1,150 Mile Walk to D.C. for Hmong in Laos
June 25, 2004
Zong Khang Yang is walking from Minnesota to the nation’s capital to draw attention to the plight of Hmong people living in Laos.
“We cannot forget about the country,” Yang said. “We cannot forget about our people.” Read more
Federal Probe Urged for Capt. James Yee
June 25, 2004
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 military is holding suspected terrorists. Read more
U.S. Languages Mapped
June 25, 2004
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. Read more
Democracy on the Line
June 25, 2004
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. Read more
Mad Cow Claims Life of APA
June 25, 2004
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. Read more
Lost in Translation
June 25, 2004
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. Read more
Wie Falls Short in Masters Bid
June 25, 2004
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. Read more
Long Ago and Far Away: The Last Mission of Kenny Kai-Kee, Part II
June 25, 2004
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
June 25, 2004
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, her dearest friend, her mother, the love of her life. Read more
Batman vs. Ken Watanabe
June 25, 2004
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, which I’ve carried over from childhood. And that’s Batman. Read more
New Spaces, Blurred Boundaries: Installations by Michael Lin and Wu Mali
June 25, 2004
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. Read more
Weddings, Opti-Ms. and Rock ‘n’ Roll
June 25, 2004
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. Read more
