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MOVIESA look at the lives of adopted Chinese girls. » P. 8

LAYUP DRILLThe NBA, China, and the Filipino Flash » P. 9

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By Samantha TestNorthwest AsiAN weekly

Calling what happened down-town at the Moore theatre last Friday night, oct. 12, a “talent showcase” wouldn’t do it justice. kollaboration seattle’s third annu-al event was more than that. it was a statement that the bar has been raised and it’s only getting higher.

Vocalists Nate Vibez, hannah hipolito, and Ariel yang; hip hop group J-Pros; fusion musical group Pentatonics; and dance group Natya competed for a grand prize of $1,000. kollaboration founder and comedian Paul “Pk” kim hosted the event.

winning the grand prize after stunning the packed theatre was Ariel yang. the final competitor to

perform, she entered the stage in-nocuously, wearing cutesy pajamas and carrying a giant teddy bear as big as she was. her performance that followed was an almost unbe-lievable combination: an operatic range which melted down into a sultry growl and then picked up speed to turn into a girly pop voice.

the audience choice award of $500 went to Natya and a combi-

nation of $100 cash and $400 yes-style.com award went to hannah hipolito.

yang, a graduate of the san Francisco Conservatory of Music with a vocal performance degree, has her own teaching studio, in addition to working as a social

{see KOLLABORATION cont’d on page 15}

By Charles LamNorthwest AsiAN weekly

the search for susie ko’s possible killers ended last wednesday, oct. 10 as ko’s blue subaru station wag-on was found in seatac, along with the couple who had stolen it. Darnell washington and his wife tania, both from California, were arrested after a short car chase during which they rammed multiple police cruisers. the chase started when a seatac po-lice officer failed to stop the couple after the car’s license plate came up as stolen. the chase then led officers from the 18800 block of 32nd Ave s. to 188th and Pacific highway s., said seatac police. the arrest ends their west Coast crime spree, which start-ed in August when Darnell broke out of the san Bernardino County Jail in California, with the help of his wife.

the couple is also wanted for a non-fatal shooting of a los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy.

the car’s owner, susie ko, a re-tired teacher and mother of four, was found dead in her home in hercules, Calif., by neighbors on Friday, oct. 5. her car was missing from the ga-rage. the crime set off a nation-wide search that involved the FBi and was fueled by the internet.

to help find their mother’s killer, ko’s children turned to Facebook and social news-sharing website reddit.

A Facebook event with informa-tion about the car was quickly made and spread like wildfire. the event

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tokyo, JAPAN (AP) — Japanese military officials said they were keeping a close eye on seven Chi-nese warships spotted in waters off a southern island tuesday, oct. 16. it was unclear whether the ship movements were related to a ter-ritorial dispute that has prompted both countries to show off their maritime muscles.

the Chinese ships were sighted about 30 miles from the island of yonaguni, in Japan’s okinawa pre-fecture, according to Japan’s De-fense Ministry. they were about 125 miles from a chain of small islands that have sparked a heated dispute between Japan and China.

the ships were believed to be returning to China after training in the Pacific.

Defense Minister satoshi Morimoto said Japan is monitoring

the ships’ movement. Japan consid-ers the area part of its contiguous waters, but it is not illegal for for-eign vessels to transit them.

Japan angered China last month by nationalizing part of a chain of east China sea islands called sen-kaku in Japanese and Diaoyu in Chinese. the move sparked violent protests in China.

Chief Cabinet secretary osamu Fujimura said tokyo has urged Beijing to “avoid any actions that

would go counter to the mutual benefit.”

Nearby taiwan also claims the islands, which are uninhabited, but surrounded by rich fishing grounds and possibly lucrative undersea en-ergy deposits.

China and Japan have recently stepped up naval activities in the area around okinawa because of

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Seattle Times’ Sona Patel accepts position with the New York Times

Sona Patel, formerly of the seat-tle times, will be joining the New york times’ social media team in New york City as a social media manager. while living in seattle, she served as the president of the seattle chapter of the Asian Ameri-can Journalists Association, while working as a social media producer at the seattle times.

101-year-old Bainbridge Island resident Fumiko Hayashida do-nates $101 to Inslee campaign

Fumiko Hayashida, a 101-year-old Japanese seattle resident and part of the delegation who testified before Congress on be-half of the Bainbridge island Japanese American exclusion Me-morial, visited the Jay inslee campaign early last week to make a donation of $101 in honor of her age. hayashida was a 31-year-old pregnant mother of two when executive order 9066 was issued, authorizing the relocation of 110,000 people of Japanese ancestry. she was one of the 227 Bainbridge island community members relocated under exclusion order No. 1.

Two Asian American amateur chefs take a chance in Chef Rautureau’s Kitchen Circus

home chefs Atina Tan and Myrissa Yamashiro will be throwing their hats into the ring to appear on Top Chef Mas-ter Thierry Rautureau’s seattle-based reality cooking show kitchen Circus, along with seven others. rautureau, also known as “the chef in the hat,” is the man behind seattle eat-eries rover’s and luc.

tan, a photographer, grew up on a farm in yakima and spent 10 years living in New york City. yamashiro is a personal trainer and owns a gym in the seattle area. she describes her-self as a “food tourist.”

the reality show will be split into three dinner competi-tions, each featuring three of the chefs, and one finale dinner competition. each dinner will take place at rover’s restaurant and will be judged by 45 guests present for the service.

the dinners will take place in November, with the finale on Dec. 4. in addition to rautureau, the show is also backed by Gene Jaurez salon and spas, le Creuset, the stranger, siff, and opentable.com.

