Category Archives: Current Events

CAAM: The Golden Spike

Posted on May 27, 2015 by John

2015 marks the 150th anniversary of the completion of the western half of the Transcontinental Railroad by Chinese immigrants.Often, the immigrant Chinese’s role in this historic accomplishment has been literally white washed. As part of celebrating Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month, the Center … Continue reading →

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16-year-old Asian Exchange Student Gored by Bison in Yellowstone

Posted on May 21, 2015 by 8AsiansNews

A 16-year-old exchange student from Taiwan staying with a host family in the United States visits Yellowstone National Park, stands three feet away from a live wild bison, turns her back to it for a picture, and is gored in … Continue reading →

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Asian American Commercial Watch: Mad Men’s Series Finale: ‘I’d Like to Buy the World a Coke Commercial’

Posted on May 19, 2015 by John

I’m a fan of the now completed AMC series ‘Mad Men,‘ (though I have to say, relative to ‘Breaking Bad,’ I thought was somewhat over-rated). This past week, ‘Mad Men’ concluded its series and the last scene is with one … Continue reading →

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NPR: The Frightened Vietnamese Kid Who Became A U.S. Army General

Posted on May 5, 2015 by John

Last year, Viet Luong made history by being the first Vietnamese American to become a U.S. general. Forty years ago this past week, Luong was a 9-year-old boy in Saigon (now known as Ho Chi Minh City) fell to the … Continue reading →

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Asians Behaving Badly: Science Teacher David Park Arrested For Sexual Relationship With Student

Posted on March 20, 2015 by 8AsiansNews

Reported on KTLA 5, Science Chemistry and Biology Teacher David Park of Los Altos High School in heavily Asian American neighborhood Hacienda Heights has been arrested for having a relationship with a 15 year old student. His bail is $1 … Continue reading →

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Asians Behaving Badly: Supposed Social Network Co-founder Minh Nguyen Arrested for Murder

Posted on March 13, 2015 by 8AsiansNews

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0y9Is9CH9I Thirty-eight year old Minh Nguyen, supposed co-founder of social network company Plaxo, was charged with murder of his ex-wife’s new husband in front of their children. Nguyen was arrested. Editors Note from Joz: After the initial news broke about … Continue reading →

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NPR: Whatever Floats Your Goat: The 2015 Lunar New Year Animal Is Up For Debate

Posted on February 23, 2015 by John

Happy Lunar New Year! I had heard this NPR piece recently, and thought it was very educational – because I have heard many Happy Chinese / Lunar New Year celebration and exclaiming Happy Year of the Goat, Sheep or Ram. … Continue reading →

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Can Asians Fly?

Posted on February 17, 2015 by Koji Steven Sakai

With the recent ATR-72 TransAsia Airways plane crash in Taiwan and the Asian airplane tragedies in the last couple of years, I thought it was important for me to weigh in on the question of whether Asians pilots can fly airplanes. … Continue reading →

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8Asians.com Exclusive: Interview with ABC’s ‘Fresh Off the Boat’ Hudson Yang & his Dad Jeff Yang

Posted on February 3, 2015 by John

As we’ve all heard by now, Fresh Off the Boat, is the first American television series staring an Asian American family in over twenty years (since Margaret Cho’s All American Girl in 1994) is coming to ABC, with the first … Continue reading →

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Asian Americans in the First Lady’s Box at the 2015 State of the Union Address

Posted on January 22, 2015 by 8AsiansNews

According to the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (WHIAAPI), President Obama’s guest list for this week’s State of the Union address included 23 people, who had the privilege of sitting alongside First Lady Michelle Obama, Dr. … Continue reading →

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Mini-Review of ‘The Interview’ & How Randall Park became Kim Jong-Un

Posted on December 30, 2014 by John

Unless you have been living under a rock and haven’t heard of the events of the past month or so, alleged North Korean hackers hacked Sony’s computer networks – threatening to do more damage beyond releasing leaked emails and copies … Continue reading →

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#asians4blacklives and #blacklivesmatter

Posted on December 15, 2014 by Lily

Everything in this country is used as a weapon against Black people. #blacklivesmatter #Asians4BlackLives pic.twitter.com/nSRRdf6jkr — Gopal Dayaneni (@GopalDayaneni) December 15, 2014 Asian Americans joined efforts to shut down the Oakland Police Department today. Rallying around the hashtag #asians4blacklives, the … Continue reading →

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