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Hey would-be Beijing protestors, watch out for Jackie Chan. The Hong Kong action hero isn’t putting up with any lip. How would Chan hold up in a head-to-head with a certain celebrity Tibet champion? No, not Steven Spielberg, but Steven Seagal. The two martial artists are friends, or at least so says IMDB, but to settle this subject, they might have to take it outside. Who’d win?
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Joseph Groh’s popular eatery in a blue-collar neighborhood of northeast Philadelphia has been serving them up pretty much the same way since it opened in 1949. The restaurant, which is called Chink’s Steaks, was opened by Samuel Sherman, who was nicknamed “Chink” as a child because of his supposedly slanted, Asian-looking eyes. The problem is that the term “chink” is every bit as racist and hurtful to Asian Americans as “the n-word” is to African Americans — so much so that some have taken to calling it “the c-word.”
Asian American groups began lobbying Groh to change the name in 2004.
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Baidu has chosen US presidential candidate Barack Obama as the sixth face to grace its homepage logo. Following more general features including Hong Kong entertainers and snow storm survivors, Obama comes as Baidu’s first foreign installment. In the drawing, a smiling Obama is joined by a dapper donkey as he throws a “net” over the Chinese portion of Baidu’s logo.
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Before the Internet, photo albums, diaries, scrapbooks and home movies represented the only ways that one person or one family could make order of their world and share it with others. Ishizuka’s work allows us to see a multi-hued and multifaceted history that serves as a bulwark against those who would gloss over or forget its many nuances. Taking that laudable lifetime project to a higher plane, Mining the Home Movie shows that people with similar visions are working in Mexico, India, the Netherlands, New Zealand and other countries to do the same.
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It was surprising when Gene Yang’s graphic novel, “American Born Chinese” was nominated for the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature in 2006. With accolades like a nomination for the National Book Awards pouring in, there’s no doubt that it’s going to be landing into the hands of a lot more readers.
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Arnis, escrima and kali—by whatever name you call it—are recognized the world over to possess the most effective knife fighting techniques on earth. However, few Filipinos know about Filipino martial arts (FMA), which the special forces of various countries train to learn. Now, let us get to know the truth of this Filipino martial arts.
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What do Lucy Liu, George Takei and Bruce Lee all have in common? Jason Nou can proudly say he owns them, or at least their tiny replicas, which are all part of his growing collection of Asian American action figures.
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For at least the past 3 Lunar New Years, Google has adjusted their homepage image to reflect the “Animal de l’année”
A likeness of this year’s animal, the rat is shown flipping the calendar to the current year over the previous year’s animal, the pig.
One of those little gestures that can brighten your day.
Click here to learn about Dennis Hwang, the Webmaster who’s been designing Google’s logos since 2000.
Now William, you should know that tossing out a tasty morsel such as “micro-aggression” is going to get me out of bed to chomp at the bit ; )
So I offer a snippet from the “Communication” chapter of my upcoming book (written from the perspective of a Chinese person, modify nationality as appropriate) which will hopefully get the wheels turning so that others may develop more clever ‘jeu d’esprit’s …
“Where You From?”
You meet somebody for the first time and one of the first things he asks is … “So where are you from?”, probably in front of others.
10. The playful response:
“I’m from an island called Chakalakalaka. It’s in the South Pacific”
9. The surprised response:
“Where am I from? Wow, you just come out guns ‘a blazin’ don’t you?”
8. The coincidental response:
“Ha, I was just about to ask you the same thing, how ironic is that? I’m from China and you? Oh <offender’s country (if they say USA ask “so you’re a Native American?” and keep pressing for their origins>, so tell me, are you intrigued by the mysteries of the Orient?”
7. The questioning response:
“Why is that always the first question I get asked? Do you get asked that? How come my friend Bob Smith never gets asked that?”
6. The professional response:
“China, and where are you from?”
5. The metrosexual response:
“Oh I’m a local (or U.S. city or state or origin), oh do you mean what is my nationality? I’m Chinese, is that ok? And what’s your nationality?”
4. The friendly response:
“China. Hey we’ve all got our flaws right?” Follow up with a playful slap on the shoulder while laughing as if you’ve just made a hilarious joke.
3. The camraderie response:
“Born and raised in the USA baby.”
(when asked about your nationality) “American citizen by birth baby just like you.”
(when pushed to describe your genetic stock) “My ancestors came from China, oh <slight pause> maybe I’m not just like you, <slight reflective pause> aw man, now this is gonna keep me up at night.”
2. The antagonistic response:
“Fresh off the boat from China, yup I’m one of the bad guys. Working for low pay driving down your wages, corrupting your gene pool with our exotic women. Getting good grades and forcing you to spend money on affirmative action programs. Ha ha ha, oh not funny? No good? Aw c’mon lighten up.”
1. The angry response (to a smart ass):
“Your mother’s pussy, bitch.” (the watered down version would be: “why do you want to know (or what does it matter) where I’m from?”
Now that Beijing is recognized as an international city - i.e., New York, London, Tokyo - foreigners are quickly buying real estate.
Did you know there are more than 100,000 foreigners living in Beijing?? They account for 5 percent of China’s real estate sector.
The linked article goes into the problems a foreigner may face when buying Chinese real estate. But that’s totally beside the point I am making here.
Seems like popular belief that no foreigner would ever think of living in China. Aside from a few wonderful exceptions, most people I know are incredulous. People have always asked me, “Foreigners actually live there?” What are they implying?
Well the fact is, they do. It’s a great city. End of story.
On other real estate news, Beijing’s highest building is almost completed.