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Northern Star

The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star

The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star

A pair of chopsticks pick up Lo mein noodles. The Asian American Resource Center held a noodle kitchen night Monday to celebrate the Chinese New Year. (Getty Images)

Culture told through cuisine in ‘Noodle Night’

By Ethan Quirk, Lifestyle Writer | January 27, 2025

Noodles are more than just delicious food. They are symbols of longevity, prosperity and peace.  NIU’s Nutrition Services partnered with the Asian American Resource Center (AARC) to host a test kitchen for people to cook noodle dishes for the Lunar...

More businesses reopen in China, but many people stay home

By JOE McDONALD | February 10, 2020

BEIJING (AP) — More offices and stores in Beijing and other parts of China finally reopened Monday after the Lunar New Year break was extended to discourage travel and contain the new coronavirus, but many workers and shoppers appeared to stay home.Public...

Chinese communities rattled by virus, cancel new year events

By JOHN ROGERS | January 31, 2020

ALHAMBRA, Calif. (AP) — The rapid spread of a new virus from China has cast a pall across Chinese American communities, with people staying inside whenever possible, wearing medical masks when they must go out and canceling some celebrations for Lunar...

The Latest: Fuss over Thai navy officers’ return from China

January 28, 2020

BEIJING (AP) — The Latest on the outbreak of a new virus from China (all times local):8:25 p.m.A Thai navy spokesman says 20 officers sent to Wuhan to oversee construction of Thailand's first new submarine have returned home after the Chinese city was...

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