06.02.08
Posted in Business at 7:46 pm by william_lee_intern
L.A.’s Little Tokyo the largest Japanese town in California has the largest indoor Japanese mall which was bought by six Korean-Americans. They have invested $35.5 million dollars for the shopping mall itself.
They will be converting it into Korean market, Korean-style spa and some Korean themed center. “We are not saying don’t come, you are not welcome,” he said. “We are saying let’s sit down and talk about what is good for your community and good for your business.” Korean-Americans said.
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Posted in World News at 7:11 pm by william_lee_intern
Dr. Ron Wang, a Ph.D from University of Iowa, has helped through Gulf coast Chinese-American Association to be of assistance to the victims of the earthquake in China.
“Out of all this terrible thing, there is something to be gained: That is what I wish for.” He says.
Gulf coast Chinese-American Association has raised almost $8,000 for the necessary things that the victims will need in order to survive…
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Posted in World News at 7:11 pm by william_lee_intern
Last June 1, 2008, Sunday Yao ming celebrates the Children’s Day with the kids in China while in the U.S.A. He celebrated it through a telephone conversation with. They had a long chat and the kids were actually asking questions to him.
The questions and topics are limited during the conversation and the kids can ask whatever they ask. At the end of the talk Yao told the kids to be brave and to have more patience, and a necessity in everyday life is hard work in order to see good results.
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06.01.08
Posted in Blog at 12:59 am by Shirley Nah
In the West, we get next month’s relationship predictions from the back of magazines based on our astrological horoscope sign. What has become more and more popular among East Asians is compatibility and personality descriptions based on blood types.
Originating from Japan, this trend has spread to South Korea, China, and many South Asian countries as well. Surprisingly, blood type personalities is a notion that has been around since the 1930s due to Furukawa Takeji’s responses to the scientific racism of Asians at that time. Since then, blood types have become equal to horoscopes in judging personalities.
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05.31.08
Posted in Blog at 1:41 am by Shirley Nah
Succeeding in your own endeavors is easy because you are in control of your own expectations. Succeeding in relationships is of course much harder.
Daily, women are redefining their roles in society. Thanks to progressive thinking, women are excelling in academics as well as in the work field. We are looking younger longer as well as living healthier lifestyles. Many of us were raised to study diligently and do well; thus, we carried over these principles into our workplace and adopted them into our lifestyles.
Dilemma: In the dating realm, for Asian women success in the workplace is not usually an attractive factor. More so than any other races, Asian men tend to feel that they need to be the breadwinners in the family. For example, in Korean and Japanese cultures, a staggering majority of women end up becoming housewives because they personally choose to adopt that as their role in the family. Though I have nothing against this decision, it tends to lead to an outdated expectation (that some hold) for other Asian women to do the same.
Moreover, the parents that were cheering for us to do well in school in our younger years are now more concerned with us being able to find a boyfriend and a husband. They are even fearful that our success might hinder our ability to find a date. In my opinion, it is frustrating to realize that qualities that were once praised are now belittled because of the pressure to find a guy.
What I have come to find is that both Asian men and women hold this belief that men must be more successful than women. Asian men tend to only date girls they feel they can take care of, and Asian women are attracted to men who will offer them security.
However, Asian women are rising in academics as well as in the work place. Thus the a terrible dilemma arises. Career women will find it harder and harder to find a guy that will fulfill her breadwinner requirement. After achieving their own success, they will have high expectations. What is the smart, career driven girl to do then? Her dating pool becomes extremely limited doesn’t it?
In my opinion, there isn’t much that can really be done. We all witness this phenomenon daily and many Asian women are living with this ’struggle.’ It would be expecting a lot to ask Asian men to swallow their pride or for Asian women to ’settle for less.’ Of course, I am not saying that long term relationships of conventional gender role reversal don’t happen; on the contrary, it actually happens a lot. However, for the growing number of educated women graduating from colleges every year and entering the workforce in high paying jobs, there may not be enough of these kinds of compromises to satisfy every career girl’s dream.
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05.30.08
Posted in Sports at 6:53 pm by william_lee_intern
Liu Xiang, a Chinese track star which is also Yao Mings’ friend said that Yao will make it to the Olympics this coming August. He is now under rehabilitation in preparation for His fight with his home country against United States where the NBA is.
“He said his foot was better and that he had started training again and that he thinks he should have no problem competing in the Olympics,” Liu said Wednesday through an interpreter.
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Posted in Racism at 6:39 pm by william_lee_intern
DJ Torain or DJ Star of Power 105.1 has inhumanly assaulted DJ Envy’’s daughter and he also made racial and sexual disgrace to his wife.
Liu heard about what happened and called him a “racist pedophile” and told his employer to discharge him from the company.
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Posted in World News at 6:36 pm by william_lee_intern
Victims of the recent earthquake in Sichuan province, China are receiving more and more donations and money for their needs. Lansing Chinese-American Association had prayers and rallies in order to raise funds for the victim.
All of it the funds and other things that the association are getting from their prayers and rallies will be going to the victims of the quake.
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Posted in Editorial at 2:16 pm by william_lee_intern
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WHAT: Pacific Islander Student Leadership Conference
WHEN: Saturday, May 31
9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
WHERE: Cal State Long Beach
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The main objective of the conference is to encourage and support Asian and Pacific Islander students to go to college and give them some information about admissions and health information as well.
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