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You are here: Home / Archives for Vol 33 No 10 | March 1 – March 7

China dispatches pollution inspectors amid bad air

March 1, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Associated Press BEIJING (AP) – China’s environment ministry said on Feb. 23 that it had sent inspectors to Beijing and other areas of the country to inspect polluting industries and check construction sites amid a spell of severe air pollution.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2014, Beijing, China, Vol 33 No 10 | March 1 - March 7, Xinhua News Agency

Admiral Nimitz’s WWII diary is posted online

March 1, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Michelle R. Smith ASSOCIATED PRESS PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – The U.S. Naval War College released a trove of World War II information Monday by posting online the operational diary kept by the Pacific commander, Adm. Chester W. Nimitz, during the war against Japan. The 4,000-page multivolume collection includes a running summary of the situation […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2014, Admiral Nimitz, John Hattendorf, Naval War College Foundation, PROVIDENCE, Pearl Harbor, Vol 33 No 10 | March 1 - March 7, WWII

Japan plan has nuclear as key energy source

March 1, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Mari Yamaguchi Associated Press TOKYO (AP) – Japan unveiled its first draft energy policy since the Fukushima meltdowns three years ago, saying nuclear power remains an important source of electricity for the country.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, 2011, 2014, Associated Press, Basic Energy Plan, Vol 33 No 10 | March 1 - March 7, japan

Children become latest victims of Thai violence

March 1, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Thanyarat Doksone Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) – The father grimaced and wept, as he struggled to contain his grief at the death of his two children in a grenade attack during a weekend trip to a mall in downtown Bangkok — the latest casualties in Thailand’s months of political crisis.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2014, Associated Press, Democrat Party, KFC, Kamthorn Auicharoen, Prayuth Chan-ocha, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, Tayakorn Yos-ubon, Thailand, UNICEF, Vol 33 No 10 | March 1 - March 7

Life at War — Book recommendations

February 28, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Samantha Pak Northwest Asian Weekly Cress By Marissa Meyer Feiwel and Friends, 2014 The Lunar Chronicles continue in this third installment right where the previous one ended. New Beijing cyborg mechanic Cinder and Captain Carswell Thorne are now fugitives on the run from the law — both on Earth and on the moon. And […]

Filed Under: On the Shelf Tagged With: 2012, 2013, 2014, Cambodian New Year, East West Discovery Press, Eastern Commonwealth, France, Hong Kong, Khmer Rouge, Lunar Queen Levana, New Beijing, Northwest Asian Weekly, Pearl Harbor, Phnom Penh, Samantha Pak, Simon Schuster, Three Years, Vol 33 No 10 | March 1 - March 7

Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan to make Seattle debut — Songs of the Wanderers, a masterpiece of modern dance by choreographer Lin Hwai-min

February 28, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Marino Saito Northwest Asian Weekly Lin Hwai-min will accompany Cloud Gate to Seattle for its UW World Series (UWWS)

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features Tagged With: 2014, China, Cloud Gate, Cultural Olympiad, Lin Hwai-min, Marino Saito, Meany Hall, Northwest Asian Weekly, Qi Gong, Seattle, Taiwan, UW, Vol 33 No 10 | March 1 - March 7

2014 Olympics wrap-up — Final report from Sochi

February 28, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly Welcome to the third and final Winter Olympics report from Sochi, Russia. We wrap up the final events that occurred during the week, including a disputed upset in one of the marquee events of the Winter Olympics. Controversy surrounds silver for South Korea’s Kim Yu-na 17-year-old Russian figure skater […]

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: 2014, Adelina Sotnikova, Canada, Evan Bates, Felicia Zhang Zhang, Ice Dance Figure Skating, Jason Cruz, Julie Chu, Kim Yu-na, Madison Chock Chock, Nathan Bartholomew, Olympics 2014, Russia, Smile Japan, South Koreans, Vol 33 No 10 | March 1 - March 7, Winter Olympics, social media

In memory of Lisa Lani Chinn

February 28, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Lisa Lani Matsukawa was born in Wahiawa, Hawaii. She was the daughter of Joe and Florence Matsukawa of Aiea, Hawaii. She graduated from Aiea High School. She attended the University of Hawaii and graduated from the University of Washington. Lisa fought a courageous battle with breast cancer and passed away on Feb. 20, 2014, at […]

Filed Under: Obituaries Tagged With: 2014, Aiea High School, Aunty Lisa, Avenue South, Bogey Bear Jr, Golf Foundation, Keith Chinn, Lisa Lani Chinn, Lisa Lani Matsukawa, Mercer Island High School, Northwest Asian Weekly, Pebble Beach, Seattle, Thanksgiving, Visionary Award, Vol 33 No 10 | March 1 - March 7

Nominations sought for 2014 National MED Week Awards

February 28, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Know an outstanding local minority business? The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) is accepting nominations for the 2014 National Minority Enterprise Development (MED) Week Awards competition. The program celebrates and recognizes the outstanding achievements of minority entrepreneurs, as well as individuals and organizations that have demonstrated leadership and commitment in advancing […]

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2014, Alejandra Castillo, Brown Leadership Award, MBDA, United States, Vol 33 No 10 | March 1 - March 7

Get free help getting naturalized

February 28, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

People who want to become U.S. citizens can get free help at day-long  “Citizen Day” workshops being offered around the state.

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2014, Citizenship Day, Tacoma Community House, Vol 33 No 10 | March 1 - March 7, Walla Walla

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