinge

A cut above the rest

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Gone are the days where the only men who could be found at a hair salon were the ones sitting in the waiting area while a significant other or relative got her hair done. Now, this formerly female-dominated arena is experiencing an integration of the sexes as more and more men are stepping across that threshold, into the styling chair.

Erasing race under the knife

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Virgina Gaw, 51, was born with double eyelids and through her childhood, she had bright wide eyes. She got plastic surgery because aging has made her top lids a bit “droopy,” giving her the appearance of narrow eyes and being tired all the time.

Honoring a civic leader

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On Aug. 26, Minister Wu Ying-yih with the Overseas Compatriot Affairs Commission R.O.C. visited Seattle. He was representing the president of Taiwan in honoring the late Ruby Chow for her contribution to the KMT. Chow was a restaurateur and a trailblazer for Asian American rights. She served three terms as a King County councilwoman. Chow […]

An aviation pioneer, no longer forgotten

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By Carol N. Vu NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY If not for Wong Tsu, Boeing might never have become the industry giant we know it as today. And if not for a group of Asian American employees at Boeing, the contributions of Wong Tsu might still be shrouded in secret today. Wong was Boeing’s first engineer and […]

SIFF 2010

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China Bodyguards and Assassins † City of Life and Death Last Train Home Little Big Soldier † A Spray of Plum Blossoms Hong Kong Bodyguards and Assassins Crossing Hennessy Dream Home Little Big Soldier Love in a Puff Prince of Tears India Khargosh Peepli Live A Request From Earth Japan Air Doll The Chef of South […]