Marie Chong returns to Seattle-based ARC Dance Company

After a year working with Cirque du soleil on their Zooka show, Marie Chong will be returning to the seattle-based

ARC Dance Company as artis-tic and executive director. Before working with Cirque du soleil, Chong spent 12 years at ArC.

while at Cirque du soleil, Chong worked with the artistic team to su-pervise a cast of over 50 performers and managed performances during tours in Japan and North America.

she brings her experience as a professional dancer, choreogra-

pher, director, and artistic manager back to the helm of ArC dance works.

Yao Ming and Bill Russell meet at NBA preseason games held in Shanghai, China

Jerry lee, chairman of Bellevue-based ar-chitecture firm Mul-vannyG2 Architecture; former supersonic Fred Brown; eric Booker, Director of Player Development and Community rela-tions at snoqualmie Casino; and basketball hall of famer Bill rus-sell attended the NBA preseason games held in shanghai, China last week, on oct. 11 and 16. China’s economic development was ap-parent, as both games, featuring the Miami heat and los Ange-les Clippers, sold out. Apart from Yao Ming, Bill Russell received the most applause

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the U.s.–Japan Council hosted their an-nual conference at the Fairmont olympic hotel in seattle on oct. 5, bringing together economic leaders from the United states and Japan. speakers at the event included Acting secretary of Commerce rebecca M. Black, President and Ceo of Boeing raymond Connor, Ceo of lawson inc. takeshi Niin-ami, and Chairman of the Pacific Northwest Division of JP Morgan Chase & Co. Phyllis Campbell. Also in attendance were senator Daniel inouye, Japanese Director General of North American Affairs Junichi ihara, and Port of seattle Ceo tay yoshitani.

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ed states and Japan on the recent economic downturn, marine debris clean up, and earth-quake relief were highlighted.

“i don’t know if you’ve heard this story,” said Acting Commerce secretary Black, “but a soccer ball turned up 3,000 miles away [from Japan] in Alaska in April, more than a year after the tsunami. on it were the words “Good luck, Murakami” written in Japanese. with some effort, David and yumi Baxter of Alaska found the ball’s 16-year-old owner, Misaka Murakami. they sent it back to the boy, who said he was excited because he lost everything else in the tsunami. this story shows how strong the ties between our people have become.”

U.S.–Japan relations reinforced at U.S.–Japan Council conference held in Seattle

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By Staffthe AssoCiAteD Press

BeiJiNG, ChiNA (AP) — the National Bas-ketball Association and a Chinese partner say they plan to open a basketball center near Bei-jing.

the partners say the facility in tianjin, a port city east of the Chinese capital, will include NBA-style basketball courts, a fitness center, a restaurant, and other features, according to NBA China and the yatai lanhai investment Group.

the announcement was made as the Miami heat and the los Angeles Clippers played ex-hibition games in Beijing and shanghai.

Basketball in China is hugely popular and the NBA has made faster progress in develop-ing a fan base and business opportunities there than other American sports such as baseball, football, and ice hockey.

the 120,000-square-foot NBA Center is to become part of a mixed-use development by yatai lanhai with housing for 150,000.

NBA to open Chinese facility

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the dispute, but there have been no clashes between their warships, which have generally stayed away from the islands themselves.

wary of missteps that could lead to a sud-den escalation of tensions, the countries have instead sent less threatening coast guard ships. over the past week, however, both have made a point of showing off their naval prowess.

Asked how China sees the reported sce-nario, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokes-man hong lei said, “to maintain the peace and stability of Asia Pacific is beneficial to all sides.” he added, “increasing tension is against the bigger trends of regional security, peace, and the buildup of political and secu-rity trust. we reserve the right to take further action.”

Defense Minister Morimoto declined to confirm the scenario or give other details.


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By Matthew Penningtonthe AssoCiAteD Press

wAshiNGtoN, D.C. (AP) — Asia’s top powers have doubled defense spending in the past decade, spurred by the explosion in military expenditure by China, new research shows.

while troop numbers have remained constant, overall an-nual spending has grown to $224 billion in 2011, according to a report released on Monday, oct. 15 by the washington-based Center for strategic and international studies. spending par-ticularly accelerated in the second half of the decade.

the research covers China, Japan, india, south korea, and taiwan, which account for some 87 percent of Asia’s de-fense spending.

China’s share of the total spending has risen from about 20 percent in 2000 to 40 percent in 2011. the report’s authors not-ed that the official figures they cite likely underestimate how much China actually spends, perhaps by a margin of around 60 percent.

China’s lightning economic rise and elevation as a military power has unnerved its neighbors and drawn more attention from the United states, long the pre-eminent force in the Asia

Pacific. China eclipsed U.s. ally Japan as the top defense spender in the region in 2005. China’s official defense spend-ing in 2011 was $89.9 billion, followed by Japan with $58.2 billion, and india with $37 billion.

