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1,150 Mile Walk to D.C. for Hmong in Laos
Zong Khang Yang is walking from Minnesota to the nation’s capital to draw attention to the plight of Hmong people living in Laos.
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Federal Probe Urged for Capt. James Yee
Four Democratic members of Congress are calling on the Pentagon to investigate the Army’s treatment of Capt. James Yee, a Muslim chaplain who had been falsely accused of espionage and imprisoned for 76 days before all charges were dropped.
Yee, 35, was investigated for alleged espionage at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp in Cuba, where the […] -
U.S. Languages Mapped
The Modern Language Association has unveiled its new interactive Language Map Data Center which can breakdown and map languages spoken in the United States down to the county or zip code level.
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Democracy on the Line
The last few weeks here in Washington have been good ones for Asian Pacific American voter empowerment, but not very good from the perspective of voter empowerment generally.
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Mad Cow Claims Life of APA
A 25-year-old woman with the human variant of mad cow disease has died, the first such death in the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Monday, June 21.
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Lost in Translation
In a classic faux pas, Coca-Cola once marketed itself in China as “Ke-kou-ke-la,” which was translated into “bite the wax tadpole” or “a female horse stuffed with wax.” While a red-faced Coca-Cola survived the blunder, erroneous translations are life and death issues in hospital emergency wards and for police.
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Wie Falls Short in Masters Bid
Teenage golf star Michelle Wie shot a two-under par 142 on June 18 at the U.S. Men’s Public Amateur Links qualifying at Manada Golf Course in Hershey, Pa., falling just short in her quest to make it to the 2005 Masters.
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Long Ago and Far Away: The Last Mission of Kenny Kai-Kee, Part II
I’ll be seeing you
In all the old, familiar places
That this heart of mine embraces
All day through . . .
— Lyrics and music by Irving Kahal and Sammy Fain -
New and Notable Books
A Private Life
By Ran Chen, translated by John Howard-Gibbon (Columbia University Press)
In post-Tian’anmen China, Ni Niuniu refers to herself as “a fragment in a fragmented age.” Indeed, at almost 30, she is a young woman who has lost all the important people in her life, one by one, over and over again — her nanny, […] -
Batman vs. Ken Watanabe
I’ve always been embarrassed to admit that I have friends who are a little too into things like the Lord of the Rings, Star Trek or some comic book hero. I’m not knocking any of these people; after all, geeks are human, too. But I have to admit that I do have one guilty pleasure, […]
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New Spaces, Blurred Boundaries: Installations by Michael Lin and Wu Mali
His work invites us to stroll over, sit upon, even dance on top of its richly painted surface. Her work instructs us to fold paper boats and hang them in an ever-growing curtain of color.
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Weddings, Opti-Ms. and Rock ‘n’ Roll
Summer entertainment brings us one of the best shows in town with great music and a touching, true story told in the Buddy Holly Story currently playing at the Post Street Theater in downtown San Francisco.
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Q: This is of the quintessence. Of human reklationships and "family constellations." as in who is the "sun" and who the "moon" and whatever the gender of the offspring, who the planet.
Frank Eng on Mother-Out-Law
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Ah, Yukimura: To have such thoughts, and on the "for'da July" as well. The only thing that bothers me are the "battles" you choose to commemorate.
Frank Eng on Asian American Officers: A tribute to Asian American servicemen and women
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i have always had this small urge to join the military. sometimes i think it was because i fell in love with all of the military campaigns of past military conquest like the battle of midway, the inchon landing, iwo jima, and even battles way before that like the battles in the three kingdoms era in china and the warring states era in japan.
yukimura on Asian American Officers: A tribute to Asian American servicemen and women
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Nice article, and the wedding celebrations sound lovely. However, I don't think we need to see another picture of a white man with an east-asian woman.
Maria Z. on Not Your Mother’s Wedding
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Dearest Linda & Esther & Chuck Lam: Ah, at long last, a subject and a peg on which to hang irrelevant and irreligious musings, to wit: Linda: Buddweiser did NOT invent liver damage or driving citations OR anonymity, as with some alcoholics, or druggies, or even gamers.
Frank Eng on No Longer Untapped: Anheuser-Busch uses Asian nightlife promoters to market to young Asian Americans
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I think Linda's comment about the "white man's benefit" is sophomoric at best. What makes Asians so special such that alcohol targeted marketing is beneath us? Are Asians supposed to live up to some angelic stereotype and typecast as the quintessential wimpy nerd in media? Maybe you should visit your own country and peep how prolific "vice" marketing is in Asia.
Chuck Lam on No Longer Untapped: Anheuser-Busch uses Asian nightlife promoters to market to young Asian Americans
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Chuck Lam on No Longer Untapped: Anheuser-Busch uses Asian nightlife promoters to market to young Asian Americans
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Congratulations on the wedding! It sounds like it was a beautiful celebration!
Sinatra on Not Your Mother’s Wedding
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This is so true. I think a lot of us Asians feel self conscious living in White society. But, being Asian, we don't express it with our families or even friends.
Ken Chu on Asian Americana
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Guys: How about that other APA "general," forgive my constant memory lapses, Taquba? Regardless, the point isn't the "race" of the general, it's whether the general swears allegiance to "the Republic" rather than the current "Caesar.
Frank Eng on We Were Right — And Wrong
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