China Becomes Target of Another US Presidential Race

Putting Aymmetric Warfare Back on Our Side

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New UC Admission Policy Change May Be Good for Asian ...

Rising Asian American Stars

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China Holds Key to Global Financial Crisis

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

Reflections on Summer in Lake Tahoe

When I was going to school Lake Tahoe was synonymous ...

A New World Order and the New Asian Face

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

Standing Up As an Asian American

Outbursts at perceived racial slights can be unpleasant, but can ...

End of U.S. Consumer Hegemony A Boon for Asian Americans

Economists have taken as an article of faith that U.S. ...

US Visa System Better at Attracting Brains Than Money

Contrary to the popular notion that hordes of rich investors ...

My Favorite Part of Thanksgiving

I grew up in a primarily White neighborhood so I ...

Obama's Biggest Challenge: Surviving Better Times

Barack Obama's presidency is a child of some of the ...

Psy Overtakes Jeremy Lin for Impact on Asian Image

Jeremy Lin may have lost his status as the ultimate ...

The Lou Jing Ripple Effect

What constitutes one's identity? This is the question that has ...

Animal Parents and the Quest for Simple Solutions

Parents who impose on their kids harsh and simplistic perspectives ...

Europe and Asia Flip-Flop in American Tastes

I recently tried a French restaurant housed in a charming ...

Threat from America's Economic Fundamentalists

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

Of Time and Fat

Time was you hardly ever saw a fat Asian. Nowadays ...

California's Asian-Majority Generation

In about two dozen U.S. cities a generation of Asian ...

Some Perspective for Mayor Jean Quan

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

The Importance of Being Asian (Not Generic) American

Those of us who grew up in the America of ...

Immigrants Who Perpetuate Inter-Asian Animosities

Defining America's Next Great Role

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

The World Has Tiger by the Tale

You don't become a Tiger Woods without an indomitable will. ...

Tiger's Hard Rocky Road to Redemption

As long as your heart is beating the road to ...

Tragedy of the Fanatical Preference for Sons

Asia's impulse to amplify the gender imbalance is ensuring both ...

Schmidt, A Show of Respect and Hope for Change in ...

Google vice chairman Eric Schmidt plays into Pyongyang's hands — ...

My Sassy Girl Lost in Hollywood's Translation

There's an idea that some of us subconsciously subscribe to ...

A Christmas Gift for North Korea

Kim Jong-il's death will unleash a powerful generational change that ...

Asian American Near-Thanksgiving List

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

What the Global Power Shift Means for Asian Americans

We are witnessing one of history's great power shifts. I'm ...

China's Window for Democratic Reforms Narrowed

The decision to depose Bo Xilai may have drastically narrowed ...

The Dangers of Scape- goating China's Yuan

Leaders of distressed economies like to direct rhetoric at a ...

Sexualizing Homosexuality

I spent the majority of my life in sunny Los ...

Xi Signals Better Times to Come for US-China Relations

Xi Jinping's warm speech is dismissed as platitudes, but it ...

The Asian-American and Music

I thought I would write a little bit about my ...

Halloween Identity Crises and Slutty Witches

With Halloween around the corner, I asked my little brother ...

Insomnia and Missing Dreams

I caught a bad cold over the weekend and slept ...

Finding Our Own Personal Independence Day

The 4th of July takes the author back to the ...

Declarations of Chinese Century Way Premature

Pronouncements of an emerging Chinese Century create the danger of ...

Pyongyang's Provocation a Boon for US Pivot to Asia

Threats from Pyongyang provide cover for the US to beef ...

Sleep, Insomnia and the Mysteries of Life

Sleep is life's great mystery, greater I think than love. ...

Cal Bake Sale Exposes Dated GOP Thinking

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

Some Helpful Tips for K-Pop Producers

K-Pop would be even sweeter eye candy if not for ...

Obama Plays His Asia Card

To the rest of the world Barack Obama represents the ...

The Italianization of Japan

There was a time when all things Japanese was money. ...

Asian American Consumer Clout Over Premium Brands

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

Facebook Kills Real Life, Then Dies

The digital camera boom probably owes much to the fact ...

Asian American Men in a Colorblind World

Living in a supposedly colorblind world can be hard on ...

Obama Won a Race Charged with Racial Emotions

Asian Americans suffered least as a result of the 2008 ...