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You are here: Home / Archives for VOL 35 NO 16 APRIL 16 – APRIL 22

Fujimori leads first round in Peru election

April 14, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The daughter of jailed former President Alberto Fujimori held a strong lead April 11 in preliminary results from the first round of Peru’s presidential election and appeared to be headed to a showdown with another center-right candidate in a June runoff.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2016, Associated Press, Keiko Fujimori, LIMA, Maoist-inspired Shining Path, Pedro Kuczynski, Peru, Popular Force, President Alberto Fujimori, VOL 35 NO 16 APRIL 16 – APRIL 22, Veronika Mendoza, World Bank

Matsuyama, Day fade at Masters

April 14, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Hideki Matsuyama’s bid to become the first Japanese man to win a major crumbled in a 1-over-par final-round 73 on April 10 at the Masters Golf Tournament.

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: 2015, 2016, AUGUSTA, Danny Willett, Hideki Matsuyama, Jason Day, Masters Golf Tournament, VOL 35 NO 16 APRIL 16 – APRIL 22, World Golf Cham

EDITORIAL: Let’s retire “Chinaman”

April 14, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Yao Ming was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame on April 6. The headline in the Washington Post now reads, “How Yao Ming subverted stereotypes and brought basketball to millions.”  But only because the original headline, “Hall of Famer Yao Ming redefined ‘Chinaman’…” generated a huge backlash on social media. In an attempt to […]

Filed Under: Editorials Tagged With: 2016, Asian Americans, China, Chinese Americans, NBA, Ni Hao, Perhaps Yao, Steve Kerr, TNT, TV, Tell Yao Ming, United States, VOL 35 NO 16 APRIL 16 – APRIL 22, Washington Post, social media

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