02.29.08

With Yao Ming out, China vigilant over injuries to other Olympic stars

Posted in Sports at 5:40 pm by william_lee

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Its a huge loss for China’s basket ball team for the coming Beijing 2008 olympics as Yao Ming is suffering an injury. With Yao Ming out of the NBA season, China’s athletic officials are working hard to keep other Olympic stars healthy.Click here to learn more.




Penn Program Seeks to Widen Students’ International Perspectives

Posted in Culture at 2:48 pm by william_lee

Officials at the University of Pennsylvania hope that two community-oriented projects will help increase awareness among students and teachers about the diversity of the Asian culture. Some colleges and universities need similar outreach programs from the state’s colleges and universities to help our youth succeed in school (K-12) so they can reach higher levels of education.




East meet West at the stage

Posted in Media and Entertainment at 2:41 pm by william_lee

As it would be the greatest moment for those who will be attending to watch the exclusive performance, as a world-class of contemporary celebration of Asian Culture would be held on Tuesday, March 18. Ant the performers would be The Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra at the Sage, Gateshead.

There is needed information regarding the tickets. To know more click Here




Campus Press suspends Max Karson

Posted in Editorial at 2:39 pm by william_lee

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Max Karson’s duties with the Campus Press have been suspended pending a restructuring of the opinions section,he published flammable column regarding Asian Americans “If it’s war the Asians want … It’s war they’ll get,”click here for more




Satire as Racial Backlash Against Asian Americans

Posted in Racism at 2:21 pm by william_lee

Asian American college students tend to make headlines as super students,Asian Americans often embraced as symbols of the merits of hard work and individual effort, all undertaken without complaint or political agitation.asain americans is topic for whites to make a fun because of thier back ground recently this phenomenon of racial caricatures as “satire” has emerged with Asian Americans as the object of the jokes.it is true that unlike African Americans, Latinos, or Native Americans, many Asian ethnic groups — though not all — do not struggle with severe under-representation in college matriculation or retention rates.Asian American students being the butt of such jokes, basically the punchline the jokes are heavily laden with racial stereotypes;these such essays reveal volumes about racial relationships, tensions, and perceptions of Asian American students




CU-Boulder students rally against hate

Posted in Racism at 2:01 pm by william_lee

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Charles Gilford III, a junior at the University of Colorado at Boulder, speaks to the crowd during a rally in response to Max Karson’s column Feb. 28 at the University Memorial Center in Boulder
Students and community members gathered to denounce Max Karson’s column as well as all hate speech during a rally held Feb. 28 at the University Memorial Center south terrace on the CU-Boulder campus there was many clad in red while others held signs, turned out for the event
Karson was in attendance along with several editors from The Campus Press, but they kept their distance from the crowd. Karson declined to give any comment.click here to know more




Koreatown in the suburbs

Posted in Education at 1:42 pm by william_lee

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The northwest San Fernando Valley is home to at least 50,000 Koreans. It has signs in two languages and businesses that cater to the community.
There are about 1.4 million Koreans and Korean Americans live in the United States,As the Korean population has grown, mini-Korea towns have sprung up throughout Southern California in Hacienda Heights, Cerritos, Buena Park, Fullerton — and the northwest Valley ,the San Fernando Valley Korean Business Directory lists nearly 1,500 Korean-owned businesses in the area, including acupuncturists, liquor stores and doughnut shops. Koreans consider education their top priority Historically, some of the highest-achieving schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District have been in the West Valley, and that performance is fueled in part by Korean families’ focus on education




U.S. in the red and getting redder

Posted in China at 12:57 pm by william_lee

china is one the fastest growing nation there is no doubt it ,China’s potential capacity to upset the international applecart already exercises financial analysts and other crystal-ball gazers.china is on a verge to become the next superpower responds to the dangers of inflation.China raised interest rates six times last year.china may be experiencing economic jitters, but it is still “running giant surpluses” and, as a crop of new books confirms, is “on the brink of becoming the world’s leading trading nation.American Sinophobes are fond of saying that the strength of the Chinese economy is derived from that government’s exploitation of its people.The fact is the current crop of Chinese commissars is weak; power is no longer concentrated in Beijing.The Chinese financial system is duly being liberalized – banking is diversifying and stock markets are developing. Protections for private property rights are being strengthened as well.but there is still time to china to cope up with America as Indeed China is changing. It is “out of the red” in more ways than one. The U.S. is changing too: It’s in the red and getting redder.




Siemens Awards honor Hawaii scholars

Posted in Education at 12:27 pm by william_lee

Wayne H. Muraoka, vice president of Armstrong Development Ltd., and Mark H. Yamakawa, executive vice president and CEO of the Queen’s Health Systems, are among 13 leaders in the U.S. selected to attend the 2008 Japanese American Leadership Delegation Program in Japan. The program is meant to improve understanding and strengthen long-term ties and cooperation between Japanese Americans and Japanese citizens.




The Dragon Painter: Sessue Hayakawa

Posted in Media and Entertainment at 12:23 pm by william_lee

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The Dragon Painter was made in 1919 and stars a very young Sessue Hayakawa who would later go on to be nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe for his magnificent portrayal as Col. Saito, the prisoner-of-war camp commandant, in The Bridge on the River Kwai click here to learn more.




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