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Asian American Woman's Burden

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Thoughts for Sleepless Nights

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Sacred Sexuality

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The Meteoric Rise of John Cho

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10 Reasons Why Identity Matters to Asian Americans

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Brotherly Advice for Asian American Women

Hey, Asian women, I love you. But I gotta tell ...

Asian American Man to Man

Confessions of a Happy Asian American

Some people bitch about being Asian in the U.S. of ...

Unsticking Japan

I am delighted that the LDP has lost power in ...

Dear Will Smith

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Asian Southerners

When my parents told me they were moving from our ...

Asian Students Under Assault

It's been a long time since I've been in the ...

The Brainy Bunch, Anyone?

Every generation has its family sitcoms. First it was “Leave ...

Asian Reality Stars Shine Bright

My friend Michelle, who currently resides in New York, recently ...

Revisiting My Childhood : A Weekender Back East

I'm sitting here in the basement of my childhood at ...

The U.S. Open and Asian Tennis Parents

Thanks to a nightmare rain delay and my preference for ...

The Yen Shocks and a Brave New Yuan

Predictably the world applauded China's announcement that it is ending ...

Musings on an Uncomfortable Childhood

They say that 50% of your personality is genetic and ...

The Irrationality of Scapegoating China

In tough times politicians look for scapegoats. Recently they've zeroed ...

Obama's Biggest Challenge: Surviving Better Times

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

Insomnia and Missing Dreams

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

Hypocrites, Grandstanders Pose As Tiger Tamers

No question that Tiger's recent life makes for some of ...

China Reaches Inflection Point Between Needy and Needed

It has been 31 years since Deng Xiaoping won acclaim ...

The Importance of Being Asian (Not Generic) American

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

Eating, Sleeping and Alkalizing for pH Balance

"I don't know if I'm hungry or just tired." That's ...

Europe and Asia Flip-Flop in American Tastes

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

Evolving from Ching-Chong to Mandarin AP Classes

I don't have to remind anyone about those unfortunate kids ...

Asian Americans Key to Success in a Green World

BP's horrific Gulf Coast oil leak has created a once-a-generation ...

A World Without North Korea

Anyone who has seen images of the suffering in N. ...

The Irresistible Pull of a Decaying World

Anyone who has tried booking a Europe trip feels the ...

Uncovering the X Factors Behind Insomnia

We all know that coffee compromises sleep. Yet some of ...

Reflections After a Trip to Old Europe

One of the more vivid memories from my recent Europe ...

China Struggles to Emerge from U.S. Shadow

In early June China rejected a proposed visit by Defense ...

Interdependence Day: New Meaning for July 4th

Few Americans watching and setting off July 4th fireworks were ...

2010 Elections: Inducing Mass Amnesia

When you are young you tend to see a world ...

Denying China's Economic Clout

As recently as the end of last year most business ...

Japan's Robot Strategy Offers Blueprint for Humanity

Japan's population growth rate peaked at about 2% back in ...

Why Jeremy Lin Matters So Much to Asian Americans

That a guy who can shoot, sky and scrap like ...

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

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

Asian American Men in a Colorblind World

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

Why Asian Americans Are Leading America's Cultural Evolution

An Wang, Amar Bose, Charles Wang, David Ho, Jerry Yang, ...

How Japan Can Reverse Its Decline

Today the Nikkei 225 index closed at 9,161.68. The same ...

Asian Killers, American Causes

The latest is Jiverly Wong shooting 13 in Binghamton, New ...

Mao's Last Dancer Satisfies Asian American Audiences

The movie version of Mao's Last Dancer deserves our admiration ...

Asian Las Vegas Pilgrimage

How many times have I vowed never to return to ...

An Asian American Thanksgiving

We have a long weekend to stuff ourselves and sit ...

Love Knows No Boundaries

I was going to write about the upcoming holiday season ...

My Favorite Part of Thanksgiving

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