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LANTERN FESTIVAL » 9 Jenny Durkan being administered the oath of office by U.S. District Judge Richard Jones.

By LISA BAUMANN, Associated Press

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SEATTLE — The first woman mayor since the 1920s has taken the helm in the booming progressive city of Seattle.

Former U.S. Attorney Jenny Durkan was sworn in on Nov. 28 at an

Ethiopian community center, 91 years after the city elected Bertha Knight Landes as mayor.

“We must remember that our common bonds, our common purposes see DURKAN on 11

No landmark status for building constructed by Benjamin Woo

Feds threaten to sue Harvard over Asian American admissions

By Ruth Bayang NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY

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Seattle’s Landmarks Preservation Board voted on Nov. 15 against giving landmark status to the H&K Foods building on Beacon Hill.

Designed by Seattle architect and social activist Benjamin Woo, the building (7118-7144 Beacon Avenue South) was built in 1957. It was one of Woo’s earliest solo projects.

A landmark designation would have meant that the building could not be demolished unless the owner could demonstrate there is no reasonable economic use. Landmarks cannot be significantly altered without a permit from the board.

Assunta Ng knew Ben Woo personally. In a letter to the board, Ng said that Woo shied away from any personal accolades or attention. “Ben was invested in community and people, not in buildings. He supported the advancement of those around him. In fact, he and his wife Ruth rejected naming any buildings in their honor.”

Monisha Harrell, a consultant brought in to help the owner prevent 7118 Beacon Avenue South

Asian American officers sue LA suburb for discrimination SAN GABRIEL, Calif. (AP) — Five current and former Asian American police officers are suing the Los Angeles suburb of San Gabriel, alleging they are subjected to a hostile work environment and passed over for promotions.

The Los Angeles Times reported on Nov. 23 that the officers claim their colleagues frequently mock them by speaking in fake Asian accents and promoting racist stereotypes.

The lawsuit says when there’s a car-crash Asian American officers are

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often told their “people” are bad drivers.

A Vietnamese American officer says he was told dogs fear him because they think he will eat them.

Another officer says he was passed over for a promotion after reporting a colleague used the N-word.

San Gabriel spokesman Jonathan Fu says officials are reviewing the lawsuit, which seeks unspecified damages.

Sixty-two percent of the city’s 40,000 residents are Asian. ■

COLLIN BINKLEY ASSOCIATED PRESS BOSTON (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department has threatened to sue Harvard University to obtain a trove of records as part of an investigation into the school’s admissions practices following a lawsuit from a group of Asian American students.

A Nov. 17 letter from the department gives Harvard until Dec. 1 to turn over a variety of records that Justice officials requested in September, including applications for admission and evaluations of students.

The department said Harvard has pursued a “strategy of delay” and threatened to sue if it doesn’t meet the department’s deadline. see HARVARD on 11

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Shop small, shop ethnic

The Ethnic Business Coalition (EBC) hosted its third annual “Shop Small, Shop Ethnic” Holiday Market on Nov. 25 in the Chinatown International District, as part of Small Business Saturday. This year, EBC partnered with five other cultural groups for this free, family-friendly event offering shopping, food and drink, and on-site activities for all ages, including Nagomi Tea House, Wing Luke Museum, and Hing Hay Coworks.

EBC Executive Director Taylor Hoang said the partnerships generate greater awareness of our small, immigrant, and people of color (POC)-owned businesses.

Established in 2014, EBC supports small businesses and

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communities with technical assistance, marketing assistance, business development opportunities, and advocacy. ■

Author Sanwal talk

Author Deborah Sanwal held a talk and cooking demonstration at Seattle’s Kinokuniya bookstore on Nov. 26.

The author of the cookbook memoir, “The Land of Five Waters,” talked about spices and ingredients frequently used in Punjabi cuisine. She also showed attendees how to make a simple chutney.

This memoir and cookbook chronicles one Author Deborah Sanwal (right) year in Sanwal’s life, and sister Elaine Ko when she and her fiancé moved to Punjab to prepare for and ultimately celebrate their wedding. ■

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Celebration of women election winners

The Center for Women and Democracy (CWD) held

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Miss Thailand Maria Poonlertlarp made it to the Top 5 of Miss Universe 2017, but struggled during the Q&A portion of the pageant, which proved to have cost her the crown.

This is the closest a candidate from Thailand has come to winning the competition since 1988, when Phonthip Nakhirunkanok was crowned.

Poonlertlarp’s Top 5 fin- Miss Thailand Maria Poonlertlarp ish is still the highest from any country from the Asia-Pacific this year, with the Philippines’ Rachel Peters bowing out after the evening gown competition.

Peters had been the frontrunner of the online polls, along with Poonlertlarp and Miss Indonesia Bunga Jelitha. Online votes are among the factors in choosing a wild card candidate.

Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters, who represented South Africa, won the Miss Universe crown.

Ninety-two women from around the world participated in the decades-old competition. This year’s edition had the most contestants ever, including the first representatives in its history of Cambodia, Laos, and Nepal.

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Miss Thailand finishes in the Top 5 of Miss Universe pageant

From left: A fan, Manka Dhingra, Mitzi Johanknecht, Hon. Bobbe Bridge, and Cathy Allen

its annual gala at the Women’s University Club on Nov. 16 to celebrate the women who ran in the recent election and won.

Among the honorees were Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan, State Sen. Manka Dhingra, and King County Sheriff Mitzi Johanknecht. More than 100 people attended.

According to the CWD, a record-breaking number of women ran in Washington state and in King County alone, 40 percent were women.

The proceeds of this fundraiser supports the work of the CWD, a community of women leaders united to transform society by building and leveraging the power of women’s leadership locally and globally. ■

Seattle Rotary Club honors veterans

The Seattle Rotary club meeting on Nov. 8 was an homage to veterans.

Dale Kaku, a Nisei veteran, shared his story — followed by stories of Rotary Club members who were involved in the armed forces.

From left: Dale Kaku, Lori Matsukawa, and A panel hosted Mark Wright

by KING 5’s Lori Matsukawa included military veterans in the club — Diankha Linear, Skip Roland, Jerry Costacas, and Karl Ege. ■

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Simon says, cryptocurrencies are the future of finance

By Chris Kenji Beer NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Since Simon Yu moved up the I-5 corridor from the Rose City to attend the University of Washington (UW), his life has been a fast moving whirlwind. Not long after arriving in the Emerald City in 2011, Yu’s parents’ business fell on hard times.

Forced to pay for college on his own, Yu took a job working as a bank teller at near minimum wage. “It was still not enough to pay for my college tuition and make ends meet,” explains Yu. “I always wanted to start my own business, so I tried my hand at selling meals and delivering them to university students. I started out borrowing $100 from my dad, which I spent in two weeks,” says Yu. Yu used his mother’s Korean barbeque recipe, similar to what you see in Korean communities. He had no orders for the first two months... no sales. “It was one of the most difficult times of my life. I ate little or no food, maybe an occasional peanut butter and jelly sandwich.”

“My first two orders came from Facebook. One of these first customers said they were the best tasting taco he’d ever had.” With that feedback, Yu was on his way. He asked this customer to share his comment with his Facebook friends, and in return, Yu promised to give them free tacos on their next order. This seemingly simple gesture propelled Yu. “I turned my dad’s $100 into $10,000,” says Yu. “It helped pay for my education at the UW.” “In 2014, I opened up a food truck, Bomba Fusion, selling Korean tacos with my mom and dad,” explains Yu, who continues to run the food truck today. “We cater to

“I always wanted to start my own business, so I tried my hand at selling meals and delivering them to university students. I started out borrowing $100 from my dad, which I spent in two weeks. It was one of the most difficult times of my life. I ate little or no food, maybe an occasional peanut butter and jelly sandwich.”

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local tech companies now, generating over a million in revenue since opening, and over a half million in the first half of 2017.”

Able to return to college, Yu studied finance, his long-term career interest. “I became fascinated with cryptocurrencies, and wrote a 10-page research paper on Bitcoin.” StormX, Inc., Yu’s current venture, grew out of this research and Yu’s developing passion for cryptocurrencies. He viewed this technology as a nextgeneration, disruptive innovation force that would impact the financial markets. “I saw that with blockchain, you can cut out credit card fees completely and bypass credit card processing by using Bitcoin transactions.”

Yu built the first “BitMaker” Android app with help from his team developer Calvin Hsieh. StormX has seen a 56

percent week over week revenue growth in the first half of 2017.

