8 Most Popular Posts (Last Seven Days)
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In a Post-Apocalyptic Zombie World, Asian American Man Gets White Girl
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Asian American Frozen Foods: MìLà’s “Soup Dumplings” found at Costco
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Asian Guys and that One Long Pinky Fingernail
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‘Fresh off the Boat’ Episode Review: “Clean Slate”
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Asian Americans Malls Thriving Despite General Shopping Mall Decline
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Do Asians Have Body Hair?
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Review of Netflix Japan’s “Our Secret Diary”
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WeChat Pay, Alipay, and the Future of Digital Payments in China
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Monthly Archives: January 2011
How to be a Bad Asian: Let your kid get a B
Life is hard enough as an Asian. Not all of us can get perfect SAT scores, graduate from medical school or trick out a Honda Civic. The pressure to embrace our culture remains but sometimes, we just don’t want to. … Continue reading
Posted in Family, How To Be A Bad Asian, Lifestyles, Observations
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Nam Phan makes a Video Tutorial on MMA Judging and Gets a Rematch
After getting robbed in his UFC debut match, Nam Phan decided to help out MMA judges by making this tutorial video. Enjoy! On a more serious note, Nam Phan gets to prove that he can really beat Leonard Garcia as … Continue reading
Restaurant Children
Children of Golden Grill from Pei Ju Chou on Vimeo. I happened to catch an article in the International Examiner by Pei Ju Chou on her new documentary “Children of Golden Grill”. The short documentary film (watch the film above) … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Lifestyles
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APA Spotlight: Rick Shiomi, Co-Founder and Artistic Director of Mu Performing Arts
Rick Shiomi has been one of the leaders of the Asian American theater movement for over twenty-five years. He is a co-founder of Mu Performing Arts and has been the Artistic Director since 1993. Continue reading
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Controversy over Dreamworks’ “Monkeys of Bollywood”
Dreamworks Animation recently announced that they will be making an animated musical based on the Ramayan, a Holy Scripture of the Hindu faith (which can be loosely compared to the Bible or Qu’ran). On board with the film is composer A.R. … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Entertainment, Movies, Observations
Tagged a.r. rahman, bollywood, dreamworks, gurinder chadha, hindus, love guru, ramayan, stephen schwartz
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The 8Asians Talk About: Japan’s Foray Into Reality Television
Our internal e-mail lists have us discussing all kinds of stuff: Asian American identity, representation in the media, the experiences of activism in an academia setting and its progression as we transition to the working, adult world. And sometimes, we … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Observations, TalkAbout, TV
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Jeff Yang: Controversial Amy Chua Parenting Book “Nothing Like What WSJ Suggests”
Jeff Yang’s latest column for the San Francisco Chronicle discusses ChineseMomGate and includes a short interview from Amy Chua, who admits to receiving death threats: “I consumed Battle Hymn in a single sitting, and Wang is absolutely right. It’s a … Continue reading
Posted in (simple), Family
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Links: Korean American Trauma Surgeons, Ninja Bird, Old Boy, Chinese Puzzles
Dr. Peter Rhee, Chief of Trauma for Tucson’s University Medical Center was put to work immediately following the Gifford shooting this past weekend. A ninja bird with nun-chuck like wings has been discovered. Old Boy director Chan Wook Park will … Continue reading
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Book Details 1911 Massacre of Chinese Immigrants in Torreon, Mexico
The first immigrants from Mexico weren’t Mexican; they were illegal Chinese immigrants. I know. Me sorprenden tambien. That’s according to the meticulous research by Robert Chao Romero, an author and assistant professor of Chicana and Chicano Studies in UCLA. Born … Continue reading
Posted in Discrimination, History
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Links: Educational achievement Gap, Kpop produced by Will.I.Am, Korean American Day in MI
Educational achievement gap that “won’t be fixed in schools” Washington Post “The story is the same for Asian Americans. Their average score was 541 – somewhat below Shanghai, about even with South Korea and ahead of Hong Kong (533) and … Continue reading
Posted in (simple), Current Events, Entertainment, Music
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8Questions: Akira Uchimura of the Nikkei Youth Network
One of the people I met on my recent trip to Japan was Akira Uchimura, the Executive Director of the Nikkei Youth Network. He brought together a whole bunch of Nikkei (people of Japanese descent) from all over the world … Continue reading
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How To Be A Bad Asian: I Don’t Know the Names of Dim Sum Dishes
Life is hard enough as an Asian. Not all of us can get perfect SAT scores, graduate from medical school or trick out a Honda Civic. The pressure to embrace our culture remains but sometimes, we just don’t want to. … Continue reading
Posted in Food & Drink, How To Be A Bad Asian
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