“there’s no question that the rise of China is in part respon-sible for the growth in defense spending” in the region, said David Berteau, director of the center’s international security program. he added that countries were also looking at the in-creased capabilities of their other neighbors.

But Berteau said it wasn’t comparable to the kind of arms race seen during the Cold war.

“the levels of increases and concentration of spending is nothing like we saw in the 1950s and 1960s, or even the 1970s and 1980s, between east and west,” he said.

For the report, expenditure in each country was converted into dollars at 2011 value. it found China’s defense spending has been growing annually at a rate of 13.4 percent, three times or more as fast as the other countries. taiwan, which has cut its forces, grew at the lowest rate, 1.8 percent.

Meanwhile, defense spending in european countries has dropped and force levels have reduced markedly.

Asia’s elevated global role and economic growth, and Chi-

na’s military buildup has prompted the obama administration to devote more military resources to the region. Berteau said he expects whoever wins the Nov. 6 U.s. presidential election will continue that trend.

the report says the acceleration in Asian defense spending in the second half of the past decade could augur continued significant increases in the years ahead. it noted india, Japan, and south korea were all in the process of procuring high-end fighter jets.

But future spending will hinge on political and economic circumstances.

Guy Ben-Ari, an analyst at the center focusing on the de-fense industry, said that while regional economic growth is expected to tail off, an uncertain security situation in the Asia Pacific and maritime territorial disputes could drive greater defense spending.

Conflicting claims to islands and resources in the seas of east Asia have heightened tensions between China and Japan, as well as some of China’s southeast Asian neighbors. how-ever, the expansion of economic ties across the taiwan strait has reduced tensions between China and the self-governing is-land of taiwan, diminishing the prospect of a conflict there.

BeiJiNG, ChiNA (AP) — China has begun flight train-ing on its first aircraft carrier, with photographs posted on websites Monday showing navy pilots practicing touch-and-go landing exercises.

Military enthusiast websites posted pictures of a J-15

fighter-bomber executing the maneuver, in which the plane makes brief contact with the flight deck before flying on. it wasn’t clear when the pictures were taken, and they did not appear on the Defense Ministry’s website or in official media.

the exercises are the lat-est move to provide a com-bat capability for the car-rier, which was launched last month without aircraft or an accompanying battle group. the next step would be the launching and re-covery of aircraft, a much trickier process that may be years away.

Chinese-produced Z-8 helicopters have also been practicing take-offs and

landings on the carrier. Both are based on russian and French designs. Chinese pilots are believed to have been practicing carrier operations on mock flight decks located inland.

the carrier is the former soviet Navy’s unfinished Vary-ag, which was towed from Ukraine in 1998 minus its en-gines, weaponry, and navigation systems. Christened the liaoning, the province where its home port is located, the ship began sea trials in August 2011 following years of re-furbishment.

the carrier’s launch underscores China’s ambitions to be a leading Asian naval power amid sharpening conflicts with its neighbors over disputed island chains in the south China and east China seas.

Beijing hasn’t said what exact role it intends the carrier to fill other than helping safeguard China’s coastline and sea links. the liaoning has also been portrayed as a kind of test platform for the future development of domestically built Chinese carriers.

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tokyo, JAPAN (AP) — Japan’s softbank has agreed to buy 70 percent of sprint for $20.1 billion, giving the struggling U.s. cellphone company an infusion of cash and confidence.

the deal, announced Monday, oct. 15 in tokyo, positions overland Park, kansas-based sprint Nex-tel Corp. as a stronger competitor to market leaders Verizon wireless and At&t.

softbank Corp. is the number 3 cellphone com-pany in Japan, but has a better track record. origi-nally a holding company with investments in in-ternet and telecom businesses, it bought Vodafone Japan in 2005 and turned it around. softbank Presi-dent Masayoshi son said he is confident he can help improve sprint’s profits.

sprint Ceo Dan hesse has laid the groundwork for a turnaround — the company’s reputation for customer service has improved during his tenure. But his efforts haven’t had an immediate impact on profitability. sprint has lost money for five years straight, and isn’t likely to reverse that trend in the next few years. on its own, the company would have a hard road ahead, as it pays for both a network revamp and $15.5 billion in iPhones from Apple.

Under the deal, sprint shareholders can turn in 55 percent of their shares to softbank in exchange for $7.30 per share.

“this is a transformative transaction for sprint that creates immediate value for our stockholders, while providing an opportunity to participate in the future growth of a stronger, better capitalized sprint going forward,” hesse said.

the deal has been approved by the boards of both companies. it still needs approval from sprint shareholders and U.s. regulators. softbank said the transaction is expected to be completed by the middle of next year.

Analysts say buying a foreign cellphone compa-ny makes little sense in terms of operational syner-gies. there’s little opportunity to improve service by combining networks or saving money by com-bining operations.

