The Conversation
- Asian Racism and the “Asian of Reason” (22)
- King: “So…whats the problem here? AOR has the right to an opinion right? “ This is a common fallacy: The...
- Asian Dude: kinda funny how you all don’t even bother to debunk any of the points I bring up, you just fixate...
- Leon: Thank you, Asian Dude, for proving my point. If you are indeed Asian, that is.
- Frank Chin debates Yunte Huang on the topic of Charlie Chan (9)
- Nancy: If Earl Derr Biggers made Charlie Chan more like the real Chang Apana (the Chinese detective in Hawaii that...
- Larry: Somebody give Yunte Huang his “Oriental 4 Life” card. Huang’s claim that Charlie Chan is an...
- neaato: goddamn! thank you bigwowo!!!!!! glad you shared w/ us this linkage. here was my comment to the commentators:...
- The Happy Post (21)
- RiceCakeRabbit: I voted! (And hopefully I don’t get spam mails because I was too lazy to create a new e-mail...
- N: @RiceCakeRabbit I voted! (And hopefully I don’t get spam mails because I was too lazy to create a new e-mail...
- RiceCakeRabbit: There is an essence of imprinting when it comes to the IR pairing disparity – and this is why the...
- B.J. Penn disappoints (5)
- jaehwan: Notty, I don’t know if you’ve seen this Bellator submission, but it’s pretty sick:...
- jaehwan: I agree. A point that someone made on one of the forums is that Edgar is really a featherweight, and he did...
- Nottyboy: I don’t want to write off Edgar yet. He has some really good takedowns and great speed. Still,...
- “This is a Bust” by Ed Lin (Review) (2)
- Podcast: URB4N talks about Interracial Relationships (86)
- etain: Yes, I meant that there were 24,000 more marriages involving Asian women than Asian men in 2008. And I still...
- MojoRider: jstele wrote: “Just date who you want. Who cares if there are more Asian women dating outside their...
- uRB4N: Oh, Jesus. Use some deductive reasoning for crying out loud. He obviously means 24,000 more Asian women than...
- Building Subcultures and Accepting Emotions (282)
- King: “How was that King? Enough f-bombs for you? You know certain topics just get me fired up.” Haaa!!!...
- AF/AM couple: N, No, I meant either AFs or AMs I come into contact with (so AF/AM), not an AF/WM couple, but I can...
- N: @AF/AM couple I assume you meant AF/WM in the first line? I got slightly confused reading it. But I do encounter...
- Western Schools in South Korea (10)
- dan: Not sure how I feel about this. If the entire city is more modern, clean, and well funded than any other...
- john: This is a bad idea. It will be like those Indonesian who don’t know Indonesia becuase their parent sent...
- mama nabi: This is interesting – my mom pitched this exact same idea (I remember helping her come up with a...
- A Great Wall (3)
- Dinobot: I heard from somewhere that the construction of Zheng He’s fleet deforested large parts of China,...
- Ngo Bao Chau, First Vietnamese Fields Medal Winner (4)
- Why Am I Doing This? (Review) (14)
- jaehwan: us_Asians, I had a few words to say about David Henry Hwang in the comment section of this post:...
- MojoRider: @us asians, indeed, Eva Cassidy is the best all around female vocalist I’ve ever heard. I...
- us asians: Just some additional thoughts + @Alpha Asian says: I agree with your comment that the “just felt right”...
- White on Rice (Review) (17)
- angrybritishchinese: @simon tsui The audience i saw it with were also rolling in the aisles and shitting bricks. but...
- Simon Tsui: I am disappointed in your review. I watched White on Rice in the movie theatre during the premiere in...
- Tiger Woods and His White Women (22)
- jaehwan: And then it was over. http://www.golf.com/golf/tours _news/article/0,28136,2012613, 00.html?hpt=T2 Sheesh,...
- Chinese economy surpasses Japan (6)
- Asian Racism and the “Asian of Reason” (22)
Tag Archives: Asia
The Asian Inferiority Complex
(pic from here) I remember calling an Asian American friend when I first landed in Japan right after college. “How do the guys here get anything done?” I asked him, jokingly. “The women here are eye-blindly beautiful. I’d have trouble … Continue reading
Where Teachers Make More than Baseball Players
Saw this on my Yahoo page. Top online course instructors in education-obsessed South Korea are making upwards of $4 million a year. According to the report, these educators are like rock stars who have money and status. Because of the … Continue reading
Yesterday Once More
No real post today because I’m working on a big project that is coming out in the next week or so ( that I hope you all will help me with), but I saw the video above, and I couldn’t … Continue reading
Shek Kin (Shih Kien) dies
Thanks to Eric for mentioning that Shek Kin, the bad guy from Enter the Dragon, passed away recently at the age of 96. Read his obituary here. He had quite a long and effective career. “Unconventional…but effective” hahah…sorry, I think that … Continue reading
Fast Food in China
Embedded video from <a href=”http://www.cnn.com/video” mce_href=”http://www.cnn.com/video”>CNN Video</a> Fast food is all the rage in China. A new Kentucky Fried Chicken opens every day. It’s a good day to be a corporate giant in China, a bad day to be a … Continue reading
Edison Chen breaks his silence
I was surprised this morning to see that Edison Chen was among CNN’s most popular stories. Check it out here. According to the site, you can Watch the full, exclusive TV interview with Edison Chen on CNN TV and here … Continue reading
Zee Avi
Saw this video of Zee Avi on Youtube. Her music is the Spotlight Tuesday music selection for YouTube. She’s got a powerful voice with some pretty cool, happy tunes. It’s one of the coolest collections I’ve heard in a long … Continue reading
Punishment and "Crime"
(pic from here) I first saw this story in the Yuuyake Shimbun, a local paper that I used to write for. Since they don’t have a web presence, let me reference the British Times Online: Tsuyoshi Kusanagi involved in naked … Continue reading
Happy Lunar New Year!
Happy New Year, everyone! Saw this article in the NY Times this morning: Year of the Ox is looking Inauspicious. “The mood is confused and desperate,” said Kerby Kuek, a feng shui master and Chinese astrologer. “Two years ago, people … Continue reading
Miss Tibet
Even a beauty contest in Tibet is a political issue. Some of you may disagree with me on this one, but I think beauty contests are important, especially for minorities. People always talk about image. Well, this promotes image, … Continue reading
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