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CHINESE AMERICAN
CHRISTIANS
Many Chinese American
churches have often avoided pro-life activities as too political, worldly,
or culturally embarrassing - but they are beginning to slowly change that
perspective. In addition, Asian Americans are starting to talk about their
pain and tragic outcomes of certain cultural values.
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DEBUT ON DVD (SEPT 9, 2003)
"The Debut" will be available in North America starting 9/9/03 for rental on videocassette AND for sale on Special Edition DVD (only $24.95, suggested retail price).
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HONG KONG'S
RECOGNIOFON OF BRUCE LEE
To his fans in Hong Kong, the fate of Lee's old house is not just an embarrassment; it's evidence that their city doesn't know how to make the most of its best cultural assets.
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APA POLICE OFFICERS CHARGED
Rookie APA police officers Craig Daniel Lee, 40, and Michael Kan, 25, is charged in the racial-related beating of Palo Alto resident
and community college counselor Albert Hopkins.
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MICHELLE KWAN
With five world figure
skating titles, seven U.S. titles and Olympic silver and bronze medals
to her credit, Torrance native Michelle Kwan is in elite company. But
this summer, she's just another UCLA student.
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CHINA'S "ONLY CHILD" POLICY
The ubiquitous only child has become the focus of Chinese parents' indulgence and high hopes. It's affecting the economy -- and society.
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ZHOU HAI'S IMAGES
You cannot just glimpse at Zhou Hai's photographs; the grimy factory workers and miners in them catch your eye and peer into your soul as you are drawn to look into theirs.
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CHINESE HIV POSTIVE COUPLE MAKE HISTORY
A HIV-positive couple has wed publicly for the first time in China in a ceremony widely reported in state newspapers, a sign more sufferers may be ready to tackle rampant discrimination.
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JOSEPH HAHN
WANTS TO DIRECT
"Directing, for me,
is more of what I like to do, and doing the music is more of an extra
thing," Hahn said. "My first love is film, and that's what I was doing
before the band took off. I was involved in special effects.
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ASIAN CANDIDATES FOR CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR
Mohammad Arif (Pakistanian), Calvin Louie (CPA), Shu Yih Liu (CEO of Stuttz Automobile Company), Donald Wang, Vip Bhola and Vic Bajwa (Entrepreneur) are among the hundreds of candidates that are running for governor in the state of California.
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JIN THA MC
That Chinese rapper guy wants to make something clear. He's Jin, not "that Chinese rapper guy." His name has dropped all over the place, well before his album will.
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TIN HOUSE MEETS PIXAR
Tin House, a new Korean animation caught the eye of a major U.S. movie studio - Pixar, the company responsible for such films as ``Finding Nemo'' and ``Toy Story,'' which is considered one of the industry leaders
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DIVERSITY IN CONGRESSIONAL ARTWORK
The portrait of Senator Blanche Kelso Bruce's (1st Black American to serve a full Senate term) new prominence is the result of a quiet campaign by Senator Christopher J. Dodd, a Connecticut Democrat, who is seeking to correct what he and other lawmakers regard as a longstanding injustice: a dearth of images of women and members of minorities in one of the nation's most visited buildings.
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PHO
Pho was developed by cooks in Hanoi and not until after the French arrived late in the 19th century, importing their love of beef to a pork-eating culture. In Hanoi, pho is a cult: the Vietnamese give special meaning to the phrase "street food."
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CHINA'S RATING SYSTEM
But for millions of moviegoers in China, where strict censorship requires that publicly screened films be acceptable for people of all ages, a change is in the air. The government is considering its first ratings system. Soon, according to the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, movies here may carry the sort of ratings — PG-13 and R, for instance — long given movies in U.S. theaters.
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IMMIGRATION FROM CHINA
There is no denying that Chinese immigrants have transformed the San Gabriel Valley. The interesting question now is: Which Chinese?
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CBS COURTS DIVERSITY
CBS announced the formation of the CBS Diversity Institute, complementing existing network programs designed to increase cultural diversity within the writing and directing ranks.
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PERRY AND JAPAN
The 150th anniversary
of Perry's arrival in Japan have made clear, he and his black ships still
have a profound resonance (since he's probably the best-known foreign
historic figure) - even more than MacArthur.
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N.T. RAMO RAO
Schwarzenegger has
farther to go than he thinks. He may become governor of California, but
he can't become God. That privilege is reserved for the Indian movie-star-turned-politician
N. T. Rama Rao, who played so many mythological heroes in so many hit
films that fans built a temple to him.
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ANGELINA JOLIE'S ASIAN INFLUENCES
Angelina Jolie says her role as UN Goodwill Ambassador and globe-trotting experiences in her two Lara Croft Tomb Raider movies have changed her outlook on life - including her Cambodian adopted baby.