But son said the U.s. and Japanese markets have much in common now that smartphones are all-im-portant in both countries, and the two companies could benefit and learn from each other. By joining forces, sprint and softbank will become one of the world’s top smartphone carriers, gaining greater bargaining power with the manufacturers of the gadgets and network equipment suppliers.

softbank was the first carrier to offer the iPhone in Japan. the iPhone has been such a hit in there that it has shaped softbank’s brand image and helped it lure customers away from its two bigger rivals.

son said sprint and softbank can also work to-gether on faster speed “4G” mobile networks called lte. softbank recently bought smaller Japanese rival eAccess, largely to gain lte networks.

son is an unusually risk-tolerant and innovative executive in a corporate culture that tends to favor a staid conservative approach. A graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, he was only 16 when he ventured alone to the United states.

“i am happy to be able to tell you today of my big comeback to the U.s.,” he said. “this is going to be

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the documentary “somewhere Between” be-gins with the adoption of a tiny Chinese girl by an American family. the family turns out to be that of the director, linda Goldstein knowlton, who has previously worked on documentaries about cooking and “sesame street” as well as helped produce prominent dramatic films such as “whale rider,” “Mumford,” “the shipping News,” and “Crazy in Alabama.”

But “somewhere Between” arises from a more personal story. Goldstein wanted to see how Chinese adoptees, most of them female, grew up in the United states, so she would have some idea of what her daughter, ruby, would go through as.

the film opens with a flashback to vintage news footage of China’s “one Child Policy,” which was implemented in 1979. the policy resulted in an enormous number of abandoned babies, mostly girls. Approximately 80,000 girls abandoned in the wake of that policy currently live in the United states, occupying every one of America’s 50 states.

“somewhere Between” focuses on four of these girls, each in her teens: Jenna Cook of New england; haley Butler of Nashville, tenn.; Ann Boccuti of Philadelphia, Pa.; and Fang “Jenni” lee of Berkeley, Calif.

Director Goldstein knowlton went into the project knowing that not all Chinese adoptees’ stories are the same. But she was surprised, and

the viewer might be too, at the diversity of the young girls’ backgrounds, and the differences in their attitudes towards where they came from.

the director’s camera follows the four girls for some time in the film’s early section, wisely not telling us too much too soon about their lives. their politics, religious beliefs, and in-terests range across a wide spectrum. the con-trasts between their lives always fascinates.

the film then explores the young women’s in-volvement in CAl/Global Girls, an organization devoted to adoptees taken in across racial lines. As they examine their divided backgrounds from a worldwide perspective, including meet-ing parents and adoptees based in other parts of the world, their wisdom as teachers, with inspir-ing stories to tell, emerges. But so do their dis-

parate attitudes towards their origins.Goldstein knowlton gained access to China

itself, and the footage shot there tells an impor-tant part of the movie’s overall story. it is one thing to discuss primitive Chinese orphanages and systemic abandonment of female babies. it is another thing to visit the very places where these things happened and, in some cases, con-tinue.

the film lets the girls tell their own stories.

Jenna, haley, Ann, and Fang occasionally take over the camera to let the audience in on especially personal aspects of their lives. they discuss their experiences and their growing and changing feelings in their own words.

Being caught between two cultures is never easy. the choice that some of the girls make, to return to China and try to make some sense of their early years, makes things even more dif-ficult. tears, especially in the latter half of the film, grow common. they cry for the past, the uncertainty of what they’ll discover in their home country, and the sudden, sharp realiza-tions of how their pasts affect their personalities.

“somewhere Between” confronts a world-wide phenomenon, but makes sure to always ground its stories in specific people — hard-working, capable, compassionate youth seek-ing the missing pieces of themselves. Director Goldstein knowlton convincingly unites the personal and the political into an enthralling study of the triumphantly human.

“Somewhere Between” opens Friday, October 19th at Seattle’s Varsity Theatre in Seattle’s University District. For prices and showtimes, call 206-781-5755 or check local listings.

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welcome to another edition of the layup Drill. this month, we take a look at the push of Chinese shoes into the NBA, the sonics, the Filipino Flash, the tragic side of the sweet science, and a stunning admission out of the U.s. speed skating team.

NBA star sponsors Chinese shoe companyAs NBA players get ready for the upcoming season, the

Miami heat’s Dwayne wade has decided to leave Nike’s Jor-dan Brand. he will instead be sponsored by Chinese footwear maker li-Ning. wade was one of the top endorsers of Nike, but his new sponsorship deal includes the opportunity to cre-

ate an apparel and footwear line called “wade.” Although wade’s move appears to be an opportunity to

make inroads into the Chinese market, Nike actually does more business in China than li-Ning.

li-Ning was established in 1999 by the Chinese olympic gymnast of the same name. Ning won six medals at the 1984 summer olympics, which includes three gold medals.

the Chinese company has only 5 NBA players endorsing its shoes, but with wade, the company will get an All-star player and a member of the defending NBA Champions.

the company is named after its founder. the apparel/shoe line created by its biggest NBA star is named after him. Do you think the company is banking on name recognition?

li Ning is not the only Chinese company sponsoring an

NBA player. New los Angeles laker steve Nash sports luy-ou shoes. After 15 years of endorsing Nike, Nash switched allegiances to luyou in 2011. kevin Garnett wears ANtA and several other NBA players, including Jason kidd, wear Peak.

the influx of Chinese shoe companies seeking to integrate with the NBA is a sign of the globalization of the NBA prod-uct. this is also occurring in tennis as number 2 ranked men’s player Novak Djokovic recently signed on with Japanese clothier Uniqlo. the strategy for these companies is to reach out to consumers outside of Asia through big-name, athlete endorsers.

it will be interesting to see if these companies catch on in

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The Layup Drill A column of fists and feet

Dwayne Wade with basketball shoes by Chinese company Li-Ning. Nonito Donaire, also known as the Filipino Flash, is becoming a household name.