The company has leveraged partnerships with leading companies engaged in online transactions, such as Hulu, Machine Zone, and Dollar Shave Club. “We have become a user acquisition platform for other businesses,” adds Yu. For example, “Hulu has signed up over 1,000 new customers using the StormX Bitcoin platform. “Today’s financing industry leaders charge up to 40 percent on their transactions, whereas we charge a fixed 1 percent, thanks to the advantages of blockchain technology.”

Yu’s StormX uses the virtual currency Ethereum, which in addition to supporting it’s own currency ether, also supports smart contracts. Smart contracts are agreements written in computer code that execute automatically when conditions are met. After generating over $150 million in its initial rollout earlier this year, Ethereum was hacked.

Though currently stabilized, the developers have been working on an upgrade they call Metropolis.

On Nov. 7, StormX relaunched its new and improved Ethereum upgrade, Metropolis. The STORM Token Crowdsale will help raise virtual currency for Yu’s company.

Yu thinks STORM Token will propel StormX into a leader in the adoption of microtransactions. “We estimate that we will have generated over a million in revenue by Q1 of 2018,” asserts Yu. They have ambitious plans to be a fast growing, profitable startup company. With humble beginnings, StormX is well poised to take on a global audience, as they launch into their next phase of their corporate journey. ■ Chris can be reached at info@nwasianweekly.com.

Beacon Hill Air & Noise Pollution Community Action Plan The El Centro and EPA collaboration project is launching the Beacon Hill Air & Noise Pollution Health Community Action Plan (CAP) on Dec. 2, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Centilia Cultural Center at 1660 South Roberto Maestas Festival Street in Seattle. All are invited.

Through the years, Beacon Hill residents have been concerned about air and noise pollution. In particular, they organized from 2010 to 2012 to address Greener Skies that resulted in increasing airplanes flying over Beacon Hill. This time, 467 people who live, work, play, and/or pray in Beacon Hill gave ideas to address air and noise pollution and health impacts in the CAP in the 24 community meetings held this summer.

“We had to conduct the meetings in five ethnic languages other than English. Our population is close to 80 percent people of color with 44.4 percent born outside the United States, and more than 30 percent who don’t speak English well,” said Maria Batayola, project coordinator. “Without our multilingual teams, we would not have had an inclusive dialogue.” ■ For more information, go to elcentrodelaraza.org/ejbeaconhillseattle.

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VA study shows parasite from Vietnam may be killing vets

By MARGIE MASON and ROBIN McDOWELL ASSOCIATED PRESS

“Personally, I got what I needed, but if you look at the bigger picture with all these other veterans, they don’t know what necessarily to do. None of them have even heard of it before. A lot of them give me HEROLD, W.Va. (AP) — A half century that blank stare like, ‘You’ve got what?”’ after serving in Vietnam, hundreds of — Mike Baughman veterans have a new reason to believe they may be dying from a silent bullet — test results show some men may have been infected by a slow-killing parasite while fighting in the jungles of Southeast Asia.

The Department of Veterans Affairs this spring commissioned a small pilot study to look into the link between liver flukes ingested through raw or undercooked fish and a rare bile duct cancer. It can take decades for symptoms to appear. By then, patients are often in tremendous pain, with just a few months to live.

Of the 50 blood samples submitted, more than 20 percent came back positive or bordering positive for liver fluke antibodies, said Sung-Tae Hong, the tropical medicine specialist who carried out the tests at Seoul National University in South Korea.

“It was surprising,” he said, stressing the preliminary results could include false positives and that the research is ongoing.

Northport VA Medical Center spokesman Christopher Goodman confirmed the New York facility collected the samples and sent them to the lab. He would not comment on the findings, but said everyone who tested positive was notified.

Gerry Wiggins, who served in Vietnam from 1968 to 1969, has already lost friends to the disease. He was among those who got the call.

“I was in a state of shock,” he said. “I didn’t think it would be me.”

The 69-year-old, who lives in Port Jefferson Station, New York, didn’t have any symptoms when he agreed to take part in the study, but hoped his participation could help save lives. He immediately scheduled further tests, discovering he had two cysts on his bile duct, which had the potential to develop into the cancer, known as cholangiocarcinoma. They have since

been removed and — for now — he’s doing well.

Though rarely found in Americans, the parasites infect an estimated 25 million people worldwide, mostly in Asia.

Endemic in the rivers of Vietnam, the worms can easily be wiped out with a handful of pills early on, but left untreated they can live for decades without making their hosts sick. Over time, swelling and inflammation of the bile duct can lead to cancer. Jaundice, itchy skin, weight loss and other symptoms appear only when the disease is in its final stages.

The VA study, along with a call by Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer of New York for broader research into liver flukes and cancer-stricken veterans, began after The Associated Press raised the issue in a story last year. The reporting found that about 700 veterans with cholangiocarcinoma have been seen by the VA in the past 15 years. Less than half of them submitted claims for service-related benefits, mostly because they were not aware of a possible connection to Vietnam. The VA rejected 80 percent of the requests, but decisions often appeared to be haphazard or contradictory, depending on what desks they landed on, the AP found.

The number of claims submitted reached 60 in 2017, up from 41 last year. Nearly three out of four of those cases were also denied, even though the government posted a warning on its website this year saying veterans who ate raw or undercooked freshwater fish while in Vietnam might be at risk. It stopped short of urging them to get ultrasounds or other tests, saying there was currently no evidence the vets had higher

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infection rates than the general population.

“We are taking this seriously,” said Curt Cashour, a spokesman with the Department of Veterans Affairs. “But until further research, a recommendation cannot be made either way.”

Veteran Mike Baughman, 65, who was featured in the previous AP article, said his claim was granted early this year after being denied three times. He said the approval came right after his doctor wrote a letter saying his bile duct cancer was “more likely than not” caused by liver flukes from the uncooked fish he and his unit in Vietnam ate when they ran out of rations in the jungle. He now gets about $3,100 a month and says he’s relieved to know his wife will continue to receive

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“In the best of all worlds, if you came down with cholangiocarcinoma, just like Agent Orange, you automatically were in,” he said, referring to benefits granted to veterans exposed to the toxic defoliant sprayed in Vietnam. “You didn’t have to go fighting.”

Baughman, who is thin and weak, recently plucked out “Country Roads” on a bass during a jam session at his cabin in West Virginia. He wishes the VA would do more to raise awareness about liver flukes and to encourage Vietnam veterans to get an ultrasound that can detect inflammation.

“Personally, I got what I needed, but if you look at the bigger picture with all these other veterans, they don’t know what necessarily to do,” he said. “None of them have even heard of it before. A lot of them give me that blank stare like, ‘You’ve got what?”’ ■

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Police: Woman confessed to putting babies in concrete in 90s

By YURI KAGEYAMA ASSOCIATED PRESS TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese woman was arrested on Nov. 21 after police say she confessed to putting four newborns in concrete-filled buckets two decades ago and having been filled with guilt over not caring for her babies.

Human remains were identified in four buckets found in her condominium, an Osaka police official said, requesting anonymity due to department policy.

Mayumi Saito, 53, was arrested on charges of abandoning bodies, a day after she turned herself in at the police station.

Saito was quoted by police as saying she put the bodies into concrete from 1992 through 1997 because she had been too poor to raise them, but she had been filled with guilt over the years.

Saito had a part-time job, but details of her work, family and comments were not available.

The causes of the babies’ deaths were unclear. It is fairly standard in Japan for criminal charges to be added later as

an investigation progresses.

Although Japan is the world’s third-largest economy and has a reputation as being economically advanced, poverty remains a problem, especially among women.

Social support such as affordable day care is lacking for women to work while child-rearing, as well as to get counseling and other help to cope with parenting duties and mental stress.

Japanese media reports quoted the woman as saying she had no one to talk to or turn to. ■

Japan protests San Francisco’s ‘sex slave’ statue decision

Asian American leaders in tech, Silicon Valley

By MARI YAMAGUCHI ASSOCIATED PRESS

By Staff NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY

TOKYO (AP) — Japan expressed strong regret last week over San Francisco’s decision to give city property status to a statue commemorating Asian women who worked in military brothels for Japanese troops during World War II, with Osaka declaring it will terminate its 60-year sistercity ties.

The signing of legislation making the memorial public property “destroyed trust,” Osaka Mayor Hirofumi Yoshimura said.

