07.19.07
Posted in Uncategorized at 2:15 pm by albert_lim
Jerry and Louise Baker of Tennessee have given up their seven-year legal fight to retain custody of Anna Mae He, the 8-year-old girl whose Chinese parents, Shaoqiang and Qin Lou He, put Anna Mae in their temporary foster care as an infant.
A lot of legal wrangling preceded the Bakers’ decision, but in the end the state Supreme Court wouldn’t budge on its findings: The Hes, under financial strain, put Anna Mae in foster care so she could get the medical care they couldn’t afford, then lost custody because they didn’t understand American law.
Shaoqiang He was a grad student at the Univ. of Memphis at the time, and had lost his scholarship and student stipend.
In a statement announcing the Bakers’ decision, the Bakers’ lawyer wrote that giving Anna Mae over to the Hes would devastate her, but that “further delaying the execution of what she must now suffer cannot be expected to help.”
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Posted in Sports at 2:10 pm by albert_lim
Update: There now seems to be a dispute over whether the quotes in this story are real. The Associated Press reports that the Beijing News is investigating the story it published.
After three long weeks of hemming and hawing, it now looks official: Yi Jianlian won’t play for the Milwaukee Bucks, according to reports.
Yi’s team in China, the Guangdong Tigers, will block his move to the Bucks because of concerns over his playing time and development. The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel made the announcement on Tuesday, citing a Chinese report that quoted Tigers owner Chen Haitao.
Chen said, “This is not — as media reports have said — because Milwaukee, as a city with very few Chinese people, is not good for Yi’s commercial development. Rather, we want to find a team suitable for Yi’s growth. That’s the root of the problem.”
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07.18.07
Posted in Uncategorized at 9:02 pm by albert_lim
“Secret Asian Man,” Tak Toyoshima’s cult comic strip, debuted in newspapers across the U.S. on Monday as the first nationally syndicated strip to feature an Asian American lead character.
Toyoshima says on the “Secret Asian Man” Web site, “Why is this a big deal? Maybe it isn’t for some, but for me it’s huge. And as one of those kids who grew up wondering where the Asian faces were in comics, besides the wonderful role model Ming the Merciless … it is an honor to provide one.”
The Nichi Bei Times has an interview with Toyoshima.
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Posted in Uncategorized at 9:00 pm by albert_lim
Jerry Yang, a 39-year-old psychologist from California — no relation to the Yahoo! co-founder — took the top prize at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas on Wednesday, winning $8.25 million.
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Posted in Uncategorized at 8:50 pm by albert_lim
Right: Al and Tipper Gore, along with Sarah and Bill Lee
Al Gore’s youngest daughter, Sarah, 28, married Bill Lee, 36, on July 14 in Beverly Hills. Sarah is a medical student at UC San Francisco, and Lee is a businessman from L.A.
The two met at a function for “An Inconvenient Truth,” Al’s documentary on global warming. Sarah is taking her husband’s last name.
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Posted in Activism and Empowerment at 8:23 pm by albert_lim
Right: Vincent Chin, 1955-1982
APAs for Progress has announced the Madison, Wisc., date for its “national townhall” on Vincent Chin and hate crimes.
All events in the series will include a screening of Christine Choy and Renee Tajima-Pena’s Oscar-nominated documentary “Who Killed Vincent Chin?”
Madison, Wisc.
July 20, 7:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m.
Rainbow Project Office
East Washington Ave.
For the complete list of dates and locations, check here.
If you’d like to host your own screening and discussion, write to APAs for Progress at APAFP [at] apaforprogress [dot] org. Visit the APAs for Progress Web site for more info.
Note: For more info about the townhall, listen to our interview with Curtis Chin of APAs for Progress on the June 10 podcast.
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Posted in Chinatown at 8:05 pm by albert_lim
Honolulu has won a $150,000 Preserve America grant from first lady Laura Bush, to be used in revitalization projects for the Chinatown Special Historic District. Chinatown, now a cultural and artistic hub, is the first Hawaiian site to receive one of the grants.
Mayor Mufi Hanneman said, “The grant will be used to promote the history and culture of Chinatown to visitors and residents and provide a richer experience for visitors, with the goal of providing a more meaningful visit and stimulating more business activity.”
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Posted in Uncategorized at 7:13 pm by albert_lim
Right: Nguyen, Gauger, Tran and Vu
The Orange County Register reports on homegrown filmmakers Ham Tran, Charlie Nguyen, Stephane Gauger and Victor Vu, who are part of the new “Viet film wave.”
Each of the tightknit foursome has produced a feature film in the past two years — among them, “Journey From the Fall” and “The Rebel.”
“We’re close enough to support each other,” said Vu. He adds, “Any kind of success is a stepping stone toward Vietnamese cinema reaching a wider audience.”
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Posted in Uncategorized at 3:17 pm by albert_lim
The New York Post reports that a free test-prep course offered by New York’s Department of Education to help students win admission to elite high schools has secretly enforced different standards for Asians and whites compared with blacks and Latinos for the past decade.
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Posted in Uncategorized at 3:15 pm by albert_lim
Right: Park at Harvard in February, discussing the Korean Wave
The Village Voice goes in depth with K-pop hitmaker Jin Young Park (aka Park Jin-Young or JY Park), who has set up shop in New York with a $4 million townhouse/music mill and a stable of proteges.
Park’s the guy who discovered and developed Rain, and he’s also sold songs to the likes of Will Smith and Mase. Now he has his heart set on conquering the American pop industry, no matter how many 16-hour days it takes.
Karen Kwak, an executive VP at Island Def Jam Music, says, “JY is on everyone’s radar. He has a drive that’s like no other. He is going to break into the America market — with that kind of commitment and focus, I can’t see how he can’t.”
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