The Seattle Chinese Post ( traditional Chinese : 西華報 ; simplified Chinese : 西华报 ; pinyin : Xī Huá Bào ; Jyutping : Sai1 Waa4 Bou3 ) was a weekly Chinese-language newspaper based in Seattle , Washington 's International District . It was founded on 1982 by Assunta Ng , also founder of the Northwest Asian Weekly . At the time of its founding, it was the first Chinese-language newspaper published in the Pacific Northwest since 1927.
10-590: The Seattle Chinese Post was founded by Assunta Ng . It was given its name in December 1981 by community members in the surrounding International District in an "open-naming" contest. Originally headquartered in the Bush Hotel in the International District, The Seattle Chinese Post's first issue was published January 20, 1982. The first issue consisted primarily of advertisements because, at
20-584: A Washington (state) newspaper is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Assunta Ng Assunta Ng is Chinese-American community organizer and the publisher of Northwest Asian Weekly and Seattle Chinese Pos t , based in Seattle's Chinatown/International District . Ng was born in China and raised in Hong Kong. Ng got her first name, which means ascension, from an Italian priest when she
30-523: A master's degree in communications in 1979. Post-college, Ng taught social studies to children of immigrant families at Mercer Junior High School. She observed that many were lost in a strange new system. It was during this time that she became aware of the lack of information available to the local Chinese community. In 1982, Ng started with $ 25,000 of her own seed money and founded the Seattle Chinese Post . A year later in 1983, Ng founded
40-482: The Northwest Asian Weekly , a Pan-Asian English-language weekly. In 1986, Ng was one of 15 women who joined the Seattle chapter of Rotary International , before the parent organization allowed women to join. In 1996, Ng founded Women of Color Empowered, a tri-annual networking luncheon series that honors women of color who have made an impact in their local communities. Through her nonprofit,
50-562: The Northwest Asian Weekly Foundation, Ng has organized programs and scholarships to help disadvantaged youth and women, and she has raised more than $ 3 million for various charities and scholarships for foster children, University of Washington, Washington State University, Seattle University, and Seattle Community Colleges. In January 2023, Ng closed the Seattle Chinese Post after her husband
60-576: The first Seattle Chinese Yellow Pages. In 1986, Ng's husband, George Liu, joined The Seattle Chinese Post and Northwest Asian Weekly as a full-time manager. In 1987, The Seattle Chinese Post moved its offices from the Bush Hotel to the former site of the Wing Luke Museum . On December 29, 2022, the paper announced it will cease print and online operations. Its final print issue was on January 21, 2023. The Northwest Asian Weekly also ceased print but its website will continue to be updated for
70-503: The first year, Ng supported herself for the rest of her college education. Her first job was as a dishwasher in a school cafeteria, and it paid $ 2.50 an hour. Ng also baby-sat and worked in restaurants to keep afloat. She wrote for the Daily newspaper while at the UW, and she earned a bachelor's degree in international studies and education from the UW in 1974, a teaching certificate in 1976, and
80-527: The foreseeable future. In September 2023, it was announced The Seattle Chinese Post was to resume publishing articles online on Oct. 5 after the newspaper’s owner Assunta Ng donated it to the Tacoma-based nonprofit Asia Pacific Cultural Center. Three former contributors will write for the website. The Seattle Chinese Post focuses on covering mainstream news in Chinese. This article about
90-487: The time, Chinese characters had to be manually typed and typesetters used a bulky and noisy tool imported from Taiwan. In September 1982, The Seattle Chinese Post expanded its English-language coverage from two articles an issue to a full four-page insert. This insert grew and became The Seattle Chinese Post's sister paper, Northwest Asian Weekly , which was officially launched on February 5, 1983. In 1985, The Seattle Chinese Post and Northwest Asian Weekly launched
100-586: Was baptized. In 1971 at age 19, she immigrated to the United States from Hong Kong to attend the University of Washington (UW). Ng wanted to relocate to the U.S. because her parents had low expectations for daughters and Ng did not want to become a housewife, which was what was modeled to her as she was growing up. At that time, she had the perception that only in America could a woman be free. After
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