Comments on: The mainstreaming of Chinese culture, in a new [American] kids’ TV show – “Ni Hao, Kai-lan”

By: DJKuulA

DJKuulA — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 21:36:47 +0000

My almost-3-year-old watches this every day. Sure, you aren’t going to learn a lot of language from Kai-Lan, but it’s good for its preschool target age group.

By: Ernie

Ernie — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 23:31:20 +0000

Holy crap, this IS Dora the Chinese Explorer. I will give props to the 10 year old voice address – she has her tones down. Has anyone seen the wikipedia page for this show?

“The show will familiarize the viewing audience with elements of Chinese and Chinese American cultures to promote multicultural understanding in the next generation and goes beyond featuring “culture” as only ethnic food and festivals. Instead, it celebrates growing up in an intergenerational family, having friends from diverse backgrounds, and “habits of the heart” that are Chinese American. These values include: [...] Being a good member of the group.”

Hive mentality! It’s in our DNA(tm)!

By: Ben

Ben — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:09:44 +0000

I was catching up with an old friend last night who lives in NYC. Apparently her 3-year old LOVES this show. She characterized it as a Chinese-American-themed Dora the Explorer.

This would probably be a lot better for my 2-year old than sitting with her 4-year old brother and watching SuperWhy (a pre-literacy program on PBS) and ancient reruns of Scooby Doo (on Boomerang).

By: Yvespaul

Yvespaul — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:03:52 +0000

My friend’s kid is a fan of the show, but frankly it feels like one of those Chinese brainwashing propaganda films. Still, my eyes are glued to the clip. Since Chinese are the big economic force in the world, the others should really get prepared for it huh? The one thing I don’t get is, “What’s a koala doing in a Chinese cartoon?” lol. They should cast the Chinese Zodiac instead.