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Watch Yul Kwon’s “America Revealed” PBS Series Online
Back in April, Asian American celebrity host Yul Kwon hosted a four part series on for PBS called America Revealed with the following episodes: Episode 1 – Food Machine Episode 2 – Nation on the Move Episode 3 – Electric Nation Episode 4 – Made in the U.S.A. If you missed them, they’re online. Though I don’t know for how long. I watched the entire series and thought the cinematography and aerial photography was fantastic. [...] Continue »
Suicide Prompts Chinese To Reconsider Coming To U.S.
The recent suicide in April 2012 of 40 year old Qinggen Wang, a principal software engineer at Paypal, is driving discussions in the Chinese blogosphere about whether it’s worth it to come to the U.S. to pursue jobs, specifically ones that aren’t related to one’s passion in life.
Comcast Cable Xfinity TV’s Asian Pacific American Heritage Month collection
In honor of May being Asian American Heritage Month, Comcast Cable Xfinity TV is announcing a special collection of more than 350 entertainment choices that highlight Asian American and Pacific Islanders. Says Ruben Mendiola, Comcast Vice President and General Manager of Multicultural Video Services: “Our collection celebrates the richness of the Asian-Pacific American culture on Xfinity TV. With diverse TV line-ups and special programming, we offer the best multicultural video experience across screens and devices, [...] Continue »
Chinese Education Cornerstones
By Fredo Nan Ever heard of the Asian Dad meme? Ever pointed out that the fact your friend is smart is because he is Chinese? And for many of us out there, ever FEEL that you are smart, and being Chinese has a lot to do with it (much credit to our stereotypical Asian parents). Though stereotypes are just that, stereotypes; one can’t dismiss the fact that Chinese population in the US is surging. Chinese [...] Continue »
The Past, Present, And Future Of Asian American Basketball
With a knee injury ending Linsanity for the 2012 regular season, one might wonder about the future of Asian American basketball. Is all of the current enthusiasm over basketball just a temporary craze that will fizzle out? Will another Jeremy Lin emerge? To answer those questions, it’s helpful to look at the past history of Asian American basketball to see where it is going in the future.
Asian Americans Targeted by Advertisers
With a half a trillion in income and high median household income, Asian Americans are now being targeted by advertisers. This made me wonder. Is this a good thing for Asian Americans? Can it be bad? How can you target “Asian Americans” when Asian Americans are a highly fragmented group, not only by language and country of origin but by income?
The Chinese Bootlegged “The People I’ve Slept With,” The Movie I Wrote
It started when a friend who was visiting China emailed me and told me that he saw an illegal bootlegged copy of my last film, The People I’ve Slept With. I told him to take a picture of it but when he went back it was already gone. I admit, I didn’t believe him. I mean, who in the world would want to pirate a copy of my indie Asian American movie? And then recently [...] Continue »
Yuna Kim Becomes Hite Beer’s New Spokesmodel
South Korean figure skater and Olympic Gold medalist Yuna Kim recently became the official spokesmodel for Hite Beer: “Better known as the Queen of Ice, Yuna Kim is a perfect candidate for Hite Beer’s renewal product: Hite Ice Point. Hite Ice Point keeps the original process of creating the beer at zero degrees Celsius by using the Ice Point Filtration System. This system ensures a high quality beer known for its fresh, clean, and cool [...] Continue »
Wall Street Journal Covers Asia’s Endangered Species, The Expat
Last week, the Wall Street Journal did a great article on the decreasing role of expatriates being used to fill overseas positions in Asia. The article reminded me of a past posting of mine, The Real Deal on Working in China: Wang & Li’s “Opportunities in China”. I thought this framing was particularly insightful and interesting: To help companies fill Asia-based executive roles, at least two search firms—Spencer Stuart and Korn/Ferry International—say they have begun [...] Continue »
Vivek Wadhwa On Race, Gender, and Meritocracy in Silicon Valley
When Vivek Wadhwa founded a tech company, he was advised by fellow Indian Americans to have a white “front man” to pitch company to venture capitalists. Moving to academia in an attempt to slow down from the hectic tech business world, one of his studies found that in 2005, 52.4% of Silicon Valley startups were founded by immigrants from all over the world. Is Silicon Valley a place of pure meritocracy, where people from anywhere [...] Continue »
Chinese Couples Coming to U.S. for Surrogates
Usually when I think about babies and China, it’s Americans adopting Chinese babies, but there’s a bit of role reversal ensuing. Since surrogacy is illegal (not to mention socially stigmatized) in China, more and more wealthy Chinese couples are coming to the United States for surrogate mothers. Though there aren’t any official numbers, surrogacy clinics say that Chinese couples coming for surrogacy services has jumped tremendously in the last few years. Ideally, most of these [...] Continue »
Asian Americans Have Mixed Results In Retirement Study
ING recently published a new study on retirement readiness in different racial communities. Asian Americans had mixed results in the study. There are some positive results. Asian Americans overall had saved the most for retirement, $81,000 in an employee sponsored retirement plan (versus $69,000 for the population in general). Not surprising, Asian Americans are more likely to contribute to a employee sponsored retirement plan, with 81% saying they contribute (compared to 75% of the overall [...] Continue »
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