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You are here: Home / Archives for Vol 31 No 5 | January 28 – February 3

LETTER: Extended paid parking hours may be hurting Chinatown-International District

January 31, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Editor’s note: This is an edited version of a longer letter that  was sent to Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn by Chinatown-International District business owners and community leaders. Dear Mayor McGinn, We are writing to ask for your help — the extension of paid on-street parking hours from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Chinatown-International […]

Filed Under: Letters to the Editor Tagged With: 2012, Beth Takekawa, Board Member, Chinatown, Chong Wa Benevolent Association China Gate Foundation, Executive Director, Hyeok Kim, International District, Jeff Kirihara, Maiko Winkler-Chin, Property Manager, SDOT, Tuck Eng, Unlike First Hill, Uwajimaya Village, Vol 31 No 5 | January 28 - February 3, letter, parking

Lunar New Year commemorated with USPS forever stamp

January 28, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The colorful Year of the Dragon stamp is the latest collectible in the U.S. Postal Service’s Celebrating Lunar New Year series, which began in 2008 with the Year of the Rat.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2008, 2012, 2013, Celebrating Lunar New Year, Forever Stamp, Ponemon Institute, Postal Service, USPS, Vol 31 No 5 | January 28 - February 3

Much of Asia expects more babies born in the Year of Dragon

January 28, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Annie Huang The Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan has one of the lowest birth rates in the world, but you wouldn’t know that from visiting the obstetrics department at Taiwan Adventist Hospital. The hallways were abuzz this week with dozens of women lined up for ultrasound checks and other appointments with obstetricians.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2010, 2012, Asia, Austin Tseng, China, China Taiwan, Chinese, Chu Hong-min, Hong Kong, Hung Tzu-chu, Interior Minister Chiang Yi-hua, Macau, New Year, South Korea, TAIPEI, Taiwan Adventist Hospital, Vietnam, Vol 31 No 5 | January 28 - February 3, Wu Mei-ying

Urban U.S. Chinatowns shrink back as Asians head to the suburbs

January 28, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Hope Yen and Ben Nuckols The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s historic Chinatowns, home for a century to immigrants seeking social support and refuge from racism, are fading as rising living costs, jobs elsewhere, and a desire for wider spaces lure Asian Americans more than ever to the suburbs.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2012, Asian Americans, Brookings Institution, Chinese, Daniel Lichter, Dim Sum, Gold Rush, Los Angeles Chinatown, Monterey Park, New York, Newport Beach, North Carolina, Ralph Lee, Sunset Park, United States, Vol 31 No 5 | January 28 - February 3, Wei Li

BLOG: Snowed in: an issue to remember

January 27, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

When the snow descended, a bunch of nightmares came true for me. While many of you had no school or stayed home last week due to the snow, the Northwest Asian Weekly faced one of its worst crises in 30 years. “It will be the end of our reputation,” I thought. “We might not have the […]

Filed Under: Publisher Ng's blog Tagged With: 2012, 30th anniversary, Chinatown International District, KING, KIRO, Lunar New Year, Maynard Ave, Northwest Asian Weekly, Puget Sound, Seattle Chinese Post, Vol 31 No 5 | January 28 - February 3

Year of the Dragon 2012

January 26, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Whoa and wow! — 30 years of challenges and wonders A narrative: What does Lunar New Year mean? Where do red envelopes come from? Tiger Mother introduces her paperback, tries taming critics

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Profiles, Cultures Tagged With: 2012, Lunar New Year, Tiger Mother, Vol 31 No 5 | January 28 - February 3

Whoa and wow! — 30 years of challenges and wonders

January 26, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Assunta Ng Northwest Asian Weekly In September 1981, when I dreamed of starting a newspaper, I was a mother with a baby and toddler. Most people called me nuts, thinking a woman should put her family first and ambition second. In addition, it would be a risky venture.

Filed Under: Features, Community News Tagged With: 2012, 30th anniversary, American-born Asians, American-born Chinese, Asian American, Assunta Ng, Colors Magazine, Japanese American, Kokusai Theater, Northwest Asian Weekly, Pacific Northwest, Seattle Chinese Post, Valco Press, Vietnamese, Vol 31 No 5 | January 28 - February 3, Wah Mee Massacre, technology

Vietnamese director brings Murakami’s Norwegian Wood’ to life

January 26, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly Director Tran Anh Hung left his native Vietnam in 1975, at the age of 12, after Saigon fell to the North Vietnamese forces. Until the year 2000, he made all of his films, with permission, inside the unified Vietnam, showing a rich mixture of love for his homeland with […]

Filed Under: At the Movies Tagged With: 2012, Andrew Hamlin, Director Tran Anh Hung, Haruki Murakami, Kengo Kora, Mark Lee Bing Pin, North Vietnamese, Northwest Asian Weekly, Norwegian Wood, Queen Anne Ave, Rinko Kikuchi, Seattle, Tran Ahn Hung, Vol 31 No 5 | January 28 - February 3, Watanabe Ken, japan

Where do red envelopes come from?

January 26, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Nan Nan Liu Northwest Asian Weekly Firecrackers, feasts, and exhilarating lion dances — Chinese New Year has many interesting traditions. However, one of the most appealing traditions, especially for young ones, is the red envelopes.

Filed Under: Cultures Tagged With: 2012, Ang Pow, Beijing, Chinese New Year, Jerchen Aisin Gioro, Joyce Hsu, Lunar New Year, Ma Dao, Nan Nan Liu, Northeast China, Peter Lee, Prince Dorgon, Rachel Wu, Taiwan, United States, Vietnam, Vol 31 No 5 | January 28 - February 3

A narrative: What does Lunar New Year mean?

January 26, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Tiffany Ran Northwest Asian Weekly As early as I can remember, I loved firecrackers.

Filed Under: Cultures, Food Tagged With: 2012, Alanis Morissette Jagged Little Pill, Asian Americans, China, Chinese Kitchen God, Google Chinese New Year, Lunar New Year, Northwest Asian Weekly, Seattle, Taiwan, Visit Tiffany Ran, Vol 31 No 5 | January 28 - February 3, blog

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