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Philipp Rosler, Vice-Chancellor of Germany

Philipp Rossler

Thanks to Ben Efsaneyim, who wrote this story: One of Europe’s Most Powerful Men is Vietnamese. Philipp Rösler, according to Ben’s article and Wikipedia, is the Vice-Chancellor of Germany, and is originally from Vietnam. The Wikipedia entry says that he was adopted by German parents at nine months, joined the German army as a medic, and completed a medical degree. He’s every Asian parent’s dream! And now he’s in politics, where he’s moved up and up. Vice-Chancellor of Germany, the most economically powerful country in all of Europe. Wow. And not only is he a doctor, but he married a doctor too:

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Ngo Bao Chau, First Vietnamese Fields Medal Winner

Vietnamese-born mathematician Ngo Bao Chau became the first Vietnamese person ever to win the Fields Medal.  The Fields Medal is considered the Nobel Prize in mathematics since the Nobel doesn’t have a mathematics category–if there were ever a prize for pure logical muscle, I think this is it. You’ve gotta be really smart to win it. :)

Ngo, who was born in Hanoi in 1972 in the waning years of the Vietnam war, was cited for his “brilliant proof” of a 30-year-old mathematical conundrum known as the Fundamental Lemma.

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Review of Lac Su’s I Love Yous are for White People

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bigWOWO rating: Asian American Gold

In order to prevent people from buying goodwill, the new law states that bloggers have to disclose whether they received a free product when writing a review.  In the case of I Love Yous are for White People, I didn’t get a free book, but Lac Su bought me a beer while we were down in LA for the Banana Conference.  And no, I drank that beer right there; I’m not writing this review drunk.  In any case, I want to give an unbiased critical review, so I’m going to tell you both what I liked and what I struggled with.  I’ll write it in two parts.  If you don’t want to read the entire review, then I’ll tell you right now that I recommend this bookHighly.  I think you should buy this book.  But you’ll have to check out the two parts below to find out why.

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