Albert Shen has been appointed by the White House as the Deputy Director of Minority Business Development Agency, a division of the US Department of Commerce. Shen will be starting his new position on Aug. 18. Shen, a son of two Taiwanese immigrants, was born in Pullman, WA. He ran for Seattle City Council last […]
Ocean City Restaurant owners start real estate company
Husband and wife, Tim and Christine Lee, owners and managers of Ocean City Restaurant, held a grand
Team of five wins $5 million in video game tournament
The International, a video game tournament, was held in Seattle throughout this month with a team
Annual Kin On sports tournament raises $40K
Over 400 participants, friends and family and community supporters gathered to celebrate the success of the 7th Annual Kin On Sports Tournament. All three events (table tennis, soccer and badminton) brought in a combined total of close to $40K in support of Kin On’s Expansion Project which included a 2600 sq-ft multipurpose space for conducting […]
Ring Dash held in Tacoma
Ben Bridge’s jewelry sponsored Ring Dash came to Tacoma on July 19. The Ring Dash is a free text
Taiwan plane survivor crawls out, phones dad
By Johnson Lai and Christopher Bodeen The Associated Press XIXI, Taiwan (AP) The 10 survivors of Taiwan’s worst air disaster in more than a decade include a
China braces for 2nd typhoon; Taiwan drenched
AP Wire Service BEIJING (AP) — China was bracing Wednesday for the arrival of a second typhoon in less than a week, as communities along the country’s southern coast cleared away debris in the wake of the earlier storm, which killed dozens of people.
China investigating Microsoft in monopoly case
By Joe McDonald AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — China’s anti-monopoly agency announced an investigation Tuesday of Microsoft Corp., stepping up regulatory pressure on foreign technology companies.
Ex-security czar Zhou under investigation
By Gillian Wong Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China’s ruling Communist Party announced an investigation into a feared ex-security chief
New charge in San Francisco Chinatown case
AP Wire Service SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A California state senator charged in a sweeping organized crime and public corruption case centered in San Francisco’s Chinatown faced a new charge Friday of racketeering.