Attending the event were many elected and former elected officials, including:

• Congressman Jay Inslee and his wife TrudiAttorney General Rob McKenna

• Washington State Supreme Court Justice Steve Gonzalez

• State Senator Ed Murray• State Representative Marcie Maxwell• State Representative Bob Hasegawa• State Representative Sharon Tomiko Santos• State Representative Phyllis Kenney• Former State Representative Kip Tokuda• King County Executive Dow Constantine• King County District Judge Park Eng• King County Superior Court Judge Dean Lum• King County Superior Court Judge Pat Oishi• King County Superior Court Judge Mike Trickey• King County District Court Judge Marcine Anderson• Interim King County Sheriff Steve Strachan• King County Councilmember Larry Gossett• King County Councilmember Bob Ferguson &

candidate for attorney general• Seattle District Court Judge Mark Chow• Seattle Municipal Court Judge Park Eng• Seattle Municipal Court Judge Karen Donohue• Seattle City Councilmember Bruce Harrell• Seattle City Councilmember Tim Burgess• Former King County Executive Ron Sims• Former King County and Seattle City Council-

member Jan Drago• Former Seattle City Councilmember Dolores

Sibonga• Sheryl McCloud, candidate for State Supreme

Court• Yoshi Wong, candidate for Washington State

Senate representing the 28th District• Secretary of State candidate Kathleen Drew

The Northwest Asian Weekly would like to thank our honored guests for attending our 30th anniversary gala at Seattle Sheraton Hotel, on October 5.

• Randy Hutson, Regional CEO, American Red Cross Western Washington

• Lee Lambert, President, Shoreline Community Col-lege

• Frank A. Blethen, Publisher and Chief Executive Of-ficer, The Seattle Times

• David Boardman, Executive Editor and Senior Vice President, The Seattle Times

• Carolyn Kelly, former president & CEO, The Seattle Times

• Sung Yang, Chief of Staff, King County Executive’s office

• Kenyon Chan, Chancellor, University of Washington – Bothell

• Gary Oertli, President, South Seattle Community College

• Evelyn Yenson, Interim Executive Director, Seattle Community Colleges

• Kim Pham, Publisher, Northwest Vietnamese News• Katty Chow, president, Kin On Community Health-

Care• Martha Choe, Chief Administrative Officer, Bill &

Melinda Gates Foundation• Teresita Batayola, Executive Director, International

Health Community Services• Chelsea Turnbull, WA State Director, Obama for

America• Don Blakeney, Executive Director, Chinatown-

International District Business Improvement Area• Jeffrey Hattori, CEO, Nikkei Concerns• Gary Iwamoto, President of Interim

• Ron Chew, Executive Director, International Community Health Services Foundation

• Minh-Duc Pham Nguyen, Executive Director, Helping Link

• Lawrence Pang, Executive Director, The Greater Seattle Chinese Chamber of Commerce

• Mark Okazaki, Executive Director, Neighborhood House

• Ty Ho, President of Vietnamese Bar Association• Wayne Lau, Executive Director, Rainier Valley

Community Development Fund• Albert Shen, Board of Trustee of Seattle Community

College• Natasha Savage, President/Founder at Eastern

European - American Chamber of Commerce• Andy Yip, President of Hong Kong Association of WA• Debadutta Dash, Co-Chair of WASITRAC• Shari Song, President, Korean American Coalition• Lynda Pham, Miss Vietnam Washington 2013-2014 • Belinda Louie, Co-President of Evergreen Chinese

Academy Tacoma; Bobbe Bridge, former Associate Justice of the Washington Supreme Court

• Kwong Yin Louie, Elderly of SooYuen Ben Associatio• 2012 Japanese Queen Yuna Nishimoto• 2012 Japanese First Princess Taryn Imanishi• 2012 Japanese Princess Nicole Lee• 2012 Japanese Princess Heidi Iha• Kim Chi Nguyen, Mrs. Vietnam Washington• John Hamer, Director of Washington State News

Council • Reference Douglas Louie of Tacoma Chinese Church

In addition to the elected officials, former elected officials, and those seeking office, we had many very important guests, including:

It was an honor to host them and have them celebrate with us.


Although the Northwest Asian weekly was celebrating its 30th an-niversary at the seattle sheraton, we also wanted to create a mean-ingful experience for our guests. in addition to the rest of our pro-gram, we hosted a fashion contest during the dinner. the contest was chaired by karen tsuo, an image consultant, and was judged by eight judges who did not know each other beforehand. the judges included a former Miss Chinatown princess and various other well-dressed people. they went around the room and picked three winners and two honorable mentions. Both women and men were represented as the finalists.

i didn't give the judges any cri-teria. they decided that their deci-sion should be a consensus, rather than by voting. in the end, they chose to honor five guests who had impressed them with their fashion choices. little did they know, one of the winners was married to one of the honorable mentions. Dwayne Clark, Chairman and Ceo of Aegis living, and his wife, terese (t), were the most stylish couple in the

room. here are the top three winners:Ms. t wore a red, accordion

pleated gown. the color was gor-geous, said Judge Gary tang, a fashion designer. “t’s hair and makeup brought daring sophistica-

tion and hollywood glamour to the party. we don’t recall seeing anoth-er red dress that night.”

several judges went crazy for Charlene lee’s cocktail dress.

