Seattle Channel won 20 Government Programming Awards, including 10 first-place wins, from the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors at the group’s annual meeting in Philadelphia last month. The first place AAPI winners include: Susan Han, senior producer of City Inside/Out in the Public Affairs category; Shannon Gee, executive producer in the Interview/Talk Show […]
Governor Jay Inslee recently announced the following Boards and Commissions appointments
Here are the AAPI appointments: Carrie Huie-Pascua as commissioner of the Washington State Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs (CAPAA). She is the former director at Yakima Valley System of Care. Huie-Pascua has a master’s degree from San Francisco State University and a bachelor’s from Central Washington University. Abhishake Banda to the Dental Quality Assurance […]
PAX West 2018
PAX West 2018 was held on Aug. 31– Sep. 3 at the Washington State Convention Center. PAX is a series of gaming conventions held in Seattle, and across the nation. Founded by Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik, authors of the popular webcomic Penny Arcade, each PAX is a show dedicated to supporting and celebrating video […]
Nissan launches China-focused electric car
GUANGZHOU, China (AP) — Nissan’s first electric sedan designed for China began production on Aug. 27 at the start of a wave of dozens of planned lower-cost electrics being created by global automakers for their biggest market. Manufacturers including General Motors and Volkswagen are poised this year to launch a flood of electric sedans, minivans […]
LinkedIn says it’s working to combat Chinese spy accounts
By The Associated Press LinkedIn says it’s working to combat Chinese espionage activity targeting users of the online career network. The Microsoft-owned service said on Aug. 31 that is is partnering with U.S. law enforcement agencies after uncovering fake LinkedIn profiles and other fraudulent activity. Reuters reported that William Evanina, who directs the National Counterintelligence […]
Malaysian Muslim lesbian couple caned in public punishment
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Two Malaysian Muslim women convicted under Islamic laws of attempting to have sex were caned on Sept. 3 in a rare public whipping that was slammed by lawmakers and rights activists as a form of torture. Lawyers and activists said the women, aged 22 and 32, were seated on stools […]
Trump administration backs Asian Americans in Harvard case
By MARIA DANILOVA, COLLIN BINKLEY and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department sided with Asian American students suing Harvard University over the Ivy League school’s consideration of race in its admissions policy, the latest step in the Trump administration’s effort to encourage race-neutral admissions practices. The Justice Department said in a […]
Nevada candidates step up courting of Asian American voters
By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Dozens of Republicans and Democrats in east Las Vegas pitched themselves to members of the state’s growing Asian American and Pacific Islander community last week, with the hope that those voters will swing tight races in the battleground state. The bipartisan meet-the-candidates event, which took […]
China’s JD.com: founder returns to Beijing after US arrest
BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese e-commerce giant says its billionaire founder, Liu Qiangdong, has returned to China after his arrest in the U.S. on suspicion of criminal sexual conduct. Zhang Shuhan, a JD.com official, said on Sept. 3 by phone that “Liu Qiangdong has been released without charges and he is now back in China.’’ […]
6 Asians receive Ramon Magsaysay Awards for accomplishments
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Six people were honored on Aug. 31 as this year’s winners of the Ramon Magsaysay Awards, known as Asia’s version of the Nobel Prize, including a Cambodian genocide survivor who helped document the Khmer Rouge atrocities and an Indian psychiatrist who led the rescue of thousands of mentally ill street paupers. […]