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Category Archives: Business
Historic Japanese American Farm to become Silicon Valley Housing
Five days a week, I drove past the patch of land owned by the Sakauye family and worked by the Tsukuda family when going to work at my tech job. When I was doing that commute along Montague Expressway in … Continue reading
The Continued Evolution of US Japantowns
The three remaining historical Japantowns left in the United States have had a difficult time surviving the pandemic and continue to undergo challenges. San Francisco’s Japantown is undergoing a two year renovation of its core Peace Plaza, and merchants there … Continue reading
The History of Chinese Immigrant Workers and Labor Unions in America
Introduction The history of Chinese immigrant laborers began with the California Gold Rush, where thousands of hopeful workers migrated to the US in hopes of attaining wealth and being able to send some of that wealth back home to their … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Discrimination, History, Labor
Tagged AFL, Chinese Exclusion Act, Eugene Debs, Gold Rush, IWW, J.H. Walsh, unions
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Asian Ethnoburb, Malls, and Self-Segregation
Much has been written about how San Francisco is in a doom loop, with the emptying San Francisco Centre Mall in downtown as a sad example. Yet at the same time, another mall in San Francisco, Stonestown Galleria, is thriving in … Continue reading
Exploitasian: The Story of Chinese Workers in Gold-Rush America
China’s rise to economic dominance in the late 1900s largely came from its massive population and the cheap labor that it provided to foreign corporations, with “companies like Nike, Apple and Walmart relying on Chinese workers to manufacture their products”. … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Discrimination, History, Labor, Paper, Politics, San Francisco Bay Area
Tagged chinese americans, Chinese Exclusion Act, Gold Rush
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Measuring Inclusive Casting: Hulu tops for AAPI with a 32.2% share of Cast
Media representation has long been an issue for Asian Americans, to the point where 8Asians has a series dedicated toward representation in commercials. So exactly how are Asian Americans doing? Nielson’s Gracenote division has announced that they have released a … Continue reading
Posted in Business, TV
Tagged Gracenote, Hulu, Jacob Batalon, Nielsen, Reginald the Vampire, Shogun
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Kanaye Nagasawa and the other Asian Americans who built California Wine Country
Asian Americans are generally not associated with California Wine Country, but they were key players in getting it established. Chinese laborers built and worked in Sonoma’s oldest winery, Buena Vista Winery, as well as planting millions of grapevines between 1856 … Continue reading
Nielsen Finds that Asian Americans are Key Audience for Ad Supported Video On-Demand
The ratings and audience measurement and analysis firm Nielsen has found that Asian Americans are a key audience for ad supported video on-demand services (AVOD), among other findings in their just released their report, Reaching Asian American Audiences: Understanding Asian … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Entertainment, TV
Tagged ads, Asian American Consumer, Gold House, Nielsen, Shogun, Streaming
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60 Minutes: Meet Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang
We have profiled him recently, but we wanted to point out that 60 Minutes did a great profile on Nvidia and its Taiwanese American CEO (and co-founder) Jensen Huang: “Jensen Huang leads Nvidia – a tech company with a skyrocketing … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Local, San Francisco Bay Area
Tagged bamboo ceiling, Discrimination, jensen huang, nvidia, Silicon Valley, Taiwanese, taiwanese CEOs
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Taiwanese CEOs: Jerry Yang
By Travis Yen From modest origins in Taipei, Taiwan, Jerry Yang rose to become a visionary entrepreneur and industry trendsetter, co-founding one of the internet’s pioneering enterprises. His narrative serves as a tribute to tenacity, inventiveness, and the revolutionary potential … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Technology
Tagged CEOs, Jerry Yang, stanford university, Taiwanese, taiwanese american, yahoo!
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Leanne Wong: Student, Entrepreneur, and Possible Olympic Gymnast
1) Pre-med student 2) business owner 3) college gymnast trying to make it into the Olympics – Leanne Wong is all three! I first learned about her story from this ESPN article. She is an elite level gymnast, having achieved … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Business, Sports
Tagged 2024 Paris Olympics, gymnastics, Leanne Wong, Olympics
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