Posted in China Culture

The Rise of Chinese Pan Zhenle from Olympic Gold Winner to Western Media Martyr

From the perspective of a North American immigrant from China, the Western media treatment of Pan Zhenle, a Chinese Olympic gold winner, has ranged from rude to racist. It has been well documented that the American silver winner refused to shake Pan’s hand and some random Australian swim coach (who has nothing much to do with the current Olympics) caused a Western media circus to discredit Pan’s gold medal for unfounded suspicion of doping, which has already been discredited by the Olympics committee and major Western media like The Guardian.

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Posted in Culture Hong Kong

Hong Kong Mon Amour (or the Twice Cooked Immigrant)

The most heartbreaking moment in my life was when I was eleven my parents came home in Hong Kong and said that we had to…

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Posted in Culture US

Outsiders in Our Own Home

Last week we saw Fox News’ Jesse Watters in Chinatown conducted an offensive interview segment with Chinese immigrants who don’t understand English. Not only were the interviews not…

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Posted in China Culture Entertainment

New Trailer: The Great Wall

The Chinese-American coproduction, The Great Wall, is set to be released in February 2017 but the trailer with Matt Damon as a warrior who saves the…

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Posted in Culture Thailand

Public Pales at Actress in Black Face

You may have seen the Thai TV commercial for a (quack?) skin whitening pill called Snowz. This ad has drawn attention from both the local…

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