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I Want to Speak Chinese
Dear Q: I’m a complete ABC — American Born Chinese. My Cantonese is horrid, and I know the only way to get better is to practice, but I feel awkward speaking my broken Chinese, especially around my friends who are fluent. How can I overcome my fear?
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For the Sake of Sake
Sake, often called the “Drink of the Gods” by the Japanese, is a beverage made from water, rice, koji-kin (an enzyme), and yeast. Until recently in America, sake was a mysterious liquid produced by secretive Japanese
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The Top Dish of 2007: Year in Review
1 Bravo’s Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi splits with novelist Salman Rushdie after failed Hezbollah assassination attempt, and (like Rushdie) spites readers with second cookbook and chili honey butter diet. Later spotted making out with ex-husband at New York’s Bungalow 8 after announcing her “desire for divorce.”
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Who’s Hot: 12/28/07
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Manga: The Complete Guide
Akira is considered a legendary work of comic art, referred to by many as a masterpiece of manga, or Japanese graphic novel. Copies of this creation by Katsuhiro Otomo can be found sitting benignly in the graphic novel section of public libraries, where youth often gather in packs to devour the hot new medium.
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Bay Briefs
Laundryman Who Reunited Families, 79, Passes Away
SAN FRANCISCO — Fook Lin Wong, 79, a retired small businessman who sheltered numerous immigrants to the United States, passed away Dec. 12 after a long illness.
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Holiday Festivities Round-Up
Holiday gift-giving and festivities got off to a rousing start when a wonderful gift of $100,000 was donated by philanthropists Edwin and Margaret Lee to the University of California during this year’s Big Game Dinner Dance on Nov. 30.
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Nation Briefs
APA Political Almanac Lists Over 2,000 APA Officials
The impact of 14 million Asian Pacific Americans on the upcoming 2008 presidential election is one of many topics examined in the new 13th edition of the National Asian Pacific American Political Almanac, which was released recently in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.
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YouTube, Land of the Brave Asian American
Vast and brimming with trailblazing opportunities, YouTube is the Wild, Wild West version 2.0 for people seeking to create entertainment that defies the boundaries of traditional media.
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Stanford’s Dedicated Dynamic Duo
Behind every great leader is a great team. Dr. Samuel So and the Asian Liver Center at Stanford University exemplify this statement. The staff may be small, but their deep commitment to the organization’s mission gives the illusion of a Bay Area health care giant.
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Global Briefs
China Marks 70 Years Since Rape of Nanking
NANJING, China — China marked the 70th anniversary of the six-week killing spree known as the Nanjing Massacre by reopening the Memorial Hall to the victims after a two-year, $33 million face-lift. -
Lumps of Coal for Vets and Media Watchers
Some Special Lumps of Coal from Washington!
First, the word from Congress is that the Veterans Equity Bill, which had a chance of passing before Christmas, is officially off the sleigh.
AsianWeek at the Democratic National Convention
2008 Asian American Olympians
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Foomanchu on Lieu: More American Requirements for LPGA Players
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If the Spanish basketball team members did not think that they were making fun at the Chinese, or Asians in general, by posing this silly picture to emphasize the eyes, then why did they make this pic anyway ? Suppose some Asian sports team taking a group pic while they shout altogeher : Spic Maricon !!!!! How the Spanish public will react ? Spic Maricon means nothing to Asians.
Bosa on An Eye-Opener
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People from the Asian/ African-American need to be the first to support and spread the news of Brian Clay.
Foomanchu on AsianWeek’s Most Memorable Moments of the 2008 Beijing Olympics
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Hi guys and gals, I am a citizen of Spain and Catalonia, and I have lived in the USA for over 5 years.
som-hi on An Eye-Opener
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Tony Pow's stuff is great....love you man. I think the whole Olympics events ought to be re-evaluate.
Foomanchu on AsianWeek’s Most Memorable Moments of the 2008 Beijing Olympics
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i sympathize. i was engaged to an older white jewish man 15 years and we had serious struggles because he was always in a different life phase.
patricia on No Cake For You
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I think that the gesture on the part of the Spanish team is really more innocent than many assume. Think about it: how much experience do the spanish really have with Asian-Spanish issues.
KC on An Eye-Opener
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Hi guys and gals, I am a citizen of Spain and Catalonia, and I have lived in the USA for over 5 years.
som-hi on Spanish Basketball Team's Photo
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I think it's a great rule. It should be extended to the NBA, NFL, and NHL as well as other "real" sports.
Foomanchu on Lieu: More American Requirements for LPGA Players
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"Cogito," ergo fatuous. Nor forgetting erroneous. Sorry, couldn't resist it. And young "cogito," if he is only just now reading Rene Descartes, has a long, treacherous road of reading ahead of him, not the least of which should be research into ALL of "Asian American" "hist6ry" and not just the latterday adjuncts thereof.
Frank Eng on ‘Yellow Peril’ Helps Clinton Sink Obama in Pennsylvania
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