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TIM CHANG - HEISMAN CANDIDATE?
University
of Hawai'i quarterback Tim Chang's campaign for the Heisman Trophy
was launched with the distribution of 120 promotional DVDs.
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JHUMPA LAHIRI
Jhumpa Lahiri's first
book made her an overnight literary celebrity. Her latest novel will be
her `acid test.'
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APA ROLES DECREASED
The total number of both Asian-Pacific and Native American roles decreased in 2002. Asian/Pacific Islanders' 2.5% share of total roles cast represents no change from 2001. On the other hand, Native Americans were the only minority group to show a decrease in share of roles, receiving only 0.2% of the roles cast in 2002, a drop from the 0.37% share in 2001.
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GEDDE WATANABE INTERVIEW
Is there a particular type of character that you will never play for personal or moral reasons?
Yeah. This one project came up, and it was kind of a spoof on everybody's stereotype. This company was trying to do the Asian stereotype, and that's the one in the media that's killing me right now. It's a subject that I want to stay with because I think the Asian male [in movies] is pretty… shit. And I mean that. You don't see them as lovers or that they've got full lives. So that's been in the back of my mind and it bothers me. It's always made me feel, like, who writes this shit?!
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LUCY LIU JOINS GAME OVER
Lucy Liu is joining the cast of Game Over, UPN's midseason computer-animated comedy series, the network announced. The Carsey-Werner-Mandabach show features Liu as the voice of Raquel, the secret-agent wife and mother of the Smashenburn family, who live in an alternate video-game universe.
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CHIRINJEEV KATHURIA RUNS FOR OFFICE
Dr. Chirinjeev Kathuria became the second businessman to announce his candidacy for the GOP nomination to fill U.S. Senator Peter Fitzgerald's soon-to-be open seat in 2004.
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CENSUS AND ADOPTIONS
Census Bureau's first profile of adopted children, out Friday, shows that 1.6 million adopted kids under 18 are now living in U.S. households. Although foreign adoptions are increasing and getting the most headlines, the report shows 87% of adoptees under 18 were born in the USA.
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JAPAN WINS LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES
The East Boynton Beach players joined their Japanese opponent's victory celebration after they won the Little League's World Series.
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DIVERSITY 40
YEARS AFTER MLK
Martin Luther King's
"I
Have a Dream" speech endures four decades later because it gave Americans
a vision of a nation free of racial discrimination. It has come to be
regarded as a pivotal
moment in the civil rights movement.
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LUCY LIU'S
ROAD TO SUCCESS
Lucy Liu may be a
household name these days, but her relatively short career seems to embody
many of the frustrations and contradictions of being an Asian-American
woman in Hollywood.
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CHRISTIAN RACISM
Every year, churches
across the country use 'Vacation Bible School' curriculum to reach their
kids with Christian education. Well, LifeWay Church Resources has designed
VBS curriculum called Rickshaw Rally—and yes, it's as bad as it sounds.
It looks like someone's well-intentioned attempt at diversity, but it
completely comes off as stereotypical, racially offensive material.
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"FLYING WHILE
BROWN" CASE
An Indian-American
doctor who was nabbed by U.S. Air Marshals on a Delta airlines flight
because they "did not like the way he looked at them" has won $50,000
in compensation. San Leandro weekly India West reports that the court
also ordered the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to apologize
in writing to Dr. Bob Rajcommar, a former U.S. Army major and a doctor
from Florida.
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KOREANTOWN GANG: CRIMINALS OR KIDS
Sonny Kang writes "It's pretty easy to identify the K-Town gangs of the young generation these days. Shaved heads, tattoos, football jerseys, and Nike Cortez, are familiar sights at some of the hot spots in K-Town. Much different from what I used to look like when I used to bang with the L.A. U-Boys when I was much younger, but the issues are the same."
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SPLIT WITHIN
MUSLIM COMMUNITIES
American blacks and
immigrant Muslims are holding separate conventions just three miles apart
-- underscoring the divide between the two groups that Muslim leaders
have been struggling to bridge for years.
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B.D. WONG'S NEW ROLES
In 1988, B.D. Wong
made Broadway history as the only actor to receive the Tony Award, the
Drama Desk Award, the Clarence Derwent Award, the Outer Critics Circle
Award & Theater World Award for the same performance.
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CHAN RETURNS
Fox Movie Channel has scheduled to air a series of Charlie Chan films in September. However, each film will be accompanied by an Asian American panel commentary, for five minutes before and after each broadcast. The panelists, headed by George Takei, range from academics to activists to actors: Helen Zia, Frank H. Wu (Author of "Yellow"), Stephen Gong, Yvonne Lee, Ken Narasaki, Peter Feng, Roger Fan and Parry Shen. They will discuss the ramifications of these films being aired in this day and age.