“We will scrap our sister-city relationship with San Francisco.” Osaka Mayor Hirofumi He said Osaka will no Yoshimura longer contribute public money to privately

organized cultural exchanges between the two cities.

The statue was erected by California’s Korean, Chinese and Filipino communities.

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said San Francisco’s decision challenges Japan’s position and was “extremely regrettable.” He said similar statues that have been built in various countries interfere with a 2015 agreement between Japan and South Korea to resolve the historical dispute.

Historians say tens of thousands of women around Asia were sent to work in Japanese military brothels, often through coercion and deception. Japan apologized in 1993 but the issue has remained an open rift with its neighbors, particularly South Korea which has strong memories of Japan’s brutal colonization from 1910 to 1945. see SEX SLAVE on 14

New data released by five large Silicon Valley companies — Google, Hewlett-Packard, Intel, LinkedIn, and Yahoo — show that while Asian men and women made up the largest number of professional non-white workers, they were the least likely to be promoted to managerial or executive roles.

During the past year, Silicon Valley technology companies have put extra emphasis on a more diverse workforce, and several have shown increased transparency by disclosing previously confidential 2013 data from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

Asians held 47 percent of professional jobs in 2015, slightly more than whites.

But at top levels, Asians were far outnumbered, holding 25 percent of

executive positions, compared with nearly 70 percent held by whites.

That’s contrary to the belief that Asians are benefiting from Silicon Valley tech companies, with high profile executives like Sundar Pichai at Google and Satya Nadella at Microsoft.

“The widely-held notion of Asian executive success is largely an illusion,” the recent report by Ascend Leadership, an Asian professional network, said.

“When we used the Executive Parity Index to compare the numbers of minorities as executives to their numbers in the workforce, it was clear that efforts to promote more Asians, Blacks, and Hispanics have made no meaningful impact to the minority glass ceiling,” said Buck Gee, a former vice president and general manager at Cisco Systems see SILICON VALLEY on 14

Chinese parents demand answers to kindergarten abuse claims

By YI-LING LIU and SAM McNEIL ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING (AP) — Dozens of upset parents gathered outside a kindergarten on Nov. 24 in Beijing run by a U.S.-listed company demanding answers after reports alleged some children had been molested, abused and left with what appeared to be needle marks on their bodies.

The allegations, coming just weeks after reports of abuse at a Shanghai day care center, prompted a wave of anger from parents nationwide and a swift government response. The State Council,

China’s cabinet, on Nov. 24 ordered nationwide inspections of kindergartens to review teacher conduct, citing “recent incidents in many locations.”

After worrying about food and drug safety for years, Chinese parents say they now worry about potential lapses in supervision in the booming private preschool industry.

The latest scandal in Beijing erupted after influential news magazine Caixin and other Chinese media quoted some parents as saying their children were molested, forced to strip as punishment, see ABUSE on 13

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Chinese shrine rediscovered at Salem’s Pioneer Cemetery

By CAPI LYNN STATESMAN JOURNAL SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A chevron of cragged concrete pokes through the grass and weeds near the northern border of Salem Pioneer Cemetery. One end is longer than the other and seems to disappear into the ground.

It is barely noticeable, even to those familiar with the landscape of the 16 1/2-acre, highly visible cemetery not far from downtown.

The concrete is believed to be the last remnant of a Chinese shrine.

Officials from the city of Salem, which owns the 176-year-old cemetery, needed help pinpointing the shrine’s exact location.

Rick Hilts, the owner of neighboring City View Cemetery, led them straight to the spot.

“It was brilliant,” said Kimberli Fitzgerald, historic preservation officer for Salem. “We were really struggling, and he remembered playing in the area with his brother as a kid.”

The city — in collaboration with Willamette University, the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office, and the Friends of Pioneer Cemetery — has launched a public archaeology project to help uncover not just the shrine, but a slice of Salem’s past.

Using ground penetrating radar (GPR), a magnetometer and other innovative archaeological investigative tools, the project calls for using minimally invasive methods.

Fitzgerald recently invited me to observe some of the initial GPR scans of the site and to attend the kickoff meeting of the project advisory committee. Members of the committee include representatives from local heritage and Chinese cultural organizations.

“The whole process is intended to be inclusive and not secretive,” said Fitzgerald, the project manager. “I want it to be welcoming.”

The ultimate goal is to find an appropriate way to either reconstruct or memorialize the shrine. But first, there is work to do — and questions to be answered.

History preservation officer Kimberli Fitzgerald (left) shows a young girl some of the findings.

Remnants of a headstone with Chinese characters inscribed.

CHINATOWN IN SALEM Draw a square with Ferry, Liberty, State and High streets NE as the edges, and you roughly have the boundaries of what was Salem’s Chinatown in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Most of the city’s Chinese residents lived and worked in that condensed area, which has been described in newspapers as being crowded with rented tenements that included laundries, markets, cookhouses, brothels and opium dens.

Historical records show the Chinese in Salem worked in construction, helping build railroads, levees, and roads. They also worked in hotels and kitchens, and in the fields. Their population is reported to have peaked at 367 in 1890.

One newspaper declared the end of Chinatown in 1903 when buildings in that block were being condemned, razed and reclaimed by the city. By 1920, the U.S. Bureau of Labor reported the population had dwindled to 72.

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Watch out, people of color.

In the future, we are all dead.

IN POPULA A- POP! ALL THINGS ASIAN-Y

By Stacy Nguyen NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Yo, guys, how do we feel about the word “Oriental”? I know we’ve mostly decided to stop calling human beings this, unless you are like, over 60 years old — then you get a pass, I guess.

But are we still okay with calling rugs and Top Ramen Oriental? Doesn’t that seem weirdly inaccurate and outdated?

Yesterday, I was at Fred Meyer and I saw a bunch of Okinawan potatoes labeled as “Oriental Sweet Potatoes” and it was like, man, that seems unnecessary.

I’m not an expert on potatoes, either. I only know that because each potato had a sticker that said, “Okinawa 4038,” 4038 being its item number.

I have to remember that “Murder on the Orient Express” probably isn’t racist

When previews came out for “Murder on the Orient Express,” and I saw a sea of famous white actors plus uber talented Leslie Odom Jr., I got triggered and was all like, why do people need to make a movie about a racist train?

And then I chilled out and remembered that this movie is an adaptation of the Agatha Christie novel of the same name, published and set in 1932. The train going from Istanbul to London is the eponymous Orient Express. There isn’t egregious visible cultural appropriation happening.

Its greatest racial offense is that it’s a movie about rich, mostly-white people and their murder problems.

So we’re giving this movie a pass. Michelle Pfeiffer also looks so fab in this.

“Blade Runner 2049,” you look so pretty, but you make dystopia seem so scary with the genocides you haven’t given backstory to

R CULTURE!

Angeles that is weirdly white, boldly going in the face of LA’s current ethnic and racial demographics.

According to the 2010 U.S. Census, LA was 48.5 percent Hispanic or Latino, 11.3 percent Asian, 9.6 percent Black or African American, and 28.7 percent Non-Hispanic white.

Most people in LA are not white.

I bet in between 2019 (original “Blade Runner” time setting) and 2049, there’s some sort of catastrophic incident that results in the complete erasure of all Latinx, Asian, and Black citizens of LA. Here’s probably what’s going to happen: In 2018, there is probably a terrible culture and race war between Latinx, Blacks, and Asians, which results in the complete extermination of Black and Latinx citizens and the freak short-lived victory of Asians — namely the Japanese Americans. I can’t tell you the details of this race war because oracles are imperfect, I only know the winner. (I see that all the buildings in 2049 Los Angeles have Kanji characters scrawled all over them, even though all the English-speaking citizens of 2049 Los Angeles are probably Japanese-illiterate.)

Anyway, so in 2019, the Japanese victors have a solid run of about maybe one year in leadership. They are probably like, “Yeah! We own this city!” as they erect a bunch of NeoTokyo-like skyscrapers, lighting them up like Christmas trees before their own hubris leads to their downfall. In 2019, a race of only white humans and replicants rise out of the ashes of these terrible wars, and the events of original “Blade Runner” begin.

After some years toiling in menial work, the Asians of Los Angeles circa 2022 are like, ef this! Let’s move to the suburbs!

Thus begins a mass exodus of Asians out of Los Angeles.

By 2048, most of the Asians live in the Nevada desert, eking out a scavenger’s living so that they can send their kids to good schools.

