Category Archives: Family

Qingming, Chinese Tomb Sweeping Day

Posted on April 3, 2009 by Tim

Qingming, Tomb Sweeping Day for the Chinese traditionally falls on the fifth day of April, but this year is the fourth of April due to Chinese leap year. While celebrated culturally by Chinese for centuries, Qingming returned as a nationally … Continue reading →

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No, Seriously: Asians are Good at Math

Posted on April 1, 2009 by Tim

The stereotype that Asians are good at math has probably haunted every Asian reading 8Asians at one time or another. It’s certainly not a new topic, and 8Asians covered this topic in 2008 and twice in 2007. This week the … Continue reading →

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Outdated Immigration Laws Cause Kids To Suffer Most

Posted on March 29, 2009 by Tim

Supporters of Proposition 8 in California argued that it didn’t take away any rights from same sex couples, and couples could still get domestic partnerships. This was of course little comfort to the 18,000+ couples that already married in California … Continue reading →

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Finding Religion

Posted on March 16, 2009 by Tim

My parents each had their own religion. My mom was a practicing Buddhist and my dad would profess to anyone who would listen that he was Catholic. As for attending church or temple, as a family we rarely did either. … Continue reading →

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Looted Dragon May Be In Taiwan

Posted on March 13, 2009 by Tim

I recently wrote about the French auction of Yves Saint Laurent’s artworks which included two Chinese bronze animal heads from a collection of twelve which were looted in the 19th century from the old Summer Palace in Beijing by French … Continue reading →

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The Chinese Language: Technology As Friend Of Tradition

Posted on March 13, 2009 by Tim

My father was a child of two worlds, he was born in China and moved to Taiwan when he was 8 years old. He left relatives behind in mainland China, yet still had much of his family in Taiwan. With … Continue reading →

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Hands of My Father

Posted on March 12, 2009 by Tim

I happened to catch the tail end of “Talk of the Nation” on NPR while I was in my car this week. The segment was titled “Hands of My Father“, and was an interview with Myron Uhlberg, the author of … Continue reading →

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East Meets West: How the Brain Unites Us All

Posted on March 11, 2009 by Tim

When I was growing up, my dad liked to talk about how Americans and Asians thought differently. He always referred to it as right brain versus left brain thinking. As an immigrant he of course had Asian thinking, while his … Continue reading →

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Going to a Hoedown!

Posted on March 10, 2009 by Jeff

On this blog we often talk about diversity and state our expectations that white Americans try to get to know us beyond stereotypes and preconceived notions.  The Daughter’s high school, which is about half Asian and a third white, sent … Continue reading →

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Obama Changed How I View My Identity

Posted on March 3, 2009 by Tim

Yumi Wilson just published a beautiful piece on how our new president, Barack Obama changed the way she views her racial identity. Ms. Wilson is multiracial, born to African American and Japanese parents. In her article, she describes her self-realization … Continue reading →

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A Lack of Asian Surrogates

Posted on February 23, 2009 by Tim

Surrogacy, is when a woman agrees to carry a baby for another person or couple. When surrogacy first started, it was common for the surrogate to also be the egg donor. Recently though it’s much more common to use a … Continue reading →

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Chinese Treasures to be Reunited in Taiwan

Posted on February 19, 2009 by Tim

The best collection of Chinese antiquities is found in Taiwan. This is of course no surprise to anyone familiar with 20th century Chinese history. The Cultural Revolution brought with it the destruction of much of the cultural artifacts in China, … Continue reading →

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