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CHINESE AMERICANS' POLITICAL POWER
Political power among Bay Area Chinese is rapidly migrating from the older established San Francisco community to newer enclaves in Silicon Valley, as evidenced by the rising number of Chinese American candidates for top local offices.
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USE OF THE WORD "KOREAN"
U.S. District Judge A. Howard Matz has issued a preliminary injunction that prohibits Los Angeles Clipper owner and real estate mogul Donald Sterling from using "Korean" in his building names, as well as advertisements and billboards related to the sale of his buildings or rental of units.
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SUCCESS OF
ASIAN GOLFERS
Nine of LPGA'S 2003's
23 events have been captured by Asian-born players. Of the top 50 money
winners, 10 come from the continent, 8 from South Korea. Three South Koreans
are among the top five - Pak (2), Grace Park (3) and Hee Won Han (4).
Pak (1998), Kim (1999) and Han (2001) have each been named rookie of the
year.
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FAIL IS NOT
ACCEPTED
Thousands of Korean
and Chinese immigrants have chosen Cerritos over other U.S. communities
because of Whitney High School's reputation.
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CHINESE MARKETPLACE
China, with the world's
largest workforce, will have more influence on your job than any single
factor in the years to come.
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NEXT YAO MING?
NBA scouts are scouring China for another giant with the skills of Yao Ming - last season's sensational rookie. This 6-ft. 11-in. teenager, Yi Jianlian, just might be the one
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MUTINY - ASIANS INVADING BRITISH MUSIC
Combining music documentary
and social documentary, MUTINY: Asians Storm British Music is an engaging
look at the meteoric rise of Asian music in 1990s Britain, set against
the decades of cultural and political struggle that led up to that historic
moment. Shot independently on digital video over the course of seven years,
MUTINY features Asian Dub Foundation, Talvin Singh, Cornershop, and a
range of other British musicians of Indian, Pakistani, and Bangladeshi
descent, presenting these artists and their music with a striking intimacy.
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SURFING LATEST
RAGE FOR ASIAN SPONSORS
Quicksilver, Honda
Element, International Management Group, ESPN (X Games), Phillips Electronics,
Fusion TV, WB (The Boarding House: North Shore) MTV (Surf Girls), Outdoor
Life Network and others are trying to tap into surfing's "lifestyle."
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APA ACTORS' SUCCESS IN HONG KONG CINEMA
Terence Yin's role
in "Lara Croft Tomb Raider," Michael Wong (Russell
Wong's brother), Daniel Wu (now represented by Jackie Chan's talent
agency while playing lead roles, choosing his own scripts and producing
his own projects), Michelle Yeoh, Los Angeles-born Eugenia Yuan and others
have found success in Hong Kong cinema.
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MICHAEL CHANG'S GOOD-BYES
Michael
Chang's "Farewell
Tour" extends to the Mercedes-Benz Cup tournament in Los Angeles as he
leaves his own
personal legacy to the Asian American tennis
players to players such as Paradorn
Srichaphan who is currently ranked 11th in the world but has been
as high as 9th, the first Asian player to break the top 10 since the men's
tour went to computer ratings in 1973.
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MERCHANT-IVORY'S
LE DIVORCE"
Merchant-Ivory's
lastest film, Le Divorce, stars two "A List" actresses - Kate Hudson and
Naomi Watts. Read a film review by clicking HERE.
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ARNOLD'S VIEW OF MARTIAL ARTS
I love the Hong Kong
type of action movies but that only looks good for smaller guys. I think
that the reason why that whole style was developed over there was because
those guys were very puny guys. Read Arnold's
past views on immigration services and his tv
strategy.
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FACING FAR EAST DANCE AND MUSIC EVENT
"Held So Close" is
a multimedia dance and live music production exploring the little known
years in U.S. history when Chinese immigrants had limited entry to the
United States.
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CHINESE ANCESTORS REBURIED IN THE U.S.
In what might be the
ultimate act of relocation, thousands of deceased Chinese have been exhumed
by their descendants and reburied in places like New York, Los Angeles
and San Francisco, often places they had never visited in life.
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DIVERSITY IN THE MEDIA & THE GENERAL PUBLIC
Sexual acceptability
in the media are changing with the start of various cable programs, along
with the tales of infidelities of recently deceased stars. The status
of the Jewish
communities is also changing, along with women
rights.
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CREASIAN
THE
SOUNDERS
A
seven-piece live Hip-Hop band consisting of an emcee, guitar,
bass, drums, keyboard, a DJ and a sax/percussion player. 
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