Save for one survivor. The Asian man who bravely stays behind in Los Angeles to do his art, to do the nails of white women, because sometimes we all just need to feel pretty.

Then the events of “Blade Runner 2049” begin.

I like how instead of casting a bunch of Latinx and other people of color as extras (Extras! I’m not even asking for speaking parts!), the people behind “Blade Runner 2049” would just rather we come up with a crazy backstory to explain what will happen to LA — in a year.

I know some people will be like, “It’s an alternative universe,” or, “Suspend your disbelief a little bit, snowflake,” but I’m like, “Guys, these movies are designed to resonate in our hearts because they purportedly push out these universal human themes — and I’m trying to get there with you — I am. I just get so distracted by the absence of people of color in the future. Like, did we all kill each other? Did YOU kill US? Did we board a spaceship and colonize Mars and that’s where we’re happily and harmoniously living?

Why isn’t anyone making a movie about the undoubtedly kickass irrigation system that people of African descent have implemented on Mars’ harsh clime so that its citizens HAVE POTABLE WATER? This is interesting stuff, too!

The gift of water!”

Hank Azaria is being a real wuss

You know how the “Transformers” movies are hard to enjoy because all you can think about is the pointless destruction to infrastructure during epic alien-robot fights that will result in the deaths of thousands upon thousands of people even though the Autobots made a grave vow to preserve human life? It’s a logic break that is so distracting that it takes you out of the movie.

There’s something similar happening with “Blade Runner 2049.”

Directed by French Canadian Denis Villeneuve, set only 32 years from now, “Blade Runner 2049” features a Los

On Nov. 19, comedian Hari Kondabolu hosted a screening of his new documentary, “The Problem with Apu,” at Northwest Film Forum in Seattle. The documentary premiered on truTV.com at the same time.

Kondabolu has legit social justice cred. He previously worked as an immigrant rights organizer in Seattle for Hate Free Zone — which is now called OneAmerica — between 2005 to 2007, and he has a master’s in human rights from the London School of Economics.

“The Problem with Apu” features interviews with South Asian celebrities (Utkarsh Ambudkar, Aziz Ansari) and other celebrities who are people of color (Whoopi Goldberg), sharing their opinions on “The Simpsons” character Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, a convenience store clerk. “The Simpsons” first aired in 1989, and for years, Apu was the only South Asian character that regularly appeared on TV, thus being the only exposure some people had to Indians. It was and is a portrayal rife with negative stereotypes.

Hank Azaria, who voices Apu and is white, never makes an appearance in Kondabolu’s documentary. “[Azaria] said that he liked my work and he was very appreciative of the documentary, and he didn’t feel comfortable with me controlling the edit of the film,” Kondabolu told NPR. Kondabolu offered to do a live interview with Azaria, who initially seemed amenable, but in the end, Azaria backed out. Because it’s hard to do something racist for decades and then get asked to talk about it super duper nicely by a person who’s been affected by the racist portrayal.

“And I still want to have that conversation because the movie is not really an attack on a TV show that I love,” said Kondabolu. “And it’s not an attack on an individual. This is about representation. Who gets to represent us? Who gets to tell our stories? And even something as magical as ‘The Simpsons,’ there’s tons of insidious racism. And that’s not to say I don’t love the thing. You can love something and criticize it.’”

Our Asian overlords are def taking over I remember that when I was growing up in the 1990s, stuff that was “Made in Taiwan” or “Made in China” automatically equated to shoddy quality and cancercausing poison in plastic.

In Vietnam, my parents would constantly slap delicious things out of my hand because they say Vietnamese are unscrupulous and will dump dog poop and ammonia into their ice creams. And I’d be like, “Oh my God, why would any do that if they wanted customers? And why does it still taste so delicious?” And my parents were like, “Shut up, you are so American. You will never understand.”

So, the times, they are a-changing. Western-made items are no longer automatically seen as the ideal of quality and safety — statistically.

According to a survey by China Market Research Group, as reported by Business Report, in 2011, 85 percent of Chinese consumers preferred foreign brands. This last year, that preference dropped by a whopping half.

Everyday items such as Vietnamese toothpaste, Indonesian coffee, and Japanese bottled water are picking up market shares in their respective countries, edging out American brands. Nestle’s Asia, Oceania, and Africa revenue fell 23 percent between 2012 and 2016.

There’s this quote in the Business Report story, “Nestle and L’Oreal taking a knock by Asian brands,” that I really love because it reminds me that sometimes when Americans hate on China-made things, it’s emotional, not logical.

This is a quote from Qing Liu, a 47-year-old Chinese engineer. She eschews L’Oreal for Pechoin, a Chinese make-up brand: “Pechoin is cheaper and safer than other brands,” she said. “I don’t know what kind of things have been added to the global brands’ products, so I’m not sure whether it’s good or safe for my skin.”

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Each dragon hump of this 400-foot long traditional Chinese dragon was created in Zigong, shipped to the U.S., and assembled at the Washington State Fairgrounds.

By Janice Nesamani NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Several Chinese artists and artisans have transformed meters of silk and LED lights into dragons, pandas, a 50foot Santa Claus, and even the Space Needle at the Lantern Light Festival in Puyallup.

Not even the rain could play spoilsport as about 3,000 visitors armed with umbrellas and rain gear made their way to the Washington State Fairgrounds on Saturday, Nov. 25.

They were there to see how designs drawn on paper were recreated in silk by the hands of skilled artisans into forms as varied as the April tulips that bloom in Skagit Valley. Also on display was a giant red and yellow dragon that turned its head to welcome them while billowing smoke. Pinnacle Production Group, headed by Sanjay Syal, undertook the task of recreating a lantern festival in the Seattle area to give visitors a tiny glimpse of what a traditional Chinese lantern festival looks like.

Syal has been in the business for more than 20 years. He is associated with massive family entertainment productions, such as Sesame Street Live, Hello Kitty’s Supercute Friendship Festival, and Discover the Dinosaurs.

It was during the process of putting together the Discover the Dinosaurs show that Syal visited Zigong in the Sichuan province of China, where several dinosaur fossils were excavated in the 1980s. While orchestrating pieces for the dinosaur show, Syal came upon the Chinese Lantern Festival and discovered several well-known artists and artisans who painstakingly created beautiful displays by hand. Lantern festivals in China are wildly popular, marking the 15th day of the Lunar New Year and the end of the Spring festival, but Syal realized that several in the Western world hadn’t had the fortune of witnessing one.

So, he brought the Lantern Light Festival to Miami and Memphis last year, which was incredibly popular.

This year, the Minneapolis-based organization brings the festival to Minneapolis, Seattle, and Tulsa. “All the lanterns at the festival were created specifically for this event. Artists created each design on paper and then

a team of artisans worked to create and assemble them. The smaller lanterns were made in China and shipped to the United States on 30 containers,” Syal said. The artists have now returned home, with only a small team left behind to handle maintenance and wear and tear.

The lanterns, artists, and artisans came to Seattle in October and began setting up the event at the site in Puyallup. Syal’s event company organizes everything from their visas to getting translators for the group that speaks very little or no English.

“The individual humps of the dragon were created in China and assembled on site in Puyallup,” Syal explained.

He pointed to painted designs on the lanterns and said, “Artists created all this by hand, each and every brush stroke. People don’t realize the amount of work that has gone into creating each silk lantern,” he added.

As you enter the event gates, you walk through the Lantern Tunnel — a canopy of traditional red lanterns and traditional Asian music sets the tone for the event. A little further is a replica of the Space Needle and Pike Place Market created especially for the festival. While artists have created a display of the Western Zodiac signs, I wished there was a parallel display of the Chinese Zodiac. To make up for it, however, was the Wishing Tree and 400-foot-long dragon. There’s also a fun house flanked by a clown who, as a recent IT watcher, I christened Pennywise.

While Syal recounted roaming around in shorts at the festival in Miami, he was surprised at the turnout on the rainy Saturday. “I’m surprised to see so many people out and at the festival. If this was the Midwest or any other place, there’d be no one around,” he said. The special attraction for Syal is a 50-foot-tall Santa Claus that you can walk through. It’s also one of the places that you can ‘accidentally’ brush your fingers against the silk used to create all the pieces at the show.

For those who want more than lanterns to make the drive to Puyallup worthwhile, the event has Chinese acrobats that perform the Bian Lian or Face-Changing Sichuan Opera (just see LANTERN on 15

The entrance to the Lantern Light Festival combines lanterns depicting monuments around the world with a panda as the centerpiece. The panda is a symbol of friendship and peace in Chinese culture.

