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Tag Archives: China
Joy Luck Club Ranked Greatest Asian American Film Of All Time
On March 31st after a conference on ranking the top 15 Asian American films, entertainment industry folks have declared that Wayne Wang’s Joy Luck Club, based on Amy Tan’s masterpiece novel, is the greatest Asian American film of all time … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Movies
Tagged asian american films, Asian-American, China, chinese americans, chinese people, joy luck club, Russell Wong, wayne wang
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Glee “Asian F” Episode: Truth or Stereotype?
http://youtu.be/oaPSNXdyqBE Warning: some major spoilers ahead so if you haven’t watched this Glee episode yet, don’t read this. I’ve used to be a huge fan of Glee but as of recently, I’ve been tuning it off. But when news came … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Entertainment, Music, TV
Tagged China, discipline, Fox, Glee, Harry Shum Jr, mike chang, stereotypes, Tiger Mom
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Chinese Premier Confident on US Outlook
Food for thought from the New York Times: The Chinese Premier is meeting with US counterparts and talking as if the US economic smackdown is just a passing phase. Amusingly, this carries a little bit of bias, considering that the … Continue reading
Posted in (simple), Business, Current Events
Tagged China, chinese, debt, economy, global, outlook, United States
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DUDE WTF ASIA: China Forcing Prisoners in Virtual Gold Farming
Having been a game reviewer for ages who hasn’t found a genre of video games that I didn’t like, I’m not surprised when I read that China had gold farming prisons. I actually have participated in gold farming in games … Continue reading
Red Dawn Remake Changes Villain to North Korea
The last time I checked the Red Dawn remake, their release date was put on hold indefinitely and that news alone was enough to keep me happy. But yesterday, I stumbled upon this article from Racebending that not only is … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Entertainment, Movies, Observations, Politics
Tagged China, Homefront, john milius, mgm, North Korea, red dawn, stereotypes, yellow peril
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Propaganda and Racism: Thoughts on the Chinese Professor YouTube Video
By now, this political ad of a Chinese Professor paid for by “Citizens Against Government Waste” has certainly created quite a splash in the Asian American blogger & social media world, most notably Angry Asian Man who posted a very … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Discrimination, Politics, Viral Like SARS
Tagged asian americans, asians, CAGW, China, larry mccarthy, Politics, propaganda, racism, xenophobia, youtube
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Keeping Bellies Buttoned Up in China
There are a lot of Asians in the gym where I work out, and I remember one in particular. He would do intensive cardio, and after getting hot and sweaty, he would try to cool off by pulling his shirt … Continue reading
Zigen Fund Assists in Educating Rural China
There’s something about paying it forward. Zigen does just that from what I understand. I first heard about this nonprofit through my mother. They basically travel to very rural areas of China to build schools and provide children with the … Continue reading
Wokai Sends Money to Rural Chinese Entrepreneurs
I ran across this a while ago but haven’t had time to look into it further until now. I was searching for a microlending organization that not only was either a write-off or “investment” of sorts, but focused on China. … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Nonprofit
Tagged Business, China, chinese, entrepreneur, microlending, nonprofit, Wokai
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Rent a White Guy: China Hiring Caucasians as Fake Businessman
A while ago, I had blogged about how Americans expect their business leaders to be white. When you are a Caucasian male in China, you definitely stand out as a foreigner and probably expected to be a white collar worker … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Observations
Tagged China, Mitch Moxley, Rent a White Guy, The Atlantic
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DUDE WTF ASIA: Thieves Beaten with Furniture
Next time you try to steal someone’s bag while riding a moped in China*, re-think your actions: are the contents of this purse worth being hunted down and beaten with pieces of furniture by a hoard of people? Probably not. … Continue reading
China Tries to Put Best Foot Forward With Shangai World Expo
This week, News Hour is dedicating a whole series on China, including this segment which focuses on the 2010 Shanghai World Expo. I’ve been to Shanghai only once, back in 2002 and I remember seeing billboards for this event. I … Continue reading