“the top was intricate and the tailoring was impeccable,” wrote

tang in his critique. “the length of the dress elongated Charlene’s fig-ure in a most fetching manner. we also loved her black satin shoes.”

Christine lee, the owner of ocean City restaurant, was also a hit.

“Christine lee offered us a fresh,

sleek, feminine style,” wrote tang. “you don’t often see that style in seattle or Bellevue — Christine was refreshing and charming. her jade green gown sported graphic black blocks. it was modern and chic. And Christine’s sultry make-up — smoky eyes with gold and subtle green sparkles on her face — gave us pleasurable chills, and foreshadowed the spooky season just around the corner.”

the judges were also delighted to see seattle guys dressing up for the evening, “reflecting the sophistica-tion of a modern metropolis,” ac-cording to tang. the two honorable mentions were Dwayne Clark and luuvu hoang.

“the fabric of Dwayne Clark’s four-button suit was luxurious and well tailored,” said tang. “Clark styled his hair in an effortless-seem-ing manner; he looked really dap-per!”

“luuvu wore a slim three-piece suit with a sporty bow tie. the fedora was a great addition. luu was able to grace a formal eve-ning event, while maintaining a young image.”

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on oct. 5, the day we celebrated the Northwest Asian weekly’s 30th anniversary, one of my staff members bought me a hot pot with lobster and rice and lobster soup with mustard greens and tofu for lunch. she knew i wouldn’t have time to eat at the event, so she ordered the hot pot to go from tea Garden on rainier Avenue south.

i quickly ate a few bites and went back to work on the gala. the majority of the food was left in the fridge, and over the next two days, i had lobster leftovers for lunch. each day, it tasted better. strange, but true!

you might not consider leftovers desirable. however, it was the best meal i have eaten in a month. the lobster actually tasted better after its flavors had blended into the rice. i microwaved the entire plate and the aroma completely filled the room.

tea Garden does lobsters well. several months ago, the NwAw staff went to tea Garden for lobsters steamed with garlic. All my guests gave a thumbs up after the meal.

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During this week’s debate, Mitt rom-ney got a few things right about President obama. obama promised to reform the United states’ immigration policies dur-ing his first term. he hasn’t. he promised to improve the economy and cut down the deficit. he failed to meet his goals. At best, he scores a C+ on the economy.

But obama has shown that he does want to do what’s best for America.

Four years ago, it was dangerous for an American abroad to say that they were American. Now, being “American” is no longer a slur.

if there is anything obama is guilty of, it’s being too ambitious during his first term. he lost his way a bit during the healthcare debate and saw many of his strongest allies elected out of Congress, but that has given insight. he refocused

his vision. And being too ambitious is never a bad thing if you work hard.

in an unstable time like this, it’s better to stick with President obama, someone whose record and stances we know and can be sure of, than to switch to someone like Mitt romney, who has changed his

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Obama is best for U.S.

President Barack Obama Mitt Romney

i rode the Metro from downtown to the international District on sept. 27, the last day of the free ride zone. Do i miss it? sure. Now, i have to pay $2.25 just to take a three-stop ride. it should be just a dollar if the county government wants to charge.

But on second thought, i have to support the system. i am grateful that i got many free rides over the past few years. i made gains and now it's my turn to show my support.

But if someone asked me to sign a petition to lower the down-town fare or get us back free downtown rides, i would still sign it. the free ride zone does make a big difference for someone who faces financial hardships.

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America. Nike is still the dominant brand in the NBA and most other sports, but with more athletes popping up wearing brands from China, we could see a whole new trend developing. the one thing that may be an ob-stacle for these companies is the lack of distri-bution of its product to the states.

Many of us can see the shoes worn by NBA stars during games, but most of these brands are not at the local sporting goods stores. A li-Ning retail store was established in Port-land in 2010, but closed this past February, as competition with Nike and Adidas was dif-ficult.

The NBA back in Seattle?speaking of the NBA, is it possible that

we can look forward to the return of the su-personics? on Monday, oct. 15, the king County Council and the seattle City Council unanimously approved a final financing pack-age for a new sports arena in the soDo neigh-borhood, which City Councilmember Bruce harrell helped shepherd through a controver-sial political process. with approval from the county and the city, an environmental impact statement is the next step to building a third sports complex in the soDo area. the study will take about a year. Anyone else excited?

The Filipino FlashNonito Donaire is making a name for

himself as one of the best Filipino boxers in the sport. this past saturday, he stopped his Japanese opponent, toshiaki Nishioka, in the 9th round with a straight right. Donaire, the champion at 122 pounds, is now 30-1 and has not lost in 11 years. of course, Donaire is second to Manny Pacquiao on the list of top Filipino boxers. Donaire is smaller than Pac-quiao as he fights at just 122 pounds, while Pacquiao fights at about 25 pounds heavier.

