Posts Tagged ‘taiwanese’
Jackie Chan opens can of worms.
There’s a lively discussion going on at the “Room for Debate” blog at the New York Times. I’d heard about Jackie Chan’s remarks, but the issues brought up in the comments to this blog post provided so many different perspectives that I thought I should post them here. From questioning whether Jackie Chan was mistranslated [...]
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Tags: china, controversy, film, hong kong, media, politics, taiwanese
An artist in the neighborhood.
The Times wrote a story about Tehching Hsieh recently, and now I’ve decided i must find him. He lives in Clinton Hill! And he has an incredible story. Considering how few Asians live in the neighborhood, I’m hoping I’ll spot him one day.
In the meantime, I should make my way to the Guggenheim for [...]
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Tags: art, clinton hill, taiwanese
I’m excited about the Chinese- and Taiwanese-Americans who Barack Obama has appointed to his administration.
He just chose Dr. Steven Chu as his Secretary of Energy, and earlier he picked Christopher Lu as White House cabinet secretary.
Lu was born in New Jersey after his parents moved to the States from Taiwain. He met Obama [...]
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Tags: chinese, obama, politics, taiwanese
