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You are here: Home / Archives for Vol 32 No 36 | August 31 – September 6

Patricia Moy named associate vice provost at UW

September 2, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

University of Washington (UW) Professor of Communication and Adjunct Professor of Political Science Patricia Moy became associate vice provost for academic and student affairs on Aug. 1. The half-time appointment will see Moy planning, coordinating, and evaluating the University of Washington’s academic programs.

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2013, Communication Research, Communications Professor Gerald Baldasty, Journalism Mass Communication Quarterly, Oxford Bibliographies Communication, Patricia Moy, Political Communication, Public Opinion Quarterly, UW, Vol 32 No 36 | August 31 - September 6, editorial

Hang Chen wins national NAAAP award

September 2, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Hang Ping Chen was awarded the National Leadership Award at the 31st Annual National Association of Asian American Professionals (NAAAP) International Convention, held in Toronto from Aug. 8 to Aug. 10. Chen serves on the NAAAP–Seattle Executive Advisory Board. The NAAAP National Leadership Award is given to three NAAAP members who exemplify the organization’s vision […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2010, 2012, 2013, Canada, Hang Chen, Hang Ping Chen, NAAAP, National Leadership Award, Professional Development, Vol 32 No 36 | August 31 - September 6

Murray hosts Obamacare panel at ICHS

September 2, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Sen. Patty Murray hosted a roundtable discussion at International Community Health Service (ICHS) on Aug. 22 to discuss the upcoming implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare.

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2013, ACA, ICHS, Patty Murray, Vol 32 No 36 | August 31 - September 6

Seattle-area dancer performs during RED Tour

September 2, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Dancer Yoshi Wright toured with singer Taylor Swift earlier this year during Swift’s currently on-going Red Tour. Wright performed as a dancer with YouTube star Austine Mahone, who opened several shows for Swift. Wright also appears in several Mahone music videos.

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2013, Austine Mahone, Dancer Yoshi Wright, Mountlake Terrace City Council Member Kyoko Wright, Mountlake Terrace High School, Seattle Superstar Search, Taylor Swift, Vol 32 No 36 | August 31 - September 6, Yoshi Wright

Last of 5 suspects captured in latest Mumbai rape

August 31, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Katy Daigle The Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Police on Aug. 25 arrested the last of five men wanted in the gang rape of a photojournalist in Mumbai, and said charges would be filed soon in a case that has incensed the public and fueled debate over whether women can be safe in […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, India, Jaslok Hospital, Mumbai, New Delhi, Satyapal Singh, Vol 32 No 36 | August 31 - September 6, culture

Radioactive groundwater at Fukushima nears Pacific

August 31, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Mari Yamaguchi The Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Deep beneath Fukushima’s crippled nuclear power station, a massive underground reservoir of contaminated water that began spilling from the plant’s reactors after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami has been creeping slowly toward the Pacific.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2011, 2013, 2015, Atsunao Marui, Fukushima Dai-ichi, Iwaki City, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Ken Buesseler, Masakazu Yabuki, Masayuki Ono, Nuclear Regulation Authority Chairman Shunichi Tanaka, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Shinji Kinjo, TEPCO, Tokyo Electric Power Co, Toyoshi Fuketa, Vol 32 No 36 | August 31 - September 6, Yoshimi Hitosugi, Zengo Aizawa

Bo slams wife, ex-aide at trial exposing Chinese elite

August 31, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Gillian Wong The Associated Press JINAN, China (AP) — The defense strategy of fallen Chinese politician Bo Xilai, who is battling accusations of corruption and shielding a murderer, boils down to this: One of the prosecution’s key witnesses is a liar, and the other is crazy. Four days of testimony at the trial, which […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, Bo Xilai, China, Chinese, Communist Party, Ding Xueliang, France, Gu Kailai, Hong Kong University, Jinan Intermediate People, Neil Heywood, Vol 32 No 36 | August 31 - September 6, Wang Lijun, Xu Ming, Zhang Lifan

Jeremy Lin keen to work on Howard chemistry

August 31, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff The Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Jeremy Lin says he’s looking forward to pairing up with the Houston Rockets’ newly acquired star Dwight Howard. Lin told reporters Aug. 25 on a visit to Beijing that he saw a natural affinity in the pair’s affection for the pick-and-roll game.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2013, Beijing, China, Dwight Howard, Hakeem Olajuwon, Houston Rockets, Jeremy Lin, Oklahoma Thunder, Taiwan, Vol 32 No 36 | August 31 - September 6, Yao Ming

Men smuggled guns on Chinatown busses

August 31, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Tom Hays The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A pair of gunrunners smuggled firearms into New York City by hiding them in luggage they carried on discount buses that offered cheap fares and lesser odds of getting caught, authorities said Aug. 19.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2013, Chinatown, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, New York City, New York Police Department, North Carolina, Rock Hill, South Carolina, Special Narcotics Prosecutor Bridget Brennan, Vol 32 No 36 | August 31 - September 6

US envoy to seek Bae’s release

August 31, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Matthew Pennington and Matthew Lee The Associated Press WASHINGTON, D.C. — A senior U.S. envoy will travel to North Korea this week to seek the release of an American sentenced to 15 years of hard labor in the authoritarian country, the State Department said Aug. 27.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2009, 2013, Ambassador King, Bob King, China, Eddie Jun, Jimmy Carter, Kim Jong-un, Marie Harf, North Korean, Pyongyang Aug, Rick Larsen, South Korea, State Department, Vol 32 No 36 | August 31 - September 6, White House, japan

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