Young Asian Americans are joining forces on the Web to craft a letter to their immigrant families about why Black Lives Matter matters.
Asian Americans are crowdsourcing a letter to explain Black Lives Matter to their families
ohmigawd, verklempt!
Category: East Asia,
An imprecise term I’m using to refer to the region composed of China, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Nepel, Tibet, and perhaps Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia – depending on the context
The reborn identity: Dalai Lama hints he may come back as a girl or outside of Asia or not at all
Back in 1995, Beijing operatives kidnapped the boy the Dalai Lama had named as the Panchen Lama — who has not been seen since — and the government handpicked a replacement.
About 12 years later, Chinese officials created the so-called “Order No. Five, concerning the control and recognition of reincarnations,” the Tibetan Buddhist leader wrote on his website. “This is outrageous and disgraceful. The enforcement of various inappropriate methods for recognizing reincarnations to eradicate our unique Tibetan cultural traditions is doing damage that will be difficult to repair.”
Sigh…
U.S.: Chinese fighter jet carries out “unsafe” intercept of U.S. plane
Intercept took place on same day Secretary Kerry met with China’s Xi Jinping to discuss rising military and economic tensions
U.S.: Chinese fighter jet carries out “unsafe” intercept of U.S. plane – CBS News
hmmm
Japan Fails in Bid to Have G-7 Warn of Global Crisis Risk
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe failed in his bid to have Group of Seven leaders warn of the risk of a global economic crisis in a communique issued as their summit wraps up Friday in central Japan.
Japan Fails in Bid to Have G-7 Warn of Global Crisis Risk – Bloomberg
Sigh…
Japanese leader lashes out at Obama over ‘despicable’ murder case
President Obama’s visit to Japan got off to a rocky start on Wednesday.
Japanese leader lashes out at Obama over ‘despicable’ murder case
hmmmm
AKB48 member’s ‘penance’ shows flaws in idol culture | The Japan Times
Idol fan culture, as well as the closely related anime and manga fan culture, is institutionally incapable of dealing with independence in young women. It seeks out and fetishizes weaknesses and vulnerabilities and calls it moé, it demands submissiveness, endless tearful displays of gratitude, a lack of confidence, and complete control over their sexual independence. AKB48 takes this a step further by allowing its (largely male) fans to sit in annual judgment, voting members up or down in the group’s hierarchy.
Minegishi …will submit to her training and re-education; she will prostrate herself before the fans and beg for their acceptance, which they will gracefully bestow once she is deemed to have done penance.
AKB48 member’s ‘penance’ shows flaws in idol culture | The Japan Times
yuck.
Conan O’Brien accidentally exposed the culture gap between Koreans and Korean-Americans
In the context of the K-drama, the heroine is [put off] by Conan’s familiarity, exaggerated bravado, and awkwardness. The white guy is never the hero.
You might think that a Korean-American star visiting Korea might get a hero’s welcome. But this is rarely the case.
..Going through the Korean media coverage of [Steven] Yeun, it’s clear to me that Koreans don’t know what to do with him, even though his Korean is quite good. To Koreans, he is in that awkward Korean-American category—neither fish nor fowl, inherently somewhat untrustworthy.
…In one scene from the Conan special, Yeun is comically unable to identify any of the side dishes at a Seoul restaurant, leading Conan to comment, “You’re sort of like Anthony Bourdain if he knew absolutely nothing.”
Conan O’Brien accidentally exposed the culture gap between Koreans and Korean-Americans — Quartz
Emotional advert about China’s ‘leftover women’ goes viral
An emotional ad about “leftover women” in China has gone viral, prompting a heated social debate around the issue of single women.
Emotional advert about China’s ‘leftover women’ goes viral – BBC News
cool!
If WWI and WWII Were Facebook News Feeds
A history lesson you’ll actually like.
If World War II Were a Facebook News Feed – CollegeHumor Post
heh
Remembering S. Korean sex slaves after deal
People hold portraits of late World War II “comfort women” in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, South Korea. The rally, which has been held every Wednesday since 1992, was the first since the countries reached what they consider a final settlement over Korean women forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese military.
Remembering S. Korean sex slaves after deal – Yahoo News
Sigh….
Nobel Prize for Chinese traditional medicine expert who developed malaria cure
Developed for Communist troops fighting in the Vietnam War, Tu Youyou’s treatment was major breakthrough in global fight against malaria
Video: Nobel Prize for Chinese traditional medicine expert who developed malaria cure – Telegraph
cool.
Bride hailed the prettiest in China after trying to save a drowned man in her wedding dress
It’s sad that her efforts did not succeed in saving the man but I do always like seeing stories about human behaving like human beings to each other.
A Swinger’s Case Sparks Debate About China’s Attitude to Sex
A Swinger’s Case Sparks Debate About China’s Attitude to Sex – TIME
China’s stuggles to prevent modernity continue to fascinate me.
China complains after diplomat assaulted in Texas
China complains after diplomat assaulted in Texas | Reuters
I know China likes to “choose” what news and information are available to their population but seriously…
Ah, China?
This is the kind of thing that is going to happen if you don’t use google. People of ethnicity got harassed in Texas? Shocking! OK, not so much. See China, if you had googled first you’d know this is par for the course.
Why the hell did you have diplomats in Texas, anyways? Do what everyone else does when they are confronted with the idea of being in Texas: eat some BBQ, go to Austin and then get the hell out!
Duh…
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