In 1989, students in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) marched for democracy and an end to government corruption. They held Tiananmen Square and the world’s attention for many weeks before martial law was declared and the demonstrations were ended in bloodshed. In the midst of that push for social change, three men from Hunan [...]
How should China’s economic transition from a central and government-controlled economy to a more capitalistic double-digit-growing juggernaut be correctly understood? According to Dr. Yasheng Huang of MIT, in “Capitalism with Chinese Characteristics”, the evidence would suggest that the release of entrepreneurial energies in the countryside in the 1980s was a critical and fundamental engine for [...]
“What is China’s alternative if it seeks a divorce from America? Call it the empire option…It’s not impossible that, at some point within the next five to 10 years, the Chinese will feel ready to remove their capital controls and allow their own currency, the renminbi, to develop as a freely convertible international currency. At [...]
The year 2010 may prove challenging for the new US Census. Many individuals have been displaced from the economic upheaval of the multi-year recession. The greater emphasis on enforcing immigration laws—in a new homeland security environment—has meant a growing lack of trust of government among some. With a Census that occurs every decade, the federal [...]
“When I was a little boy, I lived in an old courtyard in Beijing, China, between the Drum Tower, the Bell Tower and the river…” So begins Guo Yue and Clare Farrow’s “Little Leap Forward: A Boy in Beijing”. The boy, Leap Forward (Yuejin), is the much-beloved child of a musician father and an educated [...]
Chen Jiang Hong’s “Mao and Me: The Little Red Guard” evokes the ambivalences of one young Chinese child’s autobiographical experiences growing up during the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution (1966 – 76), a decade-long political shake-up and the last hurrah of the Mao era. Powerfully illustrated in full-color hand drawings, Mao and Me strives for realism [...]
Asian Americans have been increasingly diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. Risk factors include being age 45 and older, having a close family member with diabetes, heart disease, high cholesterol levels, obesity, and not getting sufficient exercise. Those who have dyslipidemia (low HDL cholesterol and a high triglyceride level) are also at risk. Those with hypertension [...]
Living again in the Midwest, I am hard-pressed to find a few good restaurants serving my favorite comfort foods: chicken chow fun noodles, various assortments of dimsum, and Chinese broccoli. What passes as Asian American food in multiple Midwestern states is a very bland sushi, cheese-topped baked mussels, fake crabmeat doused in mayonnaise, and biscuits [...]
Quality health care, as defined by the effectiveness of quality of care and access to care, patient safety, timeliness (in terms of speedy access to care), and patient centeredness, has been elusive for many Asian American and Pacific Islanders (APIs), according to the National Healthcare Disparities Report. The recent national debate around American healthcare has [...]
In some Asian countries, the concept of “child abuse” is not a common one. But Asian Pacific Islander American children are among the estimated 5 percent of American children who are victims of abuse and neglect annually. In many Asian countries, parents have near-absolute power to discipline their children, uphold particular social mores or encourage [...]
This spring and summer have been full of news stories of the second wave of the swine flu. The human infection patterns of this new flu strain the vulnerability of young people in apparently good health, the reach of the virus long past typical flu season, the fast spread of the virus globally have raised [...]
President Barack Obama’s focus on revamping healthcare has focused new attention on the country’s unwieldy healthcare system. It has also highlighted the importance of personal responsibility and discipline in staying healthy, and this includes a healthy lifestyle (no tobacco, no drug abuse, limited alcohol consumption, regular exercise, no promiscuity, and a healthy social life), regular [...]
When students in high school consider pursuing higher education, many send applications to their top university choices. They may not even consider their local community college. Those who take a second look may be surprised at what they find. Washington State Community College Statistics Asian American students statistically have better rates of retention than for [...]
