Northwest Asian Weekly
Susan Tate Ankeny’s ‘American Flygirl’ chronicles the life of the first Asian American woman pilot. When Susan Tate Ankeny was asked to write a book about Hazel Ying Lee (1912-44), it was because the publishing company was looking for someone to tell Lee’s story, and they liked Ankeny’s style of writing in her debut book—narrative ...
About - Northwest Asian Weekly
About. For 41 years, we were the only weekly English-edition newspaper serving Washington’s Asian community. The Northwest Asian Weekly released its final print edition on Jan. 19, 2023, and transitioned to online-only operations. While our method of delivering news has changed, our commitment to empower the Asian community has not.
Chinese Characters across Asia: Continuity and transformation in ...
2024年3月12日 · Chinese Characters across Asia: Continuity and transformation in Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese. Chinese, like the other earliest inventions of writing, emerged in complex societies, where people needed to use symbols for writing. The script started as pictures, but quickly evolved to incorporate other mechanisms capable of indicating ...
EDITORIAL: The changing color of Seattle TV news - Northwest …
2017年4月20日 · If you flip through the channels during the 5 o’clock news every evening, you will see that the faces of Seattle television news broadcasters has changed. Twenty years ago, the female anchors on the weeknight 5 o’clock newscasts on KIRO 7 (Susan Hutchison), KOMO 4 (Kathi Goertzen), and KING 5 (Jean Enersen) were all blonde and white.
Why reading news is important — 10 life lessons for reading news
2016年10月20日 · Reading news helps you to develop an open and critical mind. Reading news helps you to learn something new every day, and slow down aging. Reading news helps you to distinguish truth from falsehoods. Reading news can enhance your creativity. Reading news gives you leads to connect with remarkable people and events.
Joe Wong stands up for Asians and hate-free comedy - Northwest …
2024年2月20日 · Between 2009 and 2012, he performed on “Ellen” and “The Late Show with David Letterman” multiple times. Wong then went to China to become the Asian American host of the top rated Chinese TV show “Is it True?” for almost 10 years. Now, Wong is back and slated to perform his first stand up tour, “This Asian Hates Asian Hate,” in ...
Vietnamese newspaper publisher urges community voice to be …
2016年11月18日 · While he would continue to plug away at Tacoma Boatbuilding Co. for many more years to financially support his family, in 1986, Pham and his wife, Hang Nga Pham, founded Nguoi Viet Tay Bac, or Northwest Vietnamese News, a Vietnamese-language newspaper — the first private Vietnamese-language newspaper in Seattle and also the longest-running Vietnamese-language private newspaper.
Beyond Ghibli: Joe Hisaishi’s residency lights up Seattle Symphony
2024年1月18日 · Joe Hisaishi, famous for his work with Studio Ghibli, returned to the Seattle Symphony in January for a week-long residency, something Hisaishi has never done before with any orchestra. During the residency the week of Jan. 8 through Jan. 14, Hisaishi led the way with activities and performances, both of his own work and works close to him ...
Historians track Chinese history in Idaho - Northwest Asian Weekly
2009年7月23日 · The first recorded Chinese in the area was a man who signed the Luna House register in Lewiston in 1862. By the 1870 Census, 28.5 percent of Idaho’s population was Chinese. That was more than one out of every four people, said Priscilla Wegars, a historical archaeologist from Moscow. “And I think they were undercounted at the time ...
Yamaguchi is the new JASSW Executive Director - Northwest Asian …
November 27, 2023 By Admin. David Yamaguchi began a new position as Executive Director of the Japan-America Society of the State of Washington (JASSW) on Nov 15. The society forges friendship and understanding between the people of Japan and Washington state. Yamaguchi is replacing Dale Watanabe, who is reducing his hours to part-time after ...