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  1. Uncle Bob Jindal: Man of No Color

    Emil Guillermo, Oct 26, 2007

  2. Why is Obama Snubbing Asian Americans?

    Emil Guillermo, Jan 13, 2008

  3. An Asian American Viewpoint On China, Tibet and the Olympics

    AsianWeek Staff, Apr 06, 2008

  4. Jabbawockeez, Unmasked

    Tina Tsai, Mar 13, 2008

  5. We Have A Dream

    Phil Tajitsu Nash, Mar 24, 2008

  6. Is the backlash here yet?: Chinese Americans — and all Asian Americans — Should Be Ready

    Roger S. Dong, Apr 30, 2008

  7. Obama’s Wright Wing Conspiracy

    Arthur Hu, Apr 07, 2008

  1. AsianWeek launches new nightlife section

    By: AsianWeek Staff, Oct 31, 2007 0 Comments

    In Da Club: Top Places To Shake Your Moneymaker

    Submit your nightlife photos and events to clubs@asianweek.com and check in each Friday to see if you made it in AsianWeek!

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  2. Ads Show API LGBT Couples

    By: Rex Feng, Oct 31, 2007 4 Comments

    NEW YORK — Actor Alec Mapa is a unicorn, or so he says.
    Mapa used the tongue-in-cheek metaphor in 2005 to describe his unique role on UPN’s sitcom Half & Half as not only the sole Filipino actor in prime time, but also the first gay Asian regular in a sitcom. He has since translated his […]

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  3. FilAm Youth ‘Speak Out’

    By: Angela Pang, Oct 31, 2007 0 Comments

    Pinoy Food Fight: Vegetarians vs. Omnivores. “Hosts Tallulah & JC Gonzales” Credit: ABS-CBNI
    “If a couple is in a lukewarm relationship and discover they’re expecting a baby, should they get married?” asks J.C. Gonzalez, co-host of The Filipino Channel’s weekly debate show Speak Out, to a panel of community members.
    Six guests from various […]

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  4. Commerce Briefs

    By: AsianWeek Staff, Oct 30, 2007 0 Comments

    Peter J. Rho Joins Dreier Stein and Kahan LLP
    SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Dreier Stein and Kahan LLP announced recently that Peter J. Rho has joined the firm’s Transactional Department as a member of its Asia Pacific Practice, further strengthening the firm’s expertise in cross-border transactions and expertise in the Korean market.

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  5. Global Briefs

    By: AsianWeek Staff, Oct 30, 2007 0 Comments

    Explosion Rocks Manila Mall
    MANILA, Philippines — A powerful blast ripped through three floors of a shopping mall in the heart of Manila’s financial district on Oct. 19, killing eight people, injuring scores of others, and sending police and troops on the highest state of alert.

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  6. Letters to the Editor

    By: AsianWeek Staff, Oct 30, 2007 0 Comments

    The Ugly Face of Beauty
    I read Mr. Nash’s article (“Not Just a Pretty Face,” Washington Journal, Oct. 19) with a more hopeful sense that the Asian community laboring in the beauty industry will finally wake up to the dangers that lurk behind each manicure they perform.
    Since getting back from a free clinic that we sponsor […]

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  7. Mr. (Chinese) Vampire

    By: Tina Tsai, Oct 29, 2007 5 Comments

    The old story in China goes that people who died far from home and needed to be brought back for burial were sometimes transported as re-animated corpses to save money. They became jiang shi, or what many English speakers refer to as Chinese vampires. Instead of blood, they killed people to feast upon their qi, […]

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  8. Chinatown Campus Overcomes Three Hurdles: Legal and finance obstacles loom ahead

    By: Samson Wong, Oct 28, 2007 1 Comment

    SAN FRANCISCO — A proposed Chinatown community college campus won a major victory as College Board members supported two two-building plans after a seven-hour, standing room only marathon meeting that lasted until 1:30 a.m. last Friday.
    By a 6-to-1 vote, trustees supported two plans: 14-story and 4-story buildings, and 13-story and 5-story structures. The latter plan […]

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  9. AsianWeek Endorsements: November 6, 2007 election, San Francisco

    By: Editorial Staff, Oct 28, 2007 1 Comment

    For Mayor (rank up to three)

    » Gavin Newsom:
    The mayor showed leadership in saving Japantown and fighting hepatitis B. In his next term, he should increase his record of Asian American appointments and consult the community on them.

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  10. No Child’s Play: Calif. first state to ban chemical often found in toys

    By: AsianWeek Staff Report, Oct 28, 2007 1 Comment

    SACRAMENTO — Challenging the Bush administration’s record on protecting children from dangerous chemicals, state Assembly Majority Whip Fiona Ma hailed California’s recent ban on toys and baby products containing more than a trace amount of a chemical used to soften plastics that scientists have linked to health problems.

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  11. AREAA Grows During Mortgage Meltdown

    By: Samson Wong, Oct 28, 2007 2 Comments

    Allen Okamoto, AREAA Chairman 2007 with Speaker Pelosi.Photo courtesy of AREAA
    With the real estate industry taking pause over the mortgage meltdown, the Asian Real Estate Association of America — founded four years ago to help close the homeownership gap among Asian Pacific Americans — has increased its membership by 50 percent.
    The association, which will hold […]

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  12. Community Discusses Future of Japantown

    By: Adelaide Chen, Oct 28, 2007 0 Comments

    Daryl Higashi raises questions concerning the Japantown Better Neighborhood Project at the community meeting last Thursday attended by about a hundred participants, including residents, businesses and nonprofits. Higashi is a member of the advisory board of the Japantown Task Force, Inc., the organization whose mission is to preserve and revitalize Japantown.
    SAN FRANCISCO — […]

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