Category Archives: Current Events

Yahoo settles with dissidents

Posted on November 14, 2007 by John

As I had posted in “WSJ: Yahoo’s Lashing Highlights Risks Of China Market,” Yahoo! got quite an earful by Congress last week. In today’s San Jose Mercury News, it was reported that “Yahoo settles with dissidents – Yang Takes Personal … Continue reading →

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WSJ: Chinese Dissidents Take On Beijing Via Media Empire

Posted on November 14, 2007 by John

In November 15th’s issue of The Wall Street Journal, a page one article “Chinese Dissidents Take On Beijing Via Media Empire” describes the efforts of overseas Chinese, including Chinese-Americans, to speak out against mainland China’s crackdown on Falun Gong (“”a … Continue reading →

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implicitly asian. and stuff about voting.

Posted on November 14, 2007 by tincan

While searching for information about voting activity by race & ethnicity in california (an activity itself spurred on by hearing a radio discussion about ethnic groups being underrepresented at the polls–yeah, i know, not exactly the biggest surprise ever, but … Continue reading →

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ChinaExpat: China as the next Japan?

Posted on November 14, 2007 by Ben

China Expat makes some interesting observations in comparing the latest Chinese growth to current day Japan. It’s interesting the perspectives taken are a very westernized look at how China compares up with the rest of the world. Westerners seem to … Continue reading →

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Rod Wheeler on Fox News Pulls His Eyes Back Taut in Reference to Chinaman

Posted on November 13, 2007 by akrypti

On Fox News, Rod Wheeler, a criminal investigator and former homicide detective, talks about a suspect being a Hispanic, not merely “dark-skinned.” He believes racial denominations are much more telling for an investigation than description of simply the skin tone. … Continue reading →

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WSJ: [Norman Hsu] How a Business Flop Became Political Force

Posted on November 11, 2007 by John

The Wall Street Journal continues its in-depth reporting on the corrupt Asian-American businessman and political contributor Norman Hsu in  “How a Business Flop Became Political Force“: “An in-depth look at Mr. Hsu’s peculiar rise and abrupt fall reveals a man … Continue reading →

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Social Implications of DNA Testing: DN-nay? DN-yay!

Posted on November 11, 2007 by Brian

The Sunday New York Times ran an article today about the social implications of gene and DNA testing. Will it lead to further support of racial inferiority? “Scientists, for instance, have recently identified small changes in DNA that account for … Continue reading →

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We Vote Ernie on GayBloggies.com

Posted on November 9, 2007 by akrypti

The second annual blog battle sponsored by QueerClick has begun: Gay Bloggies 2007. Twelve contestants have been selected to blog against each other in competition. The master of ceremonies presents to these contestants various topics to blog about or tasks. … Continue reading →

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Chinese-Americans Not American enough to Teach English in China

Posted on November 7, 2007 by akrypti

So what if I know more about dangling participles and comma splices than the typical white American? I’d be unqualified to teach English in China because of my skin color. An article in the L.A. Times reports on the blatant … Continue reading →

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WSJ: Yahoo’s Lashing Highlights Risks Of China Market

Posted on November 7, 2007 by John

Today, Co-founder and CEO of Yahoo!, Jerry Yang, along with General Counsel Michael Callahan, testified in Congress today, as reported in The Wall Street Journal’s article “Yahoo’s Lashing Highlights Risks Of China Market” “An unusually dramatic congressional hearing on Yahoo … Continue reading →

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CnBloggercon 2007

Posted on November 2, 2007 by Ben

The Third annual Chinese BloggerCon is underway and my what a sight to behold. Don’t worry if you don’t understand Chinese. Rebecca MacKinnon, who used to be the Beijing Bureau Chief for CNN, will probably post her thoughts on it … Continue reading →

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WSJ: The Revolution of Chairman Li

Posted on November 1, 2007 by John

In today’s Wall Street Journal, the newspaper reports “The Revolution of Chairman Li – China’s Richest Man Leads Others to Give, Bucking Nation’s Taboos“: “Li Ka-shing, Asia’s richest man, is shaking up philanthropy in China. While multibillion-dollar donations by Western … Continue reading →

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