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Why I Don't Want to Be the Next Amy Tan

Celeste Ng | Posted 11.02.2009 | Books

Read More: Book Reviews, Amy Tan, Ethnicity, Writing, Fiction, Chinese-American, Chinese Culture, Asian Americans, Race, Culture, Asian American Literature, Chinese American Literature, Books News
Celeste Ng

Let's focus on the writing itself: the characters, the language, the narrative style. Because if a review compared me to Amy Tan on those measures, rather than on just our shared culture, I'd be proud.

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Women Changing China and the World: Modern-Day Lessons from a Foot-Binding Foe

Debora L. Spar | Posted 04.30.2009 | World

Read More: Women's Rights, Women, Mao, Women's Issues, Barnard College, Chinese-American, Ruby Yang, College Admissions, Kang Tongbi, Asian-Americans, Water Cube, Chinese Women, Women's Health, Yang Lan, Yan Geling, China, Foot-Binding, Wu Qing, Asia, World News
Debora L. Spar

From my perch at Barnard College, I see an extraordinary generation of young women grappling with new ideas about feminism and new views of women's power and leadership.

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Japan in a Post-American World

John Haffner | Posted 04.04.2009 | World

Read More: American Supremacy, Chinese-American, 9/11, Cold War, Japan Isolationism, Japan, Japanese Politics, Asia, China, Sino-American Relations, World News
John Haffner

Now more than ever, the United States needs Asia to prosper, and Japan must play its part.

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Do We Really Need to Say, "African American?"

Doon Baqi | Posted 01.05.2009 | Media

Read More: Chinese American, Obama Irish Americans, Racism, Civil Rights, African Americans, Black Voters, Racist, Media News
Doon Baqi

I find the term racist, when taken in perspective. European Americans, described as "white," are not subject to the same "non-nativity" that the blacks are.

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Beijing Diary

Deanna Lee | Posted 09.28.2008 | Media

Read More: China, Olympics, Beijing Olympics, Multiculturalism, Chinese Culture, 2008 Beijing Olympics, Chinese American, Asian Americans, Media News
Deanna Lee

These Olympic games opened so many eyes, including mine, to a new China keenly focused on a global and multicultural future. It's something for us all to aspire to.

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A Chinese American at the Olympics (or, an American Chinese?)

Deanna Lee | Posted 09.18.2008 | Media

Read More: Chinese American, Yang Yun, Beijing, 2008, Yang Wei, Olympics, Michael Phelps, Asian American, Gymnasts, Liu Xiang, China, Gymnasts Age, Media News
Deanna Lee

As an ABC-- American-Born-Chinese -- I had to settle for a less personal sort of honor and pride in "returning" to my family's homeland.

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