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World Team USA Tops in Muay Thai
Watch an episode of Ultimate Fighting Championships on Spike TV, and you might notice that those fighters incorporate Muay Thai techniques. You might already know that Muay Thai stylist Tony Jaa, the star of Ong-Bak and more recently, The Protector, is very cool. More evidence of the growing popularity of Muay Thai was seen and […]
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Notorious Cho: Death of A Dream
Virginia Tech’s Seung-Hui Cho had a biography that reads like the all-Korean American success story. An assimilated 1.5 generation immigrant, Cho was still trapped in a living stereotype: Christian two-parent family moves from poverty in Korea to affluent, high test-scoring Fairfax County.
He was poor only compared to the rich kids he hated. He was […] -
Heavenly Kings Alight at 50th S.F. International Film Festival
With cameo appearances by Hong Kong celebrities like Miriam Yeung, Better Luck Tomorrow’s Jason Tobin and Michelle Yeoh, Heavenly Kings showcases the reality behind American-born Asian artists seeking fame and fortune abroad.
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Presidential Dig and Turnout
Presidential candidate John Edwards unveiled his APA support on April 19 with a little dig at Sen. Hillary Clinton by noting the endorsement of “former [Bill] Clinton” APA officials – including ex-White House liaisons Liz Martinez Baldick of the Labor Department, Hawai’i’s Jadine Nielsen of the Small Business Administration, White House policy advisor and former […]
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Echoes From Blacksburg
Although 224 miles separate the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg, Virginia and the University of Maryland campus in College Park, Maryland, the shootings that took place in Blacksburg on Monday, April 16 had repercussions that were felt in College Park throughout the last week.
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APAPA Meets with the Governor
SACRAMENTO — Statewide board members and officers of the Asian Pacific Islander American Public Affairs Association last week met with Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and his staff for a half hour inside the Ronald Reagan Cabinet Room of the State Capitol to discuss how they could “work together and build bridges between government and the API […]
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Taiwan Travels
In my next life, I think I would like to return as a travel writer, gallivanting all over the globe, checking out and reporting on exotic locales for various publications. Well, I didn’t have to wait that long, it turned out, because my fantasy became a reality just last month.
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O’Donnell Leaves ABC’s ‘The View’
NEW YORK - After less than a year as host, Rosie O’Donnell will leave ABC-TV’s The View after a string of controversy that included mocking how Chinese and Chinese Americans speak and her insincere apology for the racial insult.
O’Donnell said that she would leave the Emmy-winning women hosted daytime talk show in June after she […] -
Samoan American Runs Asia Pacific Subcommittee
PALO ALTO — For the first time, an Asian Pacific American is heading the Asia, Pacific, and Global Environment Subcommittee of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
The ascent of Samoan American Rep. Eni Faleomavaega (D-AS), chair of the twelve-member subcommittee, was exemplified by his recent trip to China where he, Rep. Diane Watson (D-CA) and […] -
Use Gavel With Authority, Mr. Chairman
For the first time in the history of the United States Congress, an Asian Pacific American chairs the House Foreign Affairs subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and the Global Environment. Congressman Eni F.H. Faleomavaega of American Samoa chairs the subcommittee that oversees this nation’s Asian Pacific foreign policy — an area long ignored by Eurocentric […]
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Amok Unbound: Virginia Tech and Amokophobia
Recently, I chatted with a man single-handedly trying to restore the notion of amok to its rightful place in the pantheon of known psychotic maladies.
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The New Face of the Grand Old Party
Although Ronald Reagan could not have succeeded without Nancy Reagan’s love and support, historians generally agree that only one marriage propelled Reagan into the White House: the merger of social and fiscal conservatives into the Republican Party. This logical unification of conservatives behind one party and one candidate produced the mutually beneficial relationship that continues […]
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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.
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There's no boring fight when Pacquiao fights, he is truly the best pound for pound boxer in the world today, no doubt.
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I haven't found this with Chinese-Americans, but I have definately found this to be an issue with Chinese women originating from China, particularly Chinese women from wealthy families and/or Hong Kong.
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What do you mean, "we?" This is not a good example to suggest or even infer that these decisions were made by committee of the Asian community.
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Congrats to David for recieving the Asian American Bar's endorsement at event hosted by progressives Kamala Harris and Jeff Adachi.
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"And do you really want to call me out about the organization I work for, MarcB?" David, is that you?!? Looks like you slipped! Which other names are you as well posting here.
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