Sept. 10: Mimi Gates announces new center for Asian Art and Ideas at SAAM
Mimi Gates, former director of the Seattle Art Museum, announced that the Center for Asian Art and Ideas (CAAI) will launch at the Seattle Asian Art Museum this fall. The center will explore facets of...
View ArticleSept. 12: New YMCA in Newcastle
The new Coal Creek Family YMCA celebrated its grand opening with free tours, health and wellness information, class demos, and cooking demonstrations. More than 1,500 people attended. The post Sept....
View ArticleSept. 1: Edward Chow, Jr. to head department in Maryland
Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley and Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown appointed Edward Chow, Jr. to head the Department of Veterans Affairs.The post Sept. 1: Edward Chow, Jr. to head department in Maryland appeared...
View ArticleLetter: Republicans are being ridiculous
To the Editor: As one listens to the Republican anger over health care reform, one can imagine an anti-government protester cheerfully paying premiums on insurance policies that drop you after you make...
View ArticleEditorial: Wilson’s career may be over, but we all learn a lesson
By now, most of us are all aware of Rep. Joe Wilson’s “You lie!” outburst at President Obama during the president’s speech about health care reform to Congress. Wilson’s comment came at the moment when...
View ArticleCommentary: SEDA aims to brings hope to the fight against malnutrition in Laos
Look at Meena from a distance and you will see a normal, healthy Lao girl. She is of average height for a 7-year-old girl. But look a little closer and you will notice that her arms and legs, poking...
View ArticleColumn: Breaking through the professional barrier
At my high school, there were the freaks (also known as stoners), the jocks, and everybody else. The football jocks were the royalty of the high school, and you felt honored if they took the time out...
View ArticleHarrell announces technology initiatives for 2010
Seattle Councilmember Bruce Harrell, chair of the Energy and Technology Committee, proposed on Sept. 8 the utilization of a government and technology outline that will optimize the use of technology to...
View ArticleReminder: First time homebuyer credit will expire on Dec. 1
One of the ways that the government is helping during the current economic crisis is through the $8,000 first time homebuyer credit initiative. The post Reminder: First time homebuyer credit will...
View ArticleSecretary Locke announces $4 million grant aimed at creating more Seattle jobs
On Sept. 17, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke announced a $4 million dollar Economic Development Administration (EDA) grant to South Seattle Community College.The post Secretary Locke announces...
View ArticleCivil rights organizations oppose Arizona’s mandatory E-Verify law
The Asian American Justice Center (AAJC), along with other leading civil rights and labor organizations, recently filed a petition with the United States Supreme Court to challenge the state of...
View ArticleDry run: Beijing shuts down early for its 60th anniversary parade practice
BEIJING (AP) — Police cleared the streets and office buildings in parts of China’s capital on Friday for a full dress rehearsal of celebrations for 60 years of communist rule. There was a mixture of...
View ArticleYoung foreigners hunt for jobs in China amid crisis
BEIJING (AP) — When the best job Mikala Reasbeck could find after college in Boston was counting pills part-time in a drugstore for $7 an hour, she took the drastic step of jumping on a plane to...
View ArticleIndian runner stripped of medal after a gender-test, empathizes with Semenya
PUDUKKOTTAI, India (AP) — Considering suicide after being stripped of her medal and shunned by the people around her, Indian runner Santhi Soundarajan knows a bit about what Caster Semenya is going...
View ArticleBhutanese refugees get fresh start in Ohio — on a farm
CLEVELAND (AP) — The families from the edge of the Himalayan Mountains arrived in Cleveland last winter as other refugees have — poor, cold, and bewildered.The post Bhutanese refugees get fresh...
View ArticleChicken feet a bridge in U.S.–China relations?
I could never imagine that chicken feet, despised by many Americans, would be the thing to link China and America in a win-win situation.The post Chicken feet a bridge in U.S.–China relations?...
View ArticleHomeownership fell in ’08 — Asians get hit the worst
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Asians, many of them living in foreclosure-ravaged California, suffered the sharpest drop in homeownership last year, eclipsing declines felt by whites, Blacks, and Latinos,...
View ArticleIf FICP builds it, will they come?
Amid the hustle and bustle of Chinatown sits a quiet, unassuming park nestled behind trees on the corner of Seventh Avenue South and South Lane Street. A bronze dragon hovers over a giant yin-yang...
View ArticleA parade! A parade!
On Sunday, Sept. 20, people crowded the streets of Seattle's Chinatown/International District to celebrate the upcoming 60th anniversary of the People's Republic of China. The parade demonstrated how...
View ArticleLargest pro-China parade ever!
When a thousand participants commemorated the 60th anniversary of the founding of People’s Republic of China by storming through Seattle’s Chinatown last Sunday, serendipities occurred.The post...
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