{{Short description|Chinese American newspaper}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox newspaper | name = Seattle Chinese Post | logo = Seattle-Chinese-Post-Logo2.png | image = Seattle Chinese Post & NW Asian Weekly.jpg | caption = Headquarters of the ''Seattle Chinese Post'' and ''Northwest Asian Weekly'' (2007) | type = Weekly newspaper | format = Tabloid | founder = Assunta Ng | publisher = Assunta Ng | founded = January 20, 1982 | language = Chinese | ceased_publication = | headquarters = Seattle, Washington | sister_newspapers = Northwest Asian Weekly | website = {{URL|seattlechinesepost.com}} }} The '''''Seattle Chinese Post''''' ({{lang-zh|t=西華報|s=西华报|first=t|p=Xī Huá Bào|j=Sai1 Waa4 Bou3}}) is an online 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>{{Cite web|url=http://www.historylink.org/File/3376|title=Newspaper Seattle Chinese Post (His Hua Pao) first appears on January 20, 1982. - HistoryLink.org|website=www.historylink.org|access-date=2017-02-28}}</ref> At the time of its founding, it was the first Chinese-language newspaper published in the Pacific Northwest since 1927.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://nwasianweekly.com/2017/02/asian-weekly-35-going-on-36-and-still-publishing/|title=Asian Weekly, 35 going on 36, and still publishing|last=Ng|first=Assunta|date=February 2, 2017|website=Northwest Asian Weekly|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=February 27, 2017}}</ref>
== History == ''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">{{Cite web|url=http://nwasianweekly.com/2012/09/30-years-of-the-asian-weekly/|title=30 years of the Asian Weekly|date=2012-09-27|website=Northwest Asian Weekly|access-date=2017-02-28}}</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>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-29 |title=Northwest Asian Weekly going online only |url=http://nwasianweekly.com/2022/12/northwest-asian-weekly-going-online-only/ |access-date=2022-12-31 |website=Northwest Asian Weekly |language=en-US}}</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>{{Cite web |last=Bellamy-Walker |first=Tat |date=2023-09-30 |title=Seattle Chinese Post plans online return in October |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/life/seattle-chinese-post-to-resume-publishing-online-in-october/ |access-date=2023-10-01 |website=The Seattle Times |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Content == ''The Seattle Chinese Post'' focuses on covering mainstream news in Chinese.<ref name=":0" />
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==External links== *[http://www.seattlechinesepost.com/ Seattle Chinese Post website]
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