While the French built the original, Chinese artists re-imagined the Statue of Liberty as a lit-up lantern.

A 50-foot Santa Claus lantern brings holiday cheer to the Lantern Light Festival.

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Mayor Jenny Durkan Wonder Woman

Swearing-in at the Wing Luke by Ruthann Kurose

By Assunta Ng NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY On Nov. 28, Seattle welcomed a new mayor — female, bold, and original. Even on day one, Mayor Jenny Durkan amazed many.

And what an inauguration!

As the second woman and first lesbian mayor since the founding day of Seattle in 1851, Durkan decided to take City Hall directly into communities across Seattle, with five swearing-in ceremonies in Rainier Valley, Chinatown International District, West Seattle, Phinney Ridge, and Lake City.

Seattle has not voted in a female mayor for almost 100 years. Durkan is part of the new wave of female mayors elected in Washington state. As opposed to 11 female mayors in 2016, our state has nearly tripled that number to 32 this year. Durkan often joked in her campaign by quoting someone that “Seattle must be in trouble to elect a female mayor.”

Seattle is not in bad shape, but housing, homelessness, and affordability issues have been impacting the city — part of its growing pains with Amazon’s explosive development.

With Durkan’s leadership and experience — a woman’s instinct and approach, she might be able to balance all the emerging forces and challenges with new perspectives and innovative direction.

Durkan said she is “breaking tradition” by showing that she’s mayor of the people, and not City Hall. No mayor in the history of the City has held an inauguration ceremony outside of City Hall. And none have sworn in five times in one day. Although her gesture is symbolic, it signifies the hallmark of her new administration, said David Della, Durkan’s transition team member.

On her first day, Durkan has already demonstrated her problem-solving ability to think outside the box. By choosing two marginalized neighborhoods (the ID and Rainier Valley) for inauguration, she has made a statement.

Durkan’s critics might view the repetitive ritual as fluff. Beneath these rituals lie a deeper message.

A light moment between Bruce Harrell and Jenny Durkan.

She picked the Wing Luke Asian Museum as the third inauguration site. “This is a place where it (the Wing) preserves history and makes history,” said Seattle City Council President Bruce Harrell, who introduced Durkan.

Smart as she is, Durkan understands the dynamics, potential, and contributions of the Asian community, the historical significance of the ID, and most important, its needs.

“The Chinese International District stands for social justice equity,” she said. She also mentioned Aki Kurose (who has a Seattle public school named after her) and Wing Luke, the first Asian American elected Seattle City Councilman (the museum is named after him). Then, she acknowledged an issue dear to the community’s hearts — the loss of Donnie Chin, a community hero who died during one of his patrol in the ID. When she said she would be back to follow up on his unsolved murder as promised during the campaign, it drew instant applause and “thank-yous.”

Was this Mayor Durkan’s idea or her team’s?

It’s hers, according to her aide, Lyle Canceko.

Durkan’s detractors accused her of never setting foot in neighborhoods before her campaign. Now, she demonstrates her willingness to work with diverse neighborhoods on day one. She knew how to connect five different points of the city, highlight the diverse needs of each, and gave them a voice. Subtly, she has lifted up these communities by bringing people together.

It attracted people like Beryl Fernandes, who drove 40-minutes from the north, to the Ethiopian Community Center at Rainier Avenue South for the first inauguration. Sara Cotto, who brought her kids to the ceremony, made sure that her 4-year-old daughter knew how to recite the mayor’s name. And among the swarm of media on site, both ethnic and mainstream, some got a glimpse of the Ethiopian Community Center and the see BLOG on 16

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Support Black-AAPI immigrant action day

Next week, over a hundred Black and Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) immigrants will join forces for a day of action in Washington, D.C. They will demand that Congress pass a clean DREAM Act and find a permanent solution for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) holders by Dec. 8.

“Our communities are often erased in the immigration debate, and it’s time to fight back,” said UndocuBlack Network and AAPI Immigrant Rights Organizing Table, the organizers of the rally scheduled for Dec. 5.

On Sept. 5, President Donald Trump dismantled the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program that provided over 800,000 young undocumented

immigrants with work permits and deportation relief.

Vanita Gupta, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, and Jonathan Jayes-Green, a DACA recipient and co-creator of the UndocuBlack Network, penned an op-ed last month.

“Like generations of immigrants who came before us, undocumented young people are vibrant, integral members of our society who make incredible contributions to all of our communities every single day,” it read.

“If Congress does not pass a clean Dream Act, families will be torn apart indefinitely, our economy will suffer, and people will be sent deeper into the shadows, making our communities less safe.”

“It’s time to stop using the lives of immigrant youth as a bargaining chip in a cruel game of immigration politics,” said John C. Yang, president and executive director of Asian Americans Advancing Justice (AAJC).

Inhe Choi of the National Korean American Service and Education Consortium (NAKASEC) said, “Over 8,000 young people have lost DACA since Sept. 5 and hundreds lose protection each week Congress does not pass legislation to protect them. We must pass a #cleanDREAMact NOW!” Dial 1-855-764-1010 now to be connected to your members of Congress. 

DURKAN from 1

Former Mayor Ed Murray resigned in September amid accusations by five men of sexual abuse. Murray has denied the allegations.

City Council President Bruce Harrell and Councilmember Tim Burgess both acted as mayor after the resignation, making Durkan Seattle’s fourth mayor in as many months.

She will lead the city as it deals with the benefits and drawbacks of an economy that is thriving for some but not others as e-commerce giant Amazon expands.

The race for mayor centered on how the city will respond to changes largely brought by Amazon, which employs

about 40,000 people in Seattle. Housing prices have skyrocketed amid constant complaints about traffic and worries that the poor and middle class are being priced out.

Durkan was backed by the city’s business and labor establishment and touted her managerial experience as a prosecutor.

She said it was her goal to make sure everyone in Seattle has a home, saying one of her first executive orders would be related to rent vouchers. 

to the Justice Department.

A statement from Harvard on Nov. 21 said it will “certainly comply with its obligations” but also needs to protect confidential records related to students and applicants.

The university said it has been “seeking to engage the Department of Justice in the best means of doing so.”

Many elite schools defend admissions approaches that consider race among other factors as a way to bring a diverse mix of perspectives to campus. Harvard has previously said

its practices are legally sound.

The Supreme Court last year upheld race conscious admissions at the University of Texas but said the ruling didn’t necessarily apply to all other schools.

Edward Blum, the legal strategist behind the 2014 lawsuit against Harvard, applauded the investigation into what he called “discriminatory admissions policies.” ■

are so much more powerful than our challenges and differences,” Durkan said. “I will be a mayor — not of City Hall — but of the people.”

In that vein, Durkan, 59, made appearances in four other neighborhoods throughout the city.

Durkan beat urban planner Cary Moon for the post in the Nov. 7 general election. Durkan, who says she was the first openly gay person to become a U.S. attorney, will be the first openly lesbian mayor of the city.

HARVARD from 1 “We sincerely hope that Harvard will quickly correct its noncompliance and return to a collaborative approach,” the letter said, adding that “Harvard has not yet produced a single document.”

The inquiry is related to a federal lawsuit filed by a group of students in 2014 alleging Harvard limits the number of Asian Americans it admits each year. A similar complaint was made

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Asian fraternity SNAP apologizes to accused members found guilty priest as part of settlement in 2013 hazing death STROUDSBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Baruch College fraternity has been found guilty of involuntary manslaughter and other offenses for the 2013 hazing death of a pledge in a rented home in Pennsylvania’s Pocono Mountains.

Jurors announced the verdict on Nov. 21 against the Pi Delta Psi fraternity after six days of testimony in the death of freshman pledge Chun “Michael” Deng of New York.

The fraternity was also found guilty of aggravated assault, hazing, hindering apprehension and conspiracy. It was acquitted of the most serious offenses it faced, third-degree murder and voluntary manslaughter.

Its lawyer told the Pocono Record the fraternity plans to appeal.

Four members of the now-closed fraternity chapter previously pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and await sentencing.

Authorities have said Deng was knocked unconscious and suffered a fatal head injury during a “gauntlet” ritual in which he was blindfolded and carried a weighted-down backpack across a yard in the home about 100 miles west of New York.

The newspaper said Deng had to get past groups of fraternity

brothers who shoved or tackled him, and witnesses said he was subjected to the most violence because he fought back.