But like Pacquiao, Donaire has taken his boxing career and parlayed it into acting. re-cently, Donaire starred in a Filipino movie, “our Faith Decides.” it gave Donaire a shot at drama, requiring him to cry.

Donaire, 29, moved from the Philippines to pursue boxing. Now residing in the Bay Area, he has become a household name in the Philippines and his next step is to achieve the same status in America.

speaking of Pacquiao, he is set to face Juan Manuel Marquez for the fourth time on Dec. 8. this will be Pacquiao’s first match since coming off his stunning loss to timothy Bradley in June. there is a push by Donaire’s management to put him on the same card as Pacquiao in December. Although it’s a short time to train for another fight, it would be a big coup for the Filipino Flash, as he could be the next big boxing star from the Philippines.

Remembering Duk Koo KimNov. 13 will mark the ominous 30th anni-

versary of the death of south korean boxer kim Duk koo. while younger people may not know, kim fought 135-pound champ ray “Boom Boom” Mancini in las Vegas, Nev. Born into poverty and raised without a fa-ther, kim was a natural fighter and boxing became a way out of his troubled life. with a pregnant fiancée back in south korea, kim took the match with Mancini to earn money for his new family. Unfortunately, kim never met his son.

in a brutal fight, kim took 44 consecutive punches in one round. the fight ended in the 14th round when the referee mercifully stopped the contest, but it was too late. kim collapsed and was immediately taken from the ring in a stretcher and rushed to a hospital for immediate surgery. kim never regained consciousness and passed away 4 days after the fight due to bleeding in the brain. kim’s mother flew from south korea to be at her son’s side before he was taken off of life sup-port.

the repercussions of the tragic event caused changes within the boxing industry designed to protect the health of the fighters. Boxing matches were shortened from 15 rounds to 12 and prefight medical checks were made more thorough.

But the personal strife from the death caused more tragedy. kim’s mother commit-

ted suicide soon after her son’s death. the officiating referee later committed suicide as well. Mancini, the fighter that won the match, fell into depression. he continued boxing, but he never returned to his top form. recently, Mancini met kim’s son as part of filming for a documentary on Mancini’s life. Perhaps a method of closure, the fight will always be a reminder of the barbaric nature of the sport nicknamed the sweet science.

Speed skater admits sabotageU.s. speed skater simon Cho admitted to

tampering with an opponent’s skate prior to a 2011 international competition. Cho won a Bronze medal in short track in the 2010 winter olympics in Vancouver. Cho blames coach Jae su Chun for pressuring him to sabotage the skate of a Canadian competitor in order to help the United states advance. Coach Chun asked Cho three times before the speed skater, who thought of Chun as a mentor, relented. Coach Chun was placed on administrative leave from the U.s. team as skaters had filed grievances against him for physical, psychological, and verbal abuse. he has since resigned from his position.

During the competition, the United states and Canada shared a locker room area and Cho had the opportunity to take a skate and put it into a machine that misshaped its blade. subsequently, the skater that owned the skate had to pull out due to the issue caused by Cho.

let this be a lesson. Cheating is never a good idea, even if you are being pressured into doing it. the investigation did not find Coach Chun guilty of influence over Cho, although Chun is now banned from any speed skating events through the 2014 winter olympics. Discipline for Cho is still pending as he may face a suspension or ban from the sport himself.

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the deal is the largest foreign acquisition ever by a Japanese company, and illustrates how the strong yen, which is usually

seen as a negative for export-reliant Japan, has boosted the overseas purchasing power of Japanese corporations as a stag-nant domestic market pushes them to look abroad for growth.

the sprint buy pushes Japan’s overseas acquisitions so far this year, including debt of the acquired companies, to over $100 billion, nearly double the same period last year, accord-ing to deal tracking company Dealogic.

Before Monday’s deal, the biggest overseas acquisition by a Japanese company was Japan tobacco inc.’s purchase of Gal-laher Group of Great Britain in 2007 for about $19 billion.

the combination of softbank and sprint will tie with At&t for world’s number 3 mobile company by revenue after China Mobile and Verizon, according to softbank.

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though President obama hasn’t accomplished all of his goals for his first term, he has shown us that he is sincere and will work his hardest. real immigration reform has stalled,

but his administration announced that it would stop the de-portation of young undocumented immigrants eligible for the DreAM act. the economy is not fully recovered, but it has been getting better.

he has also delivered on many of his other promises, such as lowering taxes for the middle class, making education more affordable for everyone, and creating a more open and public-ly-accessible government.

he has also been very attentive of minority communities. Not only has his cabinet consisted of many minority members (secretaries ken salazar, Gary locke, hilda solis, steven Chu, eric shinseki, and eric holder), he also nominated so-

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Barack obama has not been the perfect president. But, giv-en what he was faced with when he took office, he has done a good job. though there are a few big goals he has left un-finished, he has accomplished many of his smaller ones. on the goals he has yet to accomplish, he has shown strength, initiative, and resolve. this is a fragile time for America, and during a fragile time, we need a president who we know and can count on. Barack obama is that president.

