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Daily Dose: 05/06/08
Posted on May 6, 2008 | No Comments» AsianWeek Market Report » Possible Hate Crime in Wisconsin Town » For WWII Internees, UW Degrees Come After 66-year Wait » Ferrell, Aniston Film Videos for Myanmar Campaign » Oregon Museum Celebrates Re-opening » Shyamalan Aims to Scare With New Movie » Indian Politicians... -
Today on AsianWeek’s Blogs
Posted on May 6, 2008 | No CommentsEmil Amok Don’t Forget Myanmar Give George and Laura Bush credit. They may have screwed up on a lot of things during their tenure. But the administration is right on the Myanmar issue… Continue reading AMOK! -
How Much For a 50 lb. Bag of Rice?
Posted on May 6, 2008 | No CommentsStrong demands for rice have impacted the supply provided by Bay Area stores. San Francisco’s Costco sold 448 50lb. bags of rice over the weekend, despite their branch-enforced limit of three bags per visit. The Costco branches in both San Francisco and Richmond, California, were... -
One Smart Cookie: Documentary explores origins of popular Chinese restaurant treat
Posted on May 6, 2008 | No CommentsLOS ANGELES — Unlike John Cassavetes’ The Killing of a Chinese Bookie, there’s no violence in Derek Shimoda’s The Killing of a Chinese Cookie. Unless you consider the killing of the cookie’s Chinese — or even Chinese American — roots to be violence. -
East of California
Posted on May 6, 2008 | No CommentsAsian American studies, like other ethnic studies programs, was developed to help change the focus of college curricula from the achievements of great white men to the history, demographics, experiences and needs of everyone in this diverse nation. The Third World Strikes at San Francisco...