How Jeremy Lin Lost His Mojo

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Cheap Delicious Cafés Spearhead Chinese Culinary Hegemony

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Why Shinzo Abe & Kim Jong-Un Are Going to Embrace

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The Folly of Fearing China's Global Buying Spree

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New Visa Program Can Revive America's Dying Cities

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Asian American Woman's Burden

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What Those Chinese Tattoos Really Say

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Basketball Is Serious Business In China

Exploiting the Short Memories of American Voters

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U.S. Roads Abound with Metaphors for Life

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China's Next Leader Offers Hope for Future

China's likely progress toward an open, even democratic society is ...

Internet Replaces Democracy As Political Force

Last week's Iowa Straw Poll in Ames and the internet ...

Threat from America's Economic Fundamentalists

Today's biggest threat to our collective futures comes from our ...

Standing Up As an Asian American

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Asia Emerges As the New West for Ambitious Americans

At long last the American mind is ready to see ...

A Mechanism to Break Federal Budget Deadlocks

The current debt-ceiling deadlock cries out for a mechanism to ...

Rice Color, Skin Color and the New Cultural Color Code

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China's Rising Testosterone Level and Its New Voice

The world will have to get used to hearing China's ...

What U.S.-China Military Ties Mean for the World

A true partnership with China promises the best chance to ...

Losers Redefine Nerds and Geeks

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Finding Our Own Personal Independence Day

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Tragedy of the Fanatical Preference for Sons

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Putting Aymmetric Warfare Back on Our Side

Cutting our ground troops in Afghanistan may reflect key advances ...

Asian American Near-Thanksgiving List

Thanksgiving is more than just a time to gather with ...

Little Emperor Syndrome and China's Me Generation

A recent encounter with a group of young Chinese tourists ...

Korean Mishaps, Obama Failure Among G20 Summit Ironies

The Seoul G20 summit was supposed to be a chance ...

Asian American Consumer Clout Over Premium Brands

No one in California will be surprised to learn that ...

A New World Order and the New Asian Face

In less than half a century Asia has gone from ...

Handling Incidents of Suspected Racial Bigotry

The smart way to address offenses that may have been ...

Mourning the Death of Another Summer

The passing of summer fills us with regret like the ...

Some Perspective for Mayor Jean Quan

Oakland Mayor Jean Quan must show guts and conviction if ...

China Undermines Own Soft Power Push

Beijing's misuse of hard power at home is undermining its ...

Blaming Technology for Job Losses

Blaming technology for joblessness ignores the fact that innovation has ...

The Rise of China's Workers Change Worldviews

China's workers are moving swiftly toward a new, higher place ...

Putting Tolerance Above Math and Science Skills

Let's stop focusing so much on math and science skills ...

Occupy Wall Street Presents China with Mao Moment

China's leadership may be taking comfort in the Occupy Wall ...

Raj Rajaratnam, Amy Chua and Enjoying Our Freedom

Thinking that we have to earn our freedom through success ...

Perpetuating Bi-Lingual Asian Americans

This millennium's key cultural bridge must be strengthened by perpetuating ...

Third-Order Information Produces Modern Superstitions

The pervasiveness of speculative third-order information is creating a neurotic ...

Some Helpful Tips for K-Pop Producers

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Cal Bake Sale Exposes Dated GOP Thinking

Cal's Republican students' symbolic bake-sale exposes their party's woeful disconnect ...

Defining America's Next Great Role

Our active engagement in world affairs can determine the path ...

China Holds Key to Global Financial Crisis

China can make two money moves to dissolve the chains ...

Using Real Asian Snacks to Lose Weight

Letting yourself OD on Asian snacks may be the only ...

Jobless Data Hides Great Divide in Digital Economy

The jobless rate hides a big gulf between those who ...

9/11 Shows Need for More Social Intelligence

Adding to our social intelligence assets overseas may prove a ...

Confusion Befuddles American Voters

The time has come again for Barack Obama to awaken ...

Going from Fat Superpower to Fit Superpower

Is there a future for a fat superpower in a ...

Noda Win Dims Hope for Japan Revival

A rare opportunity for Japan to bring about real change ...