Asian-Nation : Asian American News, Issues, & Current Events Blog

Academic Version: Applying my personal experiences and academic research as a professor of Sociology and Asian American Studies to provide a more complete understanding of political, economic, and cultural issues and current events related to American race relations, and Asia/Asian America in particular.

Plain English: Trying to put my Ph.D. to good use.

December 4, 2005

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Geisha Memoirs Provoke New China-Japan Rift

I’ve recently written about a tangible rise in tensions between China and Japan in recent years. As a Reuters article reports, adding new fuel to the fire is the upcoming release of the Hollywood blockbuster movie Memoirs of a Geisha. Based on the bestselling novel of a several years ago, the movie version stars Chinese superstar actress Ziyi Zhang Read More →

December 2, 2005

Written by C.N.

China’s First Steps Toward a Fair Judiciary?

It’s no secret that China’s political leaders rule the country with an iron first and that there are no areas of Chinese life that is not directly or indirectly controlled by the communist government. However, as the New York Times reports, that may be starting to change, as a group of legal reformers aim to push China into developing an Read More →

December 1, 2005

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Bruce Lee Statue in Bosnia

As Reuters reports, the citizens of Bosnia (formerly part of Yugoslavia and the epicenter of one of the worst inter-ethnic wars of the 20th century), have just erected a life-size statue of Bruce Lee in their city Mostar as a symbol of unity and ethnic harmony:

“This does not mean that Bruce Lee will unite us, because people are different and cannot Read More →

November 30, 2005

Written by C.N.

Jackie Chan: Avoid Hollywood Movies

CBS News reports that Jackie Chan, the Hong Kong action/comedy star of movies such as Rush Hour 1 and 2, has been publicly urging Asians to avoid American movies for fear that it will dilute or otherwise damage traditional Asian culture:

Even though he plans to soon start shooting “Rush Hour 3,” the Hong Kong native told The Times of India newspaper Read More →

November 29, 2005

Written by C.N.

Continuing Violence Against Asian Students

In an earlier post, I wrote about a persistent pattern of discrimination and physical violence perpetrated against Asian American students at Lafayette High School in Brooklyn — so bad that the Justice Department had to step in to force the school to take corrective action to protect the Asian students. Following up on this trend, the Associated Press reports that Read More →

November 27, 2005

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Pat Morita Dies at 73

As the Associated Press reports, actor pat Morita has died at the age of 73. of course, he was best-known for his role as Mr. Myagi in the Karate Kid series of movies, but as the article notes, his career and life in general span a much broader set of experiences:

Born in northern California on June 28, 1932, the son Read More →

November 25, 2005

Written by C.N.

Gary Glitter’s Troubles in Viet Nam

Last week, media such as CBS News, have been reporting that government officials have been looking to arrest former ’70s rock star Gary Glitter (whose real name is Paul Francis Gadd) on allegations that he had sex with two underaged girls — a 12 year old and a 15 year old. There are reports that he was finally arrested trying Read More →

November 22, 2005

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Ethnic Rivalries Reignited in Asia

The New York Times has an article that discusses the emerging popularity of several comic books published in Japan that contain rather stereotypic, derogatory, and hostile portrayals of Chinese and Koreans. One might initially dismiss these comic books as ultra-nationalists trying to appeal to a small niche, but as the article describes, they have actually become runaway best sellers throughout Read More →

November 20, 2005

Written by C.N.

Daniel Dae Kim: One of the Sexiest Men Alive

According to People Magazine, in their annual list of “Sexiest Men Alive” that always makes the news around this time of year, we learn that they named Daniel Dae Kim, star of ABC’s hit TV show Lost, as one of the sexiest men alive:

Because he plays such a serious character on ABC’s Lost, people are pleasantly surprised to see Kim, 37, Read More →

November 18, 2005

Written by C.N.

China Attracting U.S. Scholars

The New York Times has an article that describes a very interesting — and ironic — trend in the academic and scientific world: China is stepping up efforts to lure American scholars to live and work in China and to help them build up their universities to eventually rival those in the U.S.:

China wants to transform its top universities into Read More →

November 16, 2005

Written by C.N.

Two New Asian American Political Leaders

Results from last week’s elections show that two Asian Americans have just been elected into local government leadership positions: Sam Yoon as the first Asian American elected to Boston’s City Council and Jun Choi as the first Asian American mayor of a New Jersey city (Edison).

In the case of Jun Choi’s victory, perhaps not surprisingly, his challenger (a Read More →

November 14, 2005

Written by C.N.

New Form of Korean Entrepreneurship

The New York Times has an article that describes one of the latest, and apparently increasingly prominent, example of entrepreneurship among Korean immigrants in the U.S. — buying real estate in the Los Angeles metro area:

Yet Mr. Lee, who came to the United States from Seoul, South Korea, 34 years ago at age 17 and trained in internal medicine at Read More →

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