Court records indicate fraternity members tried to revive him on their own, changed his clothes and searched online for information about his symptoms before driving him to a hospital an hour later.

He died the next day of a brain injury. Deng, a nationally competitive handball player from the New York borough of Queens, was the only child of his China-born parents.

Prosecutors are seeking a fine and a statewide ban when the fraternity is sentenced.

Those found guilty could each face up to 27 years in prison, although state guidelines call for 22 to 36 months.

Pledges at at least four fraternities in the country have died this year, including 19-year-old Tim Piazza of Lebanon, New Jersey.

Piazza suffered fatal injuries and drank a dangerous amount of alcohol during a night of hazing in February at the Beta Theta Pi chapter at Penn State. Twentysix people face charges related to Piazza’s death. ■

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ST. LOUIS (AP) — A support group for victims of clergy abuse has apologized to a Roman Catholic priest who sued after child molestation charges against him were dropped and jurors in a separate lawsuit concerning the allegations sided with the China-born priest.

On Nov. 27, the Archdiocese of St. Louis disclosed the apology from the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, or SNAP. “SNAP acknowledges that false claims of clergy sexual abuse injure those clerics falsely accused and the Roman Catholic Church,’’ the group said. The group added that it apologized for “any false or inaccurate statements’’ related to the accusations against the Rev. Xiu Hui “Joseph’’ Jiang that “in any way disparaged’’ him, the archbishop and other archdiocese officials.

SNAP publicized accusations against Jiang after he was criminally charged in 2013 on accusations that he molested a 16-year-old eastern Missouri girl under a blanket. In an unrelated case two years later, he was charged in St. Louis on allegations that he abused a 13-year-old boy in a bathroom at the Cathedral Basilica elementary school. Charges in both cases were dropped without explanation.

The female accuser sued Jiang, but jurors sided with the priest in April. Jiang then sued the mother of the male accuser, along with SNAP and St. Louis police. SNAP was accused

of defamation, while police were accused of botching the investigation.

SNAP confirmed that the apology was included in a settlement in Jiang’s lawsuit. Court records show the case was dismissed on Nov. 21, but no details about the settlement, including possible money damages, were included in the records.

SNAP Executive Director Barbara Dorris said her organization simply publicized what was already public information.

“We reported he had been arrested, and he had been arrested,’’ Dorris told The Associated Press.

“We reported he had been arrested a second time, and he had been.’’

A spokesman for the archdiocese declined comment. A phone message seeking comment from Jiang’s attorney wasn’t immediately returned.

The SNAP apology also extended to the archdiocese, Archbishop Robert Carlson and a now deceased pastor who supervised Jiang when he worked at the Cathedral Basilica in St. Louis.

Jiang was sponsored by Carlson when he first came to the U.S. to pursue the priesthood. Jiang served as a deacon in Michigan and came to St. Louis when Carlson was named archbishop in 2009.

The archdiocese said Jiang returned to work in June as an associate pastor at the Cathedral Basilica. ■

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Suu Kyi blames world conflicts partly on illegal immigration

By ESTHER HTUSAN ASSOCIATED PRESS NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi said the world is facing instability and conflict in part because illegal immigration spreads terrorism in a speech on Nov. 20 that comes as her country is accused of violently pushing out hundreds of thousands of unwanted Rohingya Muslims.

Suu Kyi did not directly mention the refugee exodus as she welcomed European and Asian foreign ministers to Naypyitaw, the capital of Myanmar. But her speech highlighted the views of many in Myanmar who see the Rohingya as illegal immigrants and blame the population for terrorist acts.

The world is in a new period of instability as conflicts around the world give rise to new threats and emergencies, Suu Kyi said, citing “Illegal immigration’s spread of terrorism and violent extremism, social disharmony and even the threat of nuclear war. Conflicts take away peace from societies, leaving behind underdevelopment and poverty, pushing peoples and even countries away from one another.”

Myanmar has been criticized for the The European Union’s top diplomat said military crackdown that has driven more that she is encouraging Suu Kyi to implement than 620,000 Rohingya to flee Rakhine state the recommendations of an expert panel on into neighboring Bangladesh. The United ensuring stability in Rakhine state and work Nations has said the crackdown appeared to was still needed on that. be a campaign of ethnic cleansing, and some The commission, led by former U.N. have called for re-imposing international Secretary-General Kofi Annan, called for sanctions that were lifted as Myanmar promoting investment and communitytransitioned from military rule to elected directed growth to alleviate poverty in government.

Rakhine, which Myanmar officials have Suu Kyi is Myanmar’s foreign minister supported. and state councilor, a title created for the But it also called for Myanmar to grant country’s once-leading voice for democracy citizenship and ensure other rights to the 自1872年起服務西北岸社區 since she is constitutionally banned from Rohingya, which are hotly disputed and the presidency. She does not command非營利獨立協會 the effectively render most of them stateless. military and cannot direct its operations in The commission, established last year at northern Rakhine state, but her remarks in Suu Kyi’s behest, issued its report the day seeming support of the brutal crackdown before a Rohingya insurgent group killed have damaged her global reputation. dozens in attacks on multiple police posts In her speech to the visiting foreign on Aug. 25. The military’s response has ministers, Suu Kyi also cited natural disasters been called disproportionate and a textbook caused by climate change as compounding example of ethnic cleansing. Rohingya now the world’s problems. She said mutual in Bangladesh have described indiscriminate understanding of problems like terrorism shootings, rapes and arsons that wiped out would be crucial for peace and economic whole villages. Some survivors bear wounds development. from gunshots and land mines.

“I believe that if policymakers develop “Stopping the violence, stopping the ‧陵墓地下室 ‧骨灰靈位 a true understanding on each of those flow of refugees and (guaranteeing) full ‧墓碑、紀念碑 ‧土葬福地 constraints and difficulties, the process of humanitarian access to Rakhine state and addressing global problems will become safe, sustainable repatriation of the refugees easier and more effective,” she said. “It is is going to be needed,” said Federica only through mutual understanding that Mogherini, the high representative for EU 1554 15th Aveforeign East (North Capitol Hill) strong bonds of partnership can be forged.” policy.

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Predictions and advice for the week of December 2–December 8, 2017

By Sun Lee Chang Rat — Do you feel as if you are on the outside looking in? It’s not enough just to show up, you must participate as well to be truly a part of the action.

Dragon — Although you may have some initial reservations, a positive attitude mixed with pure determination makes you an unstoppable force.

Ox — It is no secret that you are most comfortable when you are in control of the details, but letting go occasionally can be a surprisingly freeing experience.

Snake — Something you lost long ago will soon be found again, but it may not hold the same appeal that it once had.

Tiger — If you are unsure about where you are headed, don’t be afraid to hit pause. You can always resume when you are ready to go.

Rabbit — Are you nervous about living up to your recently expanded role? Just remember that your skills got you there in the first place.

Horse — Your imagination could lead you into unfamiliar territory. Thankfully, you revel in the process of discovering new and interesting things.

Goat — As focused as you are on getting everything done, it is also important to set aside time to relax.

Monkey — Are you going back and forth on whether to accept a pending invitation? If you decide to go, make sure you are doing so because you really want to be there.

Rooster — You are at your best when you are open to what is around you. At the very least, it leads you to newfound opportunities.

Dog — While it may not be what you had planned, don’t let your expectations keep you from enjoying what is actually happening.

Pig — Friends don’t necessarily have to agree on everything. Just don’t let your differences come between you.

What’s your animal sign?

Rat 1912, 1924, 1936, 1948, 1960, 1972, 1984, 1996, 2008 Ox 1913, 1925, 1937, 1949, 1961, 1973, 1985, 1997, 2009 Tiger 1914, 1926, 1938, 1950, 1962, 1974, 1986, 1998, 2010 Rabbit 1915, 1927, 1939, 1951, 1963, 1975, 1987, 1999, 2011 Dragon 1916, 1928, 1940, 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000, 2012 Snake 1917, 1929, 1941, 1953, 1965, 1977, 1989, 2001, 2013 Horse 1918, 1930, 1942, 1954, 1966, 1978, 1990, 2002, 2014 Goat 1919, 1931, 1943, 1955, 1967, 1979, 1991, 2003, 2015 Monkey 1920, 1932, 1944, 1956, 1968, 1980, 1992, 2004, 2016 Rooster 1921, 1933, 1945, 1957, 1969, 1981, 1993, 2005, 2017 Dog 1922, 1934, 1946, 1958, 1970, 1982, 1994, 2006 Pig 1923, 1935, 1947, 1959, 1971, 1983, 1995, 2007

*The year ends on the first new moon of the following year. For those born in January and February, please take care when determining your sign.

