Comments on: Obama Bows to Emperor Akihito

By: Diana Chan

Diana Chan — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 23:35:09 +0000

I like oyur article. Well said! I could not have sadi it better mysef!

By: Diana Chan

Diana Chan — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:35:09 +0000

I like oyur article. Well said! I could not have sadi it better mysef!

By: JC

JC — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:59:37 +0000

@ Eric: Not only that, he’s half brother lives in China and is married to a Chinese woman. There’s a lot of Asian in his family

By: JC

JC — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:59:00 +0000

@ Eric: Not only that, he’s half brother lives in China and is married to a Chinese woman. There’s a lot of Asian in his family

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:46:40 +0000

You know, he does have a Chinese brother-in-law…

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:46:00 +0000

You know, he does have a Chinese brother-in-law…

By: JC

JC — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:03:47 +0000

I think Obama should have just bowed first and then shake his hand in a Western way. My issue was how deep he bowed – more like a houhai to a sempai. But I guess since Akihito was older he’s showing age deference rather than position – which is nice if that’s what his doing. I never felt Obama knows a lot about East Asians, but growing up in Hawaii he must have know quite a few Japanese Americans. Perhaps it is this intimate knowledge of Asians which allowed Obama to appear as being somewhat distant toward Asian issues as oppose to Middle Eastern or European issues. I just hope no Asians gang up on him when he was growing up in that Asian-majority state.

By: JC

JC — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:03:00 +0000