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Tag Archives: China
A View From Within: Obama In Southeast Asia And Xi Jinping’s China
Obama’s re-election is already old news and the calls of secession are becoming yesterday’s cocktail stories, but the big issue is that his first order of duty is his international tour to Southeast Asia to meet with ASEAN leaders on … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Politics
Tagged burma, cambodia, China, myanmar, Obama, Politics, south china sea, thailand, xi jinping
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8Asians Chats With…The Toronto Reel Asian Film Festival
The Toronto Reel Asian Film Festival celebrates its Sweet 16th birthday Nov 6-11 in Toronto and Nov 16-17 in Richmond Hill. I sat with Aram Siu-Wai Collier, the Director of Programming for this year’s festival to go over some of … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Movies
Tagged 3D, Canada, China, chinese, Festival, film, Japan, Korean, movie, Philippines, Prison dancer, Taiwanese
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A Brief Lesson On Melanin Diversity In The Philippines And China
So the other week, Lucy Liu was under fire for her comment on David Letterman’s show about how she looks “a little Filipino” when she tans. Although Lucy has already apologized, a number of people are unsurprisingly still offended by … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Discrimination, Entertainment, Observations, TV
Tagged China, David Letterman, Lucy Liu, Philippines, race
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Coldplay’s Princess of China Music Video Looks Misguided
Coldplay’s single, “Princess of China” featuring Rihanna, now has a music video which was released on last Sunday night. Other than the title, I knew the music video was going to be Asian-themed from the amount of Asian actors they … Continue reading
China And South Korea Discussing Free-Trade Agreement
From the Korea Herald: “South Korea and China are starting discussions toward reaching a free-trade agreement and want to establish the accord as early as possible, Chinese Commerce Minister Chen Deming said. The first round of talks will take place this … Continue reading
Posted in (simple), Politics
Tagged China, Free-Trade Agreement, International, korea
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Joy Luck Club Ranked Greatest Asian American Film Of All Time
On March 31st after a conference on ranking the top 15 Asian American films, entertainment industry folks have declared that Wayne Wang’s Joy Luck Club, based on Amy Tan’s masterpiece novel, is the greatest Asian American film of all time … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Movies
Tagged asian american films, Asian-American, China, chinese americans, chinese people, joy luck club, Russell Wong, wayne wang
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Glee “Asian F” Episode: Truth or Stereotype?
http://youtu.be/oaPSNXdyqBE Warning: some major spoilers ahead so if you haven’t watched this Glee episode yet, don’t read this. I’ve used to be a huge fan of Glee but as of recently, I’ve been tuning it off. But when news came … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Entertainment, Music, TV
Tagged China, discipline, Fox, Glee, Harry Shum Jr, mike chang, stereotypes, Tiger Mom
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Chinese Premier Confident on US Outlook
Food for thought from the New York Times: The Chinese Premier is meeting with US counterparts and talking as if the US economic smackdown is just a passing phase. Amusingly, this carries a little bit of bias, considering that the … Continue reading
Posted in (simple), Business, Current Events
Tagged China, chinese, debt, economy, global, outlook, United States
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DUDE WTF ASIA: China Forcing Prisoners in Virtual Gold Farming
Having been a game reviewer for ages who hasn’t found a genre of video games that I didn’t like, I’m not surprised when I read that China had gold farming prisons. I actually have participated in gold farming in games … Continue reading
Red Dawn Remake Changes Villain to North Korea
The last time I checked the Red Dawn remake, their release date was put on hold indefinitely and that news alone was enough to keep me happy. But yesterday, I stumbled upon this article from Racebending that not only is … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Entertainment, Movies, Observations, Politics
Tagged China, Homefront, john milius, mgm, North Korea, red dawn, stereotypes, yellow peril
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Propaganda and Racism: Thoughts on the Chinese Professor YouTube Video
By now, this political ad of a Chinese Professor paid for by “Citizens Against Government Waste” has certainly created quite a splash in the Asian American blogger & social media world, most notably Angry Asian Man who posted a very … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Discrimination, Politics, Viral Like SARS
Tagged asian americans, asians, CAGW, China, larry mccarthy, Politics, propaganda, racism, xenophobia, youtube
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Keeping Bellies Buttoned Up in China
There are a lot of Asians in the gym where I work out, and I remember one in particular. He would do intensive cardio, and after getting hot and sweaty, he would try to cool off by pulling his shirt … Continue reading