ABUSE from 5 found with unexplained apparent needle marks on their bodies and made to take unidentified white pills. The claims could not be independently verified.

A group of parents demanded answers outside the Xintiandi school gate on Nov. 24 while other parents led their children past reporters and plainclothes security agents to the doors.

“We need clarification. As parents, we have the right to question the school, don’t we?” said a father who gave only his surname, Wang.

Another man, who also gave only his surname, Li, said: “If there is no explanation, I’m not sending my child here anymore. I will come over every day until they respond.”

The Beijing Municipal Commission of Education said it would inspect other kindergartens in the Chinese capital, while the company that runs the preschool, Beijing-based RYB Education, said in a statement it has suspended three teachers. It promised to cooperate with police in a thorough investigation and vowed “zero tolerance” for abusive staff.

It’s the latest case involving schools to spark online outrage in China.

“Laws must be enforced, supervision strengthened,

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teacher wages increased,” an editorial by the official Xinhua News Agency said. “The childcare industry cannot be allowed to grow in an uncivilized fashion.”

Earlier in November, surveillance video emerged of abuse at a Shanghai day care center run by China’s largest online travel company, Ctrip. The video, uploaded by angry parents on Chinese social media, showed teachers slapping a crying girl, pushing a toddler to the ground, and forcefeeding students a substance later confirmed to be wasabi.

In April, RYB Education suspended the headmaster and two teachers at another branch in Beijing after a video of a teacher kicking children was widely shared online.

In its statement on the latest reports, RYB suggested it was the victim of frame-up and false accusations by an “individual” and said it raised this with police.

Concern rippled beyond families at the school. Pictures of alleged injuries were widely shared by users of China’s WeChat messaging service before the country’s internet censors started deleting posts.

“This is quite terrifying,” said Zhang Yang, a mother in Beijing whose children don’t attend RYB schools. She said the allegations were alarming because they were being made against a well-known private institution.

“All my friends went home and asked their children if

they’ve ever been given medications or injected,” Zhang said.

RYB and its franchisees operate 1,300 day care centers and nearly 500 kindergartens in 300 Chinese cities, according to its website.

The company went public on the New York Stock Exchange in September, joining other Chinese providers capitalizing on rising demand from the country’s emerging middle class for educational services.

In China, private early education programs have seen steady growth in a market forecast to reach 200 billion yuan ($30 billion) in 2017, according to China Online Education Institute. But experts and parents say China lacks skilled and experienced teachers and adequate oversight over the rapidly expanding sector.

Early childhood education providers like RYB that are focused on rapid expansion to drive profits will find it hard to ensure teacher quality, said Yong Zhao, a professor specializing in Chinese education at the University of Kansas.

“When education becomes a profit-driven center, you have to sacrifice somewhere,” Zhao said. “You will not be willing to spend more money on people and you will not attract high-quality educators.” ■

American husband and wife duo, Jun-ryeol Huh, Harvard Medical School faculty member and former assistant professor at UMass Medical School, and Gloria Choi, an assistant professor of brain and cognitive sciences at MIT, published two research studies in science journal, “Nature,” about their discovery explaining a link between autism and severe infection during pregnancy, which may be key in reducing instances of autism in the future.

wrapped up in social justice. They’re wrapped up in human rights. … It has to be compassion for everyone. You have to understand where that villager is coming from and how we can help them solve their problem as well.”

Another aspect of the trek was raising awareness. You can see artful photos of these two posing with elephants and photos from their road trip on Instagram at @houseofwaris and @vancityjax. This is the kind of thing I would normally poke fun at — just lightly — but then I got too distracted by the arresting beauty in these pictures. Joshua Jackson seems like he’s going through something — like some sort of life event — doesn’t he? Aw.

Waris Ahluwalia and Joshua Jackson lowkey bro across India for elephants

brought “The Good Doctor” to American audiences. And it’s proving to be quite the hit. “The Good Doctor” is the most watched drama on network television, with about 17 million viewers per episode.

The series is written by executive producer David Shore (who brought us “House M.D.”) and adapted from the South Korean series of the same name. Both series center around a doctor character who is an autistic savant and explores the challenges he faces in his work.

Speaking to IndieWire, Daniel Dae Kim had this to say about it, “[Autism is] something that affects actually so many Americans and actually per capita wise, it actually affects more Koreans. It seems to be a global phenomenon.

My company has always been interested in telling the stories of people we haven’t heard from before. Even though this is about specifically autism and savant syndrome, the themes of feeling marginalized and feeling excluded, even though you have something to offer, is something that resonates with me very personally.”

In an interesting bit of timeliness, on Sept. 14, a Korean

Waris Ahluwalia is a Sikh American (born to Indian immigrants), a fashion designer, a former Gap model, and also an activist. For the past 10 years, he’s been a supporter of nonprofit Elephant Family, an organization that protects Asian elephants and their habitats.

Between Oct. 31 and Nov. 5, Ahluwalia trekked from Jodhpur to Jaipur — in between: 300 miles of rural India.

Joining him for part of the trip was “Fringe” actor Joshua Jackson (Pacey forever!).

Ahluwalia, Jackson, and Ahluwalia’s team stopped at local schools and villages to inform and educate students and villagers about conservation.

To NBC News, Ahluwalia stated, “These issues of conservation are not just about saving the elephant. They’re

Nadiya Hussain would totally be my best friend if only she knew I existed and was exposed to my wonderful personality Over the holiday, I binged “The Big Family Cooking Showdown,” which is a BBC Two reality cooking show that aired last month. It is co-hosted by “Great British Bake Off” alum and winner Nadiya Hussain. Nadiya is Bangladeshi, Muslim, British, and arguably the most successful winner of “Bake Off.” I’ve been following her career kinda avidly ever since she won “Bake Off” in 2015 because charisma just oozes out of this lady’s microscopic pores.

I creepily know a lot of stuff about her and she knows nothing about me. Like, I know that her marriage to her husband, Abdal, was an arranged one, and they seem really happy. He works in IT. The Hussains have three kids, and they renewed their vows just last summer. ■ Stacy Nguyen can be reached at stacy@nwasianweekly.com.

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SILICON VALLEY from 5 who is an Ascend executive advisor and a study co-author.

Using the EEOC definition, “Asian” includes any citizen or noncitizen having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian Subcontinent.

While white women have started to move into management and executive roles, the gap isn’t shrinking for minority women.

“Minority women continue to bump against a double-paned

SEX SLAVE from 5 After a gradual pullback from the apology, Japan’s government now denies that the women, called “comfort women” in Japanese, were forced into sexual slavery, citing a lack of official documentary proof, and says the statue wrongfully blames Japan.

In the 2015 deal, Japan and South

glass ceiling,” noted study co-author and Ascend executive advisor Denise Peck.

“This has been an unspoken truth in the minority community, and we hope that our report opens a long overdue dialogue. We encourage all companies to take a hard look at their minority pipeline and ask how they can do better.”

“We saw progress made by white women, so we know tech companies can change,” said Gee. “Now it’s time to do the same for minority men and women.” ■

Korea agreed that Tokyo would pay 1 billion yen ($9 million) to support the surviving South Korean victims, and both sides pledged to avoid actions that would antagonize the other.

Suga also criticized the South Korean parliament’s passage on Nov. 24 of legislation designating Aug. 14 as a day to commemorate the suffering of the Korean “comfort women,” saying it

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violated the spirit of the 2015 agreement and that Japan has lodged a protest. The date is when a victim, the late Kim Haksoon, became the first to publicly speak out about her ordeal in 1991. She was followed by hundreds of others.

The agreement calls for efforts by both sides to build a “future-oriented” relationship. ■

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SHRINE from 7 Local newspapers reported on multiple occasions the disinterment of Chinese remains from what was previously called Rural cemetery and then the I.O.O.F, or Odd Fellows, cemetery.

Burials and disinterments routinely were described as having taken place on the northern edge. In 1893, the area was referred to as “a little forsaken spot overgrown with brambles.” The same report noted there were “a few mounds with simple headboards of wood and marble, bearing the cabalistic signs of the Mongolian language ...”

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No such grave markers exist today in that section, which was used predominantly for indigents and people who couldn’t afford a proper burial.