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worker in Pierce County. As the winner of this year’s event, she will also have the opportunity to compete against the top six out of all 12 kollaboration city grand prize winners at l.A.’s All-stars finale show. the winner of this next competition will go on to perform at this year’s MNet Asian Music Awards in hong kong.

Although yang may have been one of the most trained per-formers on stage, this competition was about more than that.

Founded by kim in 2000 in los Angeles, kollaboration is an arts and entertainment foundation that provides a platform to performing Asians and Pacific islanders. its motto is “em-powerment through entertainment,” and that motto doesn’t just end after one night of performances. kollaboration continues to support participating artists after the competitions through man-agement, recording, and networking needs.

the nonprofit organization established a seattle branch in 2010 and now produces 15 shows across 14 cities in North America.

hip hop artist Gowe auditioned in 2010, made the cut, and be-came a kollaboration seattle alumni. this year, he was featured as a judge, along with James sun, Apprentice finalist and Ceo of Pirq.com, and shannon lee, Bruce lee’s daughter. Guest judges included eugene Cho, executive director of one Day’s wages, Mimi Jung, king 5 news anchor, and yuji okumoto, owner of kona kitchen.

in 2010, Gowe debuted a song he had written, “i wonder,” that was dedicated to his biological mother.

“it’s very personal to me. it’s just been a blessing to be able to see how people can be touched by that,” Gowe said of the song.

raised by Chinese parents, he did not find out he was adopted until he turned 18. As if that were not enough to rock his world, he also found out that he was not even Chinese — he was ko-rean.

“when i debuted it, i didn’t know if people would be able to relate to such a specific story, but it touched the hearts of many and through that, i was able to get connected with different vid-eographers and we made a music video for the song,” he said.

“i would not have been able to do it without kollab. since then, my fan base grew tenfold. i’m continuously releasing con-tent thanks to kollab.”

this past June, he released his debut album, “we Are hyper-Giants.” soon, he plans on touring colleges on both the west Coast and east Coast.

“you need a lot of help. you can’t do it by yourself. that’s the biggest thing i’ve learned and i’ve been truly blessed with some amazing producers,” Gowe continued.

Nate Vibez, one of this year’s competitors, feels as lucky as Gowe does to have been a part of kollaboration seattle.

Vibez came to the kollaboration stage in a different way than Gowe — the Audience Freestyle Vocal/Dance Competition that takes place during intermission. Audience members are selected for the informal mini-competition and they perform on the spot with the loudness of audience determining the winner.

last year, Vibez’s girlfriend pushed the shy soul singer to give it a shot.

“i wasn’t even going to go up, but then my girlfriend, she pushed me to go, so i was like, ‘Alright, i’ll go,’ ” Vibez said.

he sang “ordinary People” by John legend. “i was coming to support everyone else. so i went to go do it

and then i won it,” he said. “And i just thought, ‘why can’t i keep going with it?’ i kept in touch with kollaboration and they let me know when auditions were and i just went from there.”

From there, he was featured on a kollaboration compilation album, released a three-song eP, and became one of this year’s main competitors.

Although he didn’t win this year, he still remembers how great it felt to win last year.

“well, i felt bad, because i was competing against a 14-year-old little girl,” he said. “And i wasn’t trying to beat her or any-thing, but it felt really good to know the audience believed in me.”

he hopes he can influence others to take the step that he did. “First of all, just believe and practice and don’t give up. if it

wasn’t for people who supported me, i wouldn’t have done it,” Vibez said. “it took people believing in me and practicing my craft and sharing it with people. if you don’t share it with any-body, it’s not going to touch anybody. they won’t hear it and it won’t move them like you want it to.”

Although, he still gives credit to his girlfriend for pushing him up there in the first place, he laughed and mimicked her voice, remembering how she had said, “i told you! i told you that you were going to win!”

sharing the spotlight with the competitors was the show head-liner, acoustic singer-songwriter, and youtube favorite Joseph Vincent.

Joining Vincent, who has been featured twice on the ellen DeGeneres show, were fellow guest performers Cathy Nguyen, a youtube sensation in her own right; lion’s Ambition, kollabo-ration seattle 2 winner; and Chapter1Ne, a local hip hop dance group.

Vincent may not be an alumni of kollaboration, but he completely embod-ies what the organization is all about — natural talent, a can-do attitude about succeeding in the entertainment business, and a positivity which likes to help, and work with, fellow artists.

“i want the people who come here to realize that there is no difference be-tween me and you. you can do this, too,” Vincent said.

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“if you can do this and you want to do this, and you want to put in the work, then you can do it. it’s being that role model kind of thing,” he continued. “hey, i’m not cooler than you. if you can sing, do it. Do it and see what you can do. if you like it, try it out. you only have one life, so try things out.”

Vincent played a duet with Nguyen before singing his own “Blue skies,” the title track off of his debut album coming out this week.

“this entire album is called ‘Blue skies’ because it har-nesses the message that — and i know its really cheesy — but having an optimistic view, an optimistic perspec-tive on life,” he said.

“that even through stormy weather, [bad] days, you’re going to end up having a blue sky one of these days. so keep determined, keep moving, and you’ll one day have that day.”

For more information, visit www.kollaborationseattle.com.

Samantha Test can be reached at [email protected].

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