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China claimed four more gold medals yesterday, and most papers chose to feature the women's gymnasts, who won the country its first gold in the women's team event yesterday by beating out the US and Romania.
Tags: china, chinese, world, us, 2008, media, girls, women, series, men, olympic, olympics, art, list, history, gold, photo, heroes
Spain Basketball Team's Racist Gesture
Several Asian American bloggers (thanks to AngryAsianMan for first pointing it out) and now, major news organizations such as ABC News and the New York Times, have been covering this emerging controversy: Spain's Olympic basketball...
Tags: new, people, chinese, world, us, group, beijing, asian, american, fans, english, school, games, family, men, olympic, olympics, new york, united states, power, history, problem, funny, gold, asian american, british, asians, climate, basketball, soccer, racism
Asian Americans Reporting on the Beijing Olympics
As I had blogged on the Opening Ceremonies, I was a bit disappointed that NBC's China analyst didn't happen to be a Chinese American. But if you haven't noticed, there have been Asian Americans reporting for Beijing for NBC...
Tags: japanese, china, chinese, tokyo, video, us, 2008, show, beijing, asian, american, tv, food, president, asia, online, olympic, olympics, seoul, book, list, culture, youtube, history, asian american, google, basketball, russia
A Word From The Writer/Director of "Megaman"
My name is Eddie Lebron. I'm an independent film maker located here in New York. Up to this point, I have done 2 independent features and multiple short films currently in festival circulation. My official web site can be viewed...
Tags: japan, new, people, world, video, asian, life, media, visit, film, live, blog, festival, director, new york, culture, history, system, hollywood, game, video game, robot, s.h.e.
NOVELIST AND AUTHOR Mark Mordue has some discouraging words about the Beijing Olympics in an op-ed piece appearing in The Age (of Australia) titled Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon:n(T)hese Games are about symbolically ...
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Chinese Soccer Team Welcomes You
Floating around on the internet right now is a rare example of Chinese self-deprecating humor. It's a parody of the Beijing Welcomes You song, which makes fun of the poor performance of the Chinese men's soccer team.
Tags: new, chinese, world, video, us, song, love, beijing, home, men, performance, internet, history, poor, funny, game, rare, hero, humor, canada, soccer
ACDC Crew : the Battle is over, but the WAR is not.
It's been about a week since the The Biggest Online Dance Battle in YouTube History went primetime. ACDC and Invisible Children have been paired up from the beginning to help raise awareness and money for...
Tags: world, girls, online, money, children, dance, war, youtube, history, water, charity
The Myth of Chinese Gold in the Economic Development of Taiwan
It's quite common for the ignorant, duped, and malicious to claim that Taiwan got rich because Chiang Kai-shek looted all the gold from China, and that gold then formed the financial foundation for Taiwan's development.
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ACDC Crew vs M&M Cru on 2008 Teen Choice tonite
Watch The Biggest Online Dance Battle in YouTube History continue to prime time TV tonight on FOX. This will be the last dance performance in their dance battle at the Teen Choice Awards. Who will win ACDC Crew or M&M Cru?
Tags: 2008, tv, performance, online, dance, youtube, history, awards
5 reasons why Shoko Nakagawa is awesome
If you don't know who Shoko Nakagawa is, you have missed out on one of the most entertaining, funny, and truly moe idols ever. She is not only a successful gravure idol, but she can also sing, act, and is one of the biggest...
Tags: japan, japanese, world, music, love, 2008, album, anime, girl, visit, life, american, fans, english, live, blog, book, actor, magazine, manga, youtube, culture, history, idol, otaku, funny, photo, cosplay, toys, threat, hello kitty
Tiara Time: Cherry Blossom Alumnae Reunite for Community Service
The Cherry Blossom Queens are getting ready for their first reunion ever in the 40-year history of the contest. No need to wear your gown or do your hair just bring your dedication to serve.nWith a generation of young Japanese...
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ACDC Crew vs M&M Cru Official Announcement
Last week, we told you about the ACDC Crew and M&M Cru battle on Teen Choice Awards. Well, here's the official announcement of the LIVE face to face dance battle. On Monday, August 4th 2008 there will only be ONE standing.
Tags: 2008, live, online, dance, youtube, history, awards, winner
At the time of writing, Son Tae-young is best known as the soon-to-be Mrs. Kwon Sang-woo. The lovebirds have set their wedding date on September 28, 2008.But before the announcement that Son is marrying one of ....
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The nascent Japanese eco-skepticism
The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace in a continual state of alarm (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing them with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.
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More on the Busan - Takeshima paradigm
HERE ARE THE Joongang Daily's headlines for today's lead story on its Internet edition:nU.S. agency joins fray over DokdonChanging its designation of islets indicates sovereignty is in dispute...
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While walking through Chinatown last weekend, my friend stopped at a poster and said, "Look, the Beijing Olympic mascots." She pointed at each one and said its name– "Bei, Jing, Huan, Ying, Ni–" and explained that when you...
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Japanese and South Korean editorials on Takeshima: A comparison
ONE POINT I often try to make here is that the Japanese media is not as biased in a nationalistic sense as some people claim. Bias, as with beauty, is in the (biased) eye of the beholder, but I think the tone of the ...
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Nishijima and Kase co-star in "Tonan Kadobeya Nikai no Onna"
How is it that a film headlined by two of the best actors of their generation, Nishijima Hidetoshi and Kase Ryo, is lined up to screen in only two cinemas? And what enabled its 27-year-old female director...
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Ayumi Hamasaki to Release Best-of Album
Singer Ayumi Hamasaki, 29, will release a best-of album “A Complete – All Singles –” on Sept 10 to mark the 10th anniversary of her debut. The album features 43 hit singles that Hamasaki has released in the past 10 years.
Tags: music, album, life, singer, release, asia, debut, concert, history, dvd, anniversary, ayumi hamasaki
Up the Yangtze : A Moving Documentary Film by Yung Chang
Canadian filmmaker Yung Chang displays a remarkable sense of cinematic storytelling in his first feature-length documentary, Up the Yangtze, in which the contested Three Gorges Dam forms an unsettling backdrop to a...
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