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You are here: Home / Archives for Vol 34 No 11 | March 7 – March 13

AAJA rings in Lunar New Year

March 6, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

  The Asian American Journalist Association of Seattle board celebrated a successful lunar new year banquet at the China Harbor restaurant. (end)

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2015, AAJA, China Harbor, Lunar New Year, Seattle, Vol 34 No 11 | March 7 - March 13

Lunar New Year at the White House

March 6, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The White House hosted the first-ever Lunar New Year celebration at the White House on February 19, 2015. Members of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community from across the country joined together to ring in the first day of the Lunar New Year with keynotes from Administration officials, a discussion with diverse AAPI leaders, […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2015, AAPI, Asian American, Lunar New Year, President Obama, Vol 34 No 11 | March 7 - March 13, White House

IN MEMORY OF … — Community leader “Paul” Patu passes

March 6, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Activist Von Tresckow ­­­­­­“Paul” Patu passed  last week. Patu was respected as a Asian American community member, and was especially committed to supporting youth, particularly encouraging API youth to continue their education, along with focusing on helping the API community with healthcare and job services. He suffered from a stroke and a brain aneurysm. His […]

Filed Under: Obituaries Tagged With: 2015, API, Asian American, Betty Patu, Tonga, Vol 34 No 11 | March 7 - March 13

Loophole in immigration law

March 6, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jenn Fang Northwest Asian Weekly By his own admission, Adam Thomas Crapser has had a difficult journey; but through it all, he has worked hard to create what he calls a “a semblance of a ‘normal’ life”. In 1979, Adam arrived in the United States with his older sister as a transnational and transracial […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2015, Adam Crapser, Adam Thomas Crapser, Asian Americans, CCA, Child Citizenship Act, Gazillion Strong, Gazillion Voices Radio, Jenn Fang, Kevin Vollmers, Korean American, Shin Song Hyuk, US, United States, Vol 34 No 11 | March 7 - March 13, adoption, language

Lawmakers feast, dance with Juneau’s Filipino community

March 6, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Katie Moritz Juneau Empire AP Wire Service JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Juneau’s Filipino community rolled out the proverbial red carpet for local and visiting lawmakers at its fifth annual legislative reception, and Filipino Community Inc. did not disappoint with the food nor the entertainment. Pounds and pounds of house-made pancit, lumpia, chicken and beef […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2015, Adam Wool, Andrea Nguyen, Assemblyman Jesse Kiehl, Bruce Botelho, Cathy Mu, FCI, Filipino Community Inc, Jenny Strickler, John Coghill, Josielind Ferrer, Judge Richard Siangco, Juneau Empire, Kevin Meyer, Legislative Lounge, Philippines, Rafael Casta, Randy Ruaro, Sam Kito, Sean Parnell, Typhoon Haiyan, Vol 34 No 11 | March 7 - March 13

George Takei on Leonard Nimoy: “A great man and a great friend” — Nimoy, famous as Mr. Spock on ‘Star Trek,’ dies

March 6, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Lynn Elber AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — In 1975, Leonard Nimoy published an autobiography with the defiant title, “I Am Not Spock” — an attempt to show the world he had many more facets than the pointy-eared character that had come to define him. Yet two decades later, after proving that with […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2015, Aaron Bay Schuck, Adam Nimoy, Boston College, Gene Roddenberry, George Takei, Golda Meir, Ingrid Bergman, LLAP, Leonard Nimoy, Loch Ness Monster, Los Angeles, Pasadena Playhouse, President Barack Obama, Sandra Zober, Star Trek, Susan Bay, TV, Vol 34 No 11 | March 7 - March 13, William Shatner

Hong Kong arrests 33 in protest against Chinese shoppers

March 6, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Kelvin Chan Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong police arrested nearly three dozen people Sunday after scuffles broke out at a protest in a border town, in the latest example of heightened tensions over the growing influx of mainland Chinese shoppers in the city. Police officers wielded batons and used pepper spray […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Associated Press, China, Chinese, Hong Kong, Vol 34 No 11 | March 7 - March 13, Yuen Long

China’s latest survey finds increase in wild giant pandas

March 6, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

AP Wire Service BEIJING (AP) — Wild giant pandas in China are doing well. The latest census by China’s State Forestry Administration shows the panda population has grown by 268 to a total of 1,864 since the last survey ending in 2003. Nearly three quarters of the pandas live in the southwestern province of Sichuan. […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2011, 2015, China, Chinese, Ginette Hemley, State Forestry Administration, Vol 34 No 11 | March 7 - March 13, WWF, World Wildlife Fund, Xiaohai Liu

China’s famed Shaolin temple plans big project in Australia

March 6, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Didi Tang Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China’s Shaolin Temple, historically known for its martial arts traditions but which recently has gained a reputation for aggressive commercialization, is planning to build a $297 million complex in Australia that would include a temple, a hotel, a kung fu academy and a golf course. The Shoalhaven […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2008, 2015, Abbot Shi Yongxin, Associated Press, China, Comberton Grange, Fairfax Regional Media, Shaolin Temple Foundation Australia, Shaolin Village, Vol 34 No 11 | March 7 - March 13

Prince William gets close look at tsunami disaster in Japan

March 6, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Yuri Kageyama Associated Press ISHINOMAKI, Japan (AP) — Britain’s Prince William stood atop a hill in northeastern Japan on Sunday, and stretched below him was barren land known as the “Bay of Destruction,” which was swept by a tsunami four years ago. On the last leg of his four-day visit to Japan, William laid […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Associated Press, Hiroyuki Takeuchi, Ishinomaki Hibi, Kimio Abe, Prince William, Teruko Sekiguchi, Tokyo, Vol 34 No 11 | March 7 - March 13, communication, japan

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