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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 ...
Really? I mean, really?
This U.S. ad put on television by the “Citizens Against Government Waste” is appalling. It depicts a Beijing classroom in 2030 with a Chinese professor lecturing about the fall of great empires. The latest empire ...
Masked man was probably helped by human smuggler: lawyer
Old white guy boards plane. Goes to toilet. Emerges mid-flight as young Asian Man. That’s the story that’s been all over the news around the world. And everyone’s been asking ‘why’? The Air Canada flight ...
Across China, millions of children have been left in the care of relatives in the countryside as their parents migrate to cities, or even abroad, to find work. What are the health consequences?
I’ve been traveling through China the last month, to Shanghai for the Expo and to climb China’s Yellow Mountain 黄山 yet again. I have many adventures to share, including observing Shanghai’s “Better City, Better Life” ...
Filipino Nannies – second-class citizens in Hong Kong
Her eyes were blood shot. She was heaving big breaths, her shoulders were shaking. Clenched in her hand was a wet, used tissue. “I didn’t expect Hong Kong would be like this,” she told the ...
in Hong Kong
It’s called reverse migration. Years ago, my parents left Asia for America to find a better life, to get a good education, and to raise a family. They’ve now been in Canada so long, in ...
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 ...