Seattle Chinese Post
Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox newspaper The Seattle Chinese Post (Template:Lang-zh) 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> At the time of its founding, it was the first Chinese-language newspaper published in the Pacific Northwest since 1927.<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
HistoryEdit
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.<ref name=":1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Originally headquartered in the Bush Hotel in the International District, The Seattle Chinese Post's first issue was published January 20, 1982.<ref name=":1" /> The first issue consisted primarily of advertisements because, at the time, Chinese characters had to be manually typed and typesetters used a bulky and noisy tool imported from Taiwan.<ref name=":0" />
In September 1982, The Seattle Chinese Post expanded its English-language coverage from two articles an issue to a full four-page insert.<ref name=":1" /> This insert grew and became The Seattle Chinese Post's sister paper, Northwest Asian Weekly, which was officially launched on February 5, 1983.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />
In 1985, The Seattle Chinese Post and Northwest Asian Weekly launched the first Seattle Chinese Yellow Pages.<ref name=":1" />
In 1986, Ng's husband, George Liu, joined The Seattle Chinese Post and Northwest Asian Weekly as a full-time manager.<ref name=":1" />
In 1987, The Seattle Chinese Post moved its offices from the Bush Hotel to the former site of the Wing Luke Museum.<ref name=":1" />
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 the foreseeable future.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
ContentEdit
The Seattle Chinese Post focuses on covering mainstream news in Chinese.<ref name=":0" />