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Bay Briefs
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EVENT: Presented by the Center for Asian Americans United for Self-Empowerment (CAUSE) and the Easy Voter Guide Project
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A Dazzling Opera
One of the greatest love stories in Chinese history played at San Francisco’s War Memorial Opera House on the weekend of Jan. 8. Dazzling the audience with its myriad of talents, the opera, Farewell, My Concubine, ended too
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An Open Letter to Renaldo Lapuz
On Jan. 16, the hit reality TV series American Idol kicked off its seventh season and introduced the world to Filipino American Renaldo Lapuz. The press immediately labeled him “the new William Hung,” after the former American Idol reject (and fellow Asian American male) who went on to have his 15 minutes of fame for […]
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Nation Briefs
25th Anniversary Lunar New Year Celebration
EVENT: Presented by the Asian American Coalition of Chicago
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JCCNC New Year’s Gala
More than 500 attended the Japanese Chamber of Commerce of Northern California’s annual New Year’s gala at the Westin St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco on Jan. 12.
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Know Disease for No Disease
The beginning of health,” a Chinese proverb reminds us, “is to know the disease.” The wisdom behind this century-old adage captures the essence of the S.F. Hep B Free Campaign’s public awareness strategy. To defeat a deadly virus lurking in the streets, community members must first be aware that it exists.
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Global Briefs
A New Generation Of Chinese in South Africa
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — South Africa’s Chinese community is the oldest and largest on the continent. South Africa’s first Chinese immigrants arrived from southern China in the 1870s. -
Sometimes the Indians Win
If you want to see War and Peace fought by Chinese and Americans, watch Sand Pebbles on The History Channel. Directed by Robert Wise, who also did West Side Story and The Sound of Music, and filmed in Hong Kong and Taiwan,
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Commerce Briefs
Lunar New Year Brunch
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The Fight for Asian American Studies Continues
In 2003, students at Harvard University surveyed the university’s hallways and meeting areas and found four centuries of portraits of esteemed scholars and benefactors. Three of the 302 portraits were people of color.
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Is Honesty the Best Policy?
TOO HONEST LELAND: State Senator Leland Yee’s honesty two weekends ago caught a lot of flack in the Chinatown community press for blowing the whistle on his former ally, former Supervisor Ed Jew, for illegally helping with permits for Quickly boba café.
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Wells Fargo Donates $50,000 To Chinese Culture Foundation
SAN FRANCISCO — Wells Fargo donated $50,000 to the Chinese Culture Foundation’s Campaign for a New Beginning on Jan. 18 to help build the foundation’s endowment and ensure the Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco’s cultural programming for the future.
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Recent Comments
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I agree that some of the school board candidates are hedging their bets on JROTC. I have come out in support of reinstating JROTC and have posted my views on my web site at http://www.
Rachel Norton on The Future of JROTC: Serving Asian American students in our Public Schools
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An inspirational article. It makes me want to join a Dragon Boat team.
Dan Underhill on Masters Dragon Boat Paddlers Prove You’re as Young as You Think You Are
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Sorry, folks: This duncehead corner is not quite "done" for the day, as in still baying at the moon here.
Frank Eng on Sexy Asian Men
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Dear Linda & Sue: Gee . . . "beauty" -- well, in this case, let's make it "handsomeness," or "hunky"?, who knows what sexists are reading these posts? -- lies in the eyes of the beholder? In which case, Sue, it would seem thzt your eyes have been glazed by too many subscriptions to too many glossy mags and equally surreal movies and teleseries.
Frank Eng on Sexy Asian Men
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Mmm, let's see here. This piece, while not as "celebrated" as the author's third effort in the same vein and while it IS "old," still has legs.
Frank Eng on Why I Hate Asians
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To Yul and my brother Mark -- way to go, I am so proud of you. Keep it up! We are all pulling for you.
Kurt Young on Red Mango: Yul Kwon’s secret frozen yogurt addiction
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Assembly Bill AB 2565 is just being used to keep the body on life support so they can keep the body warm until they can get family consent to rip out their organs for donation.
joe Kohen on Daily Dose: 10/01/08
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Thanks, Terry, for pointing out Archie from CSI. I didn't include him because he's condiered a recurring character as opposed to one of the "regulars.
Phil Chung on Fall TV Season Peek
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I rarely see good looking AA men. I wonder do they even exist??? I have so far seen handful of good looking AA men in my life.
Sue on Sexy Asian Men
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A great idea to acknowledge the beauty of Asian men in a proactive way. However, we mustn't overcompensate by forming unrealistic images of the other kind.
Linda on Sexy Asian Men
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