My Mother the Tigress
I called my Mother on Skype this morning to discuss the excerpt of Amy Chua‘s new book published on the Wall Street Journal over the weekend. Reading Chua’s article, my Mom said, was like reading documentation of her own child rearing techniques. “I still remember our fights,” she wrote in an e-mail to me before...
Too Asian?
I took a few days to think this over before posting. I didn’t want to respond too quickly, for fear of getting swept up in all the emotion and drama the story is causing in my home country. I’ve gathered my thoughts now, so here it goes. Maclean’s magazine – a reputable Canadian publication –...
Children of Invention
Last week, I went to see an indie film called Children of Invention. The movie was really entertaining – it made me sad, it made me laugh, it made me think. It was especially meaningful because the two main stars were an 8-year-old Chinese girl and a 10-year-old Chinese boy. The movie is about a...
U.S. District Court Judge Denny Chin
A friend, curious about the Chinese American judge who presided over the Bernie Madoff case, decided to look up the man up. His name is Denny Chin, born in Hong Kong, raised and educated in the States, and there’s a war waging over his wikipedia entry. Over the last hour (10 pm EST) someone has...
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