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Asian Man Boards Flight Disguised as an Old White Man

Congratulations, old people – you have this Chinese man in his early 20s to thank for making your airport screen experience a living hell for the rest of your lives: A young Asian man in Hong Kong boarded a plane … Continue reading

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Nikki Haley, Nation’s Second Indian-American Governor Elected to South Carolina

“With more than 1 million votes cast on Tuesday, state Rep. Nikki Haley won the state’s highest office to become South Carolina’s first female and the nation’s second Indian-American governor elected.” She’s also a Sarah Palin-backed Tea Party candidate, which … Continue reading

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Links: Will.I.Am Music Video, Daniel Dae Kim, Harvard Law Professor, Pandas

SPONSORED LINK: AsianFashion.com aims to list the best designer clothes and shoes from leading Asian fashion designers! Hangul featured in Will.I.Am’s Music Video for Check It Out with Nicki Minaj and Director Rich Lee provides insight. Daniel Dae Kim on being … Continue reading

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Asian Students Attacked on Indiana University Campus

Eight Asian students at Indiana University have evidently been assaulted and/or robbed in a possible hate crime: “Police said eight Asian students were walking to a dorm on campus when five black males and three black females approached them. Police … Continue reading

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TheHill’s Piece on Asian American Republicans

TheHill.com’s Pundit blog writes a piece on galvanizing the Asian American Republican vote: “… Getting the Asian vote should be a strategic imperative for both [polical] parties. Right now, it seems that the Republicans are winning in that department.”

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Online Tools in the fight against Asian American Diabetes

Asian Americans are said to be more likely than whites to develop Type 2 Diabetes.  To help Asian Americans deal with this situation, the Joslin Diabetes Center has upgraded its Asian American Diabetes Initiative website.  http://aadi.joslin.org/ contains such tools as … Continue reading

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Eddie Huang Mans-up on his Restaurant Review, Posts Mom’s E-mails

And now for what may just be a great documentary film subject in the making: after Chinese American urban chef Eddie Huang gets zero stars (!) for a review of his restaurant Xiao Ye in the New York Times, he … Continue reading

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Asians Behaving Badly: Mayor of San Gabriel Valley Arrested for Robbery and Assault

San Gabriel Valley: land of delicious Asian food and mayors that assault people have misunderstandings between friends. Per KTLA: The mayor of San Gabriel, 35 year old Albert Huang, “was arrested early Friday morning on charges of felony robbery and … Continue reading

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Far East Movement’s “Fighting For Air” with Frankmusik

Okay, now that we’ve heard “Like a G6” everywhere — basketball games, kids soccer matches, inside the food court at the mall, we should probably remind you that Far East Movement has other songs out, songs you will want to … Continue reading

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Michelle Rhee Fails to Save the DC School System

Michelle Rhee, elected as a Chancellor to Washington DC’s public school district two years ago announced her resignation this week, along with the chairman of the DC City Council who supported her. Rhee sought sweeping control over one of the … Continue reading

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Nobel Peace Prize Award Leads to Chinese Censorship

This years Nobel Peace Prize was awarded this Friday to Liu Xiaobo, a Chinese human rights activist currently serving his fourth jail sentence in China. The award sparked immediate reaction from the Chinese government condemning the Norwegian Nobel Committee and … Continue reading

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UC Davis Cancer Center Wins Grant to Focus on Asian-Americans

The UC Davis Cancer Center has won a $5.6 million grant to establish the National Center for Reducing Asian American Cancer Health Disparities, the only such center in the United States. It is a timely creation of such a center, … Continue reading

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