Obama, China and an Emerging New Reality

Asian American Life 36 Years Later

Rising Asian American Stars

The highly-anticipated CW premier of “Melrose Place” aired last week, ...

Becoming a Secure Asian American (Pts. 1 - 4)

A reader asks: "How do you transition into being a ...

Sexualizing Homosexuality

I spent the majority of my life in sunny Los ...

What the Global Power Shift Means for Asian Americans

We are witnessing one of history's great power shifts. I'm ...

The Lou Jing Ripple Effect

What constitutes one's identity? This is the question that has ...

Asian Men and Interracial Dating

When I see an Asian man with a non-Asian woman, ...

Why I Love Los Angeles

I absolutely love Los Angeles. After traveling more than I ...

The Race Factor in Asian American Life

An Ohio football coach was convicted of setting fire to ...

The End of Cars As We Know Them

I'm not a car guy. I'm an appliance guy. I ...

American Clothes Make American Bodies

Some have blamed American fast food for the obesity epidemic. ...

The U.S. Open and Asian Tennis Parents

Thanks to a nightmare rain delay and my preference for ...

Revisiting My Childhood : A Weekender Back East

I'm sitting here in the basement of my childhood at ...

Asian Reality Stars Shine Bright

My friend Michelle, who currently resides in New York, recently ...

The Brainy Bunch, Anyone?

Every generation has its family sitcoms. First it was “Leave ...

Asian Students Under Assault

It's been a long time since I've been in the ...

Asian Southerners

When my parents told me they were moving from our ...

Dear Will Smith

At age 10, most girls had just graduated Barbie and ...

Unsticking Japan

I am delighted that the LDP has lost power in ...

How Hallyu-wood Is Challenging Hollywood

Hallyu is a term coined in 1999 by a Beijing ...

Putting Aymmetric Warfare Back on Our Side

Cutting our ground troops in Afghanistan may reflect key advances ...

Asian American Near-Thanksgiving List

Thanksgiving is more than just a time to gather with ...

Little Emperor Syndrome and China's Me Generation

A recent encounter with a group of young Chinese tourists ...

Korean Mishaps, Obama Failure Among G20 Summit Ironies

The Seoul G20 summit was supposed to be a chance ...

Asian American Consumer Clout Over Premium Brands

No one in California will be surprised to learn that ...

A New World Order and the New Asian Face

In less than half a century Asia has gone from ...

American Democracy and the Tyranny of Old Prejudices

Identity, The Ultimate Luxury

Identity is the Asian American Rorschach inkblot test. Depending on ...

Tragedy of the Fanatical Preference for Sons

Asia's impulse to amplify the gender imbalance is ensuring both ...

Racism, Democratic Reforms and China's Reverse Brain Drain

The world has been clamoring for China to adopt democratic ...

Grading Hawaii Five-O

If there is an Asian American home on American network ...

North Korea, the Ultimate Reality Show

North Korea looms larger in humanity's consciousness than all but ...

The Dangers of Scape- goating China's Yuan

Leaders of distressed economies like to direct rhetoric at a ...

Rutgers's Shameful Asian American Duo

Tyler Clementi jumped from the George Washington Bridge after his ...

Reflections on Summer in Lake Tahoe

When I was going to school Lake Tahoe was synonymous ...

Mao's Last Dancer Satisfies Asian American Audiences

The movie version of Mao's Last Dancer deserves our admiration ...

Recognizing China As America's Growth Engine

Americans are fretting about a 9.5% jobless rate that isn't ...

Threat from America's Economic Fundamentalists

Today's biggest threat to our collective futures comes from our ...

9/11 Shows Need for More Social Intelligence

Adding to our social intelligence assets overseas may prove a ...

Asian Killers, American Causes

The latest is Jiverly Wong shooting 13 in Binghamton, New ...

Going from Fat Superpower to Fit Superpower

Is there a future for a fat superpower in a ...

Noda Win Dims Hope for Japan Revival

A rare opportunity for Japan to bring about real change ...

Losers Redefine Nerds and Geeks

Their recent association with Asians is giving two old terms ...

U.S. Roads Abound with Metaphors for Life

We could have a Jasmine Revolution in our own nation ...

China's Next Leader Offers Hope for Future

China's likely progress toward an open, even democratic society is ...

Internet Replaces Democracy As Political Force

Last week's Iowa Straw Poll in Ames and the internet ...

How Japan Can Reverse Its Decline

Today the Nikkei 225 index closed at 9,161.68. The same ...

Standing Up As an Asian American

Outbursts at perceived racial slights can be unpleasant, but can ...

Asia Emerges As the New West for Ambitious Americans

At long last the American mind is ready to see ...