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Category Archives: Observations
Cambodia’s Hun Sen is Vitrolic and Volatile
Last year, 2.06 million foreigners visited Cambodia’s Angkor Wat, the global Mecca of backpackers, with the cost of entry at $20 USD per day and $60 for one week, which turned the ancient Khmer temple remains into an El Dorado. … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Observations, Politics
Tagged cambodia, human rights, hun sen, sam rainsy
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On the Chinese Traditional Practice of Postpartum Care, “Zuo yuezi”
I am surprised that the Chinese traditional practice “Zuo yuezi” (坐月子), sitting the month, referring to a specific diet and lifestyle of women after childbirth for one month, is considered a news story by a mainstream media. The Los Angeles … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Health, Lifestyles, Observations
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Strange Serendipities in Ceylon (Part 1)
[In 2009, the decades-long civil war in Sri Lanka between the terrorist LTTE or Tamil Tigers and Sri Lankan Government finally ended, but left behind a legacy of war that endures, further complicated by global climate change. In 2012, Johnny … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Observations
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Provincial Minds in Los Angeles and Race
“We should be worried about online silos [news, information, opinion, and discussion communities that are dominated by a single point of view]. They make us stupid and hostile toward each other.” Larry Sanger, co-founder of Wikipedia and Citizendium Six years … Continue reading
Posted in Discrimination, Observations
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Another Perspective: What Does “Asian American” Mean?
EDITOR’S NOTE: Johnny C previously wrote Asian America: Confusion from Within, Abroad, and Why, inspired by the same Economist article. –Joz White. Black. Asian. Common words that are used to define a person’s ethnic background in a very crude way, … Continue reading
Posted in Observations
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Asian America: Confusion from Within, Abroad, and Why
The Economist article asking, “Do Asian Americans still exist?” is likely to rouse some sentiments. As usual, Asian America, with all its ethnicities, don’t just indicate a diversity of cultural groups under the large label of “Asian” but a striking … Continue reading
Asian Americans & Gun Ownership
As a political junkie, I am a big fan of number cruncher and prognosticator Nate Silver of the New York Times and his Five Thirty Eight blog. With the tragic massacre in Newtown, Connecticut at Sandy Hook Elementary School, there … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Observations, Politics
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PSY’s Anti-American Past and Understanding Anti-American Sentiment
I’ve been very hesitant to write about PSY’s participation (and apology) in an Anti-American protest particularly because as one of a couple of 8Asian contributors who is not American, I simply was indifferent (and also tired of the whole Gangnam … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Music, Observations
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Racebending in Art and Pulp: Views from Back East on Cloud Atlas, The Impossible, and Red Dawn
“Why are those stupid Americans always so petty about issues like race?” asks my Belgian colleague. I shrug my shoulders, because after ten years in America, I still don’t have that view that political correctness directly leads to equality–it’s a … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Discrimination, Entertainment, Movies, Observations
Tagged asian views on american issues, cloud atlas, films, red dawn, the impossible
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New York Times Writer Describes Mother’s White Worship One Day After UCLA Anti-Asian Racial Slurs
by Leeland Lee In a piece published online last Thursday in The New York Times entitled “A Messy Relationship,” Titi Nguyen describes her mother’s pivotal role in introducing her to her future significant other, a man by the name of … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Dating, Lifestyles, Observations
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8Asians Reader Response: Reaction to UCLA Racist Posters
EDITOR’S NOTE: For the last few days, the Asian American websphere has been buzzing about two possibly related incidents at UCLA which campus police are investigating as hate crimes. This was submitted by a Cornell student in response to the … Continue reading
Uncle Sam’s Misguided Child: Like Father, Like Son, or: Why Two Controversial Philippine Laws Are Omens
“The Philippines right now is how America will be in twenty years”, says Li, a Manila resident situated in one of many Bonifacio High Street’s various cafes, in reference to two government acts under Noynoy Aquino’s leadership. The laws in … Continue reading