A few simple, flat headstones can be found in the vicinity but not in plot No. 645, where the remnant of the shrine is located.

Each of the 960 plots at Pioneer Cemetery measures 16 feet by 24 feet, sometimes 16 by 26, and has space for two rows of eight burials. There are an estimated 8,000 burials overall.

Plot No. 645, according to records provided by Friends of Pioneer co-founder Elisabeth Potter, was purchased by the county for indigent burials and contains 13 burials from the 1930s. Those burials were recorded through surveys done decades ago by Daughters of the American Revolution and other volunteers.

“It’s not completely infallible,” Potter told the advisory group. “There are oddities from time to time.”

Historic preservation officer Kimberli Fitzgerald (squatting) with volunteers.

Volunteers dig up soil samples.

area using ground-penetrating radar.

With guidance from Pike, an associate professor who oversees Willamette’s summer field school program at a dig site in Scotland, the students collected data in four sections using a 400-megahertz machine that looks like an orange lawnmower with a computer screen perched on the push bar.

The GPR unit, which Pike purchased with a grant several years ago, emits, receives and measures signals up to several feet deep. In this case, the focus will be on anomalies around 6 feet deep, which might include coffins.

His students will analyze the data, although Pike glanced at results from the first set of data ahead of time. Naturally, I asked if there are any possible burials in the area.

“There are a few I can identify,” he told me. “This will be fun to process.”

is particularly interested in the project because of her background. She did her Master’s on the findings at a Chinese dig site on private property in The Dalles.

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Fitzgerald, her collaborators, and the advisory group are proceeding cautiously as they investigate the shrine.

“Our goal is to be as noninvasive and nonobstructive as possible but uncover what remains of the shrine,” Fitzgerald said. “We certainly don’t want to disturb any burials.”

The advisory committee was formed not just to involve the community but to make sure the project is done respectfully. It plans to meet every other month — the most recent meeting took place on Nov. 29.

By that time, they are sure to have a much-anticipated report from Dr. Scott Pike and his upper-level archaeology class at Willamette.

GRID SEARCH

A group of 20 students was deployed to Pioneer Cemetery the past couple of weeks to do a detailed grid survey of the

LANTERN from 9 pray it doesn’t rain). There’s a gift shop with souvenirs, but what beats that is a row of artists that create and sell finger paintings, needlepoint designs, and jade objects.

Since it is family entertainment, there’s mini golf, bouncy castles for kids, face painting, and activities such as dinosaur rides and mining for emeralds. There’s also a food court, but food options are limited. If you really want good Chinese food, you may have to wait until you’re back in Seattle.

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Fitzgerald is managing the project on behalf of the city, which took over ownership of the cemetery in 1986. The parks agency tends the grounds.

She became interested in this subject after reading the National Register of Historic Places nominations for both downtown and Pioneer Cemetery.

“It was clear that the story of Salem’s Chinese American community has yet to be fully researched and told,” said Fitzgerald, who is working on a master’s degree in public archaeology at Portland State University.

The Oregon State Historic Preservation Office will provide support on the project. One of its archaeologists, Jamie French, has submitted an archaeological excavation permit to the state.

The permit, once issued, will allow one year to excavate and an additional year to report findings. French

promises that on their website but warns that bad weather cancels it. If the weather permits, Saturdays are a good bet to witness fireworks.

If you do plan to see the Lantern Light Festival, make sure you buy your tickets online to avoid standing in long lines at the venue. Tickets can be bought online in advance and redeemed any day the festival is open. “On opening day (Friday, Nov. 24) we had over 8,000 people visit the show. They had to wait in line for 45 minutes,” Syal said, advising visitors to buy tickets online. If you want to bring in 2018 a little differently, the festival is open until 1 a.m. on Dec. 31 and promises a fireworks display. ■

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Evidence of the shrine at Pioneer Cemetery has been found in newspaper archives, including photographs published in the spring of 1953 and again in the spring of 1963.

In April 1953, crews discovered the shrine while removing debris to make way for construction of a fence along the north side of what was then called Odd Fellows cemetery. The remnant is roughly 8 feet from the fence that separates the edge of the cemetery from the fence and backyards of residential homes.

The Daily Capital Journal described it as a pagan altar with inscriptions on a marble plaque inserted in the concrete form. A number of funeral relics were reportedly found at that time and “promptly disposed of with finality.”

In March 1963, the shrine once again was uncovered while cleanup crews tangled brush at what was then called Pioneer Cemetery.

The Oregon Statesman reported at that time that the shrine could possibly be linked to a flu epidemic in 1916.

The accompanying photo showed more detail, including what appears to be a dark-colored hole in front of the marble inset.

Although no clues were given as to what that aspect of the shrine was, some traditional Chinese funerary rituals are known to have included “burners” built near burial sites. Documents and objects would be burned for the deceased to access in the afterlife.

A 1968 article mentioned the inscription being translated into something like “the tomb of an unknown friend.” ■

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One of the reasons the Landmark Board was considering the building for landmark designation was because of the building’s roofline.

“The building and roofline are functional, but not remarkable,” said Ng. “Most of the Landmark Commission agreed that Ben’s work in the Chinatown/International District were much better quality and more appropriate,” said Harrell.

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DECEMBER 2 – DECEMBER 8, 2017 On Nov. 15, the board agreed — clearing the way for Glen Dea, who has owned the building since 2002, to finalize its sale.

King County records show it was sold for $3.1 million to Isola Real Estate. The new owner plans to demolish the existing structure and build 9 new three-story buildings townhouse buildings that will feature some retail space.

“Right now, the area is not a retail or commercial destination,” said Dea. “This (the sale) will be good for the neighborhood.”

Ng agreed. “In a residential neighborhood, directly across the street from a school, in a city that needs more housing, we need more homes for families to live. This will be a win-win for the community.”  Ruth can be reached at editor@ nwasianweekly.com.

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Vietnamese supporters at the Ethiopian Community Center.

From left: Former Mayor Tim Burgess, Judge Richard Jones, and Mayor Jenny Durkan

Consul General of Japan Yoichiro Yamada

Photos by John Liu/NWAW

From left: Asha Mohamed, Ruthann Kurose, Jenny Durkan, and Sheila Edwards Lange

Durkan signed an Executive Order at the Wing Luke, affirming the City’s commitment to the Race and Social Justice Initiative

ID, for the first time. Thanks to our mayor, these communities have received valuable exposure.

Community reactions

When community members learned that Durkan’s inauguration ceremony would be held at the Wing, many were excited and touched.

Tony Au, a Seattle business owner, said, “She (Durkan) really cares about the community. I really like her as our mayor.”

“She wants to meet the communities where they are at,” said Dexter Tang, a banker. “Promises (she) made, promises kept.”

“It’s a good way to include everyone,” said Peter Tsai, a community volunteer.

“The normal swearing-in ceremony at the City Hall is limited in reaching out.”

Frank Nam, who works for the City, had followed Durkan to three or more ceremonies. Nam said the one at the Wing was the best. “I feel intimate at the Wing. I feel like I am part of it.” Over 150 people were packed inside the Wing, it’s maximum capacity.

I attended two ceremonies — ID and also first one, which was where the official inauguration took place. The remaining four ceremonies were for the signing of two executive orders. On each occasion, her speech was geared towards that specific community. Imagine how much work and organization it involved to make each ceremony seamless and smooth.

Different dignitaries were invited to each of the ceremonies. For instance, former mayor Charlie Royer and Consul General of Japan Yoichiro Yamada were present; former governor Christine Gregoire and her daughter Courtney Gregoire, a port commissioner, were at the Wing.

Lots of thought and detail were implemented in each unconventional

Araceli Cotto hugs Durkan

swearing-in occasion. Durkan was introduced by former mayor Tim Burgess, and sworn in by U.S. District Court Judge Richard Jones during the first ceremony.

At the Wing, Durkan was sworn in by Ruthann Kurose, a community leader.

“It’s a good start for her journey as mayor,” said Elaine Ishihara, a community leader. It’s not easy to organize the swearing-in ceremony in five different locations, she said.

Harrell said, “[Durkan] will be an effective mayor.” Our new mayor is a brilliant strategist and visionary.

Everything she does, has a purpose; often, it is multi-functional. If her first day is an indication of her administration, I guarantee you, there will never be a dull moment.

Enjoy your ride with Mayor Durkan!  Assunta can be reached at assunta@nwasianweekly.com.