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‘The Great Raid’ – POW Rescue Movie Opens
As Miramax previews its new World War II motion picture The Great Raid, the true story about how Filipino guerillas helped rescue more than 500 American and British prisoners of war, the film is also a reminder of the
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Mr. Khai Goes to Washington
It has been 48 years since the last time a leader of Vietnam was received at the White House, 30 years since the guns fell silent in the Vietnam War and barely 10 years since establishment of normal relations between the two nations.
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Why I Skipped the APA Journalists Convention
It’s a good thing the Northwest Air mechanics went on strike while the Asian American Journalists Association convention was meeting in Minneapolis, the airline’s hub.
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Letters to the Editor
What’s Fair about Fairs and Fares
I had to laugh at the inaccuracy of your headline “McGoldrick Fee Squeezing Asian Fairs?” (Aug. 11). If only I had such powers. This legislation was a result of working -
America Be Wary of the New Silk Road
As the United States greets the Islamic world with increasing fear and hostility, China is embracing it with an astonishing enthusiasm, and young Muslim youths are responding in increasing numbers –– in effect, creating a modern Silk Road culture.
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The Death of the ‘Godmother of Punk’
I first got thrown out of one of Esther Wong’s clubs at the tender age of 16. At the time, Wong was already well into her 60s and looked like your typical Chinese grandmother. But that was just a façade. The woman was tough as nails.
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DAY Project
On a sweltering July day, seven Asian American high school youth explored Detroit’s Chinatown –– or what’s left of it. Long gone are the Chinese restaurants and Asian American children playing on the street. Chung’s
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AAJA and the Future of APA News
Where have we heard this message before? The latest numbers on APA broadcast journalists are going to be repeated over and over again at this week’s Asian
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The Everyman Spy: The New Yellow Peril
A large-scale initiative by the FBI and the Justice Department is currently underway involving hundreds of agents in 56 field offices.
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Letters to the Editor
Daughter of Peace
In July 1945, while assigned in Calcutta, India, orders had been issued for us to join the second invasion of the China coast. Four separate invasions were planned. The Hiroshima bombing of August 6th held […] -
Westmoreland in Vietnam, and After
In 1965, Time Magazine named General William Westmoreland “Man of the Year,” as a measure of how popular the U.S. commander and his strategy for Vietnam had become. America had fallen for Westmoreland’s get-tough philosophy, but his “body counts” showing Vietnamese casualties was having more of an effect for showing American casualties. By mid-1966, American […]
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Study Reveals Fewer APAs in Broadcast
More than a thousand Asian Pacific American journalists are gathering at the 17th Annual National Convention of the Asian American Journalists Association and in Twin Cities, Minnesota, focusing attention on the newest Radio
AsianWeek at the Democratic National Convention
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Recent Comments
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Some Questions to all Spaniards and others who went through the Spanish education system from elementary school to high school as I am trying my best to understand that doing the slant eye gesture is not offensive or hurtful to Asians in Spain.
educator on Spanish Olympians - More Controversial Photos Uncovered
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It is difficult to associate specific countries by physical markers, so stereotypical dressing and activities is more common If the Olympics where in a Scandinavian country would we interpret a photo of players wearing helmets with horns and blond hair as insulting or as a players posing as honorary Vikings? If the Olympics where in Ireland would we interpret a photo of players dressed in green and blond hair as an insulting or as a players posing as honorary Irish? If the Olympics where in Scotland would we interpret a photo of players dressed in kilts and holding wind pipes as insulting or as players posing a honorary Scotch? If the Olympics where in Germany would we interpret a photo of players wearing lederhosen and Birkenstock sandals as insulting or as players posing as honorary German? If the Olympics where in India would we interpret a photo of players wearing a turban as insulting or as players posing as honorary Indians? If the Olympics where in Spain would we interpret a photo of players dressed in bullfighter garb insulting or as players posing as honorary Spaniards? If the Olympics where in U.
Paul Corbero on Spanish Olympians - More Controversial Photos Uncovered
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Because there are more non native speaking english than native, we are publishing http://www.audioster.
MICHELN on Why Asians Speak English
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China has their system, USA have ours. Our system manages about 300 million ppl and theirs about 1.4 million.
Bill C on Is the backlash here yet?: Chinese Americans — and all Asian Americans — Should Be Ready
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If we allow sponors or organizations to pick and choose or have opinion about certain players, then we need to boycott those sponsors or companies' business as well.
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Seems like grandpa's got something there, to paraphrase, that kind of cherry pickin triumphalism won't further the cause one iota.
Jim Erbes on Asians Score Higher Than Whites in English
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I do think the LPGA is targeting on specific demographic with this policy -- South Koreans. However, I think the LPGA is just trying to avoid the inevitable.
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Educator: I wasn't trying to make a case against the inherently offensive / racist nature of the gesture, in Spain and elsewhere, which has been very convincingly explained by you and other posters.
Non-Caucasian Spaniard on Spanish Olympians - More Controversial Photos Uncovered
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It is important to educate those involve in such matter to protect everyone's interest and health. I think this community may be lacking due to cultural differences.
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