Fu-Lin Kuo sat in a trainer’s room with ice wrapped around his left ankle, but the folks in Tainan City, Taiwan need not worry. The Staten Island Yankees second baseman said the foot just felt a little stiff and he’s not injured. « more »
The Dragon Boat Festival (???), one of the five most important holidays of the year in Chinese culture, will be celebrated this weekend on 23 June 2012. It takes place every year on the fifth day of the fifth moon of the Lunar Calendar. Thus, in Chinese it is known as Duan Wu Jie, or Double Fifth Day. « more »
2012 ETTV Top Idol continues its search for the most talented and best singer in Los Angeles with its second L.A. audition at South Coast Plaza on June 16. 8 talented individuals made the cut after an afternoon of live audition. The judges included Martha Huang, Top Idol’s honorable judge; Daniel Liang, ex-executive producer of Top Idol and May Chiang, ETTV America EVP. « more »
On April 2, 2012, the United Nations released the first World Happiness Report on the occasion of its first General Assembly on “Happiness and Wellbeing: Defining a New Economic Paradigm.” It ranked China the 112th happiest country out of 156. As an article in Caixun.com summarized the report’s message, “In other words, excluding African countries that are suffering from conflict, China is among the most unhappy countries in the world.” « more »
The New York Mets today announced they will celebrate the start of summer with a special ticket offer for Subway Series games this Friday and Sunday nights at Citi Field. A limited number of Field Level Seats will be priced at tonight’s official game-time temperature. Tickets will go on sale at 7:15 p.m. this evening at Mets.com, the Citi Field Box Office. You can also contact: WWang@nymets.com. « more »
Asia-Pacific millionaires outnumbered those in North America for the first time last year as the world’s wealthy saw a decline in their fortunes, according to a report by Capgemini SA (CAP) and RBC Wealth Management. « more »
A new study says Asians are now the largest group of new immigrants arriving in the United States each year. It also says recent Asian arrivals are “almost surely” the most highly educated group of immigrants in United States history. The Pew Research Center released the report on Tuesday. Steve Ember has the details. « more »
Several Asian American advocacy groups reacted cautiously Tuesday to a major new study on U.S. Asians, saying it contains important findings but expressing concern that it could be used to perpetuate stereotypes of Asian Americans as high-achieving and with few challenges. « more »
Asian American families churn out doctors, engineers and graduate students, but their high-achieving image hides a “bamboo ceiling” that marginalizes the fastest growing US minority, experts say. « more »
As the presidential candidates battle over U.S.-Mexico immigration policy, a sweeping new survey shows that Asian Americans have overtaken Latinos nationally as the largest group of new immigrants arriving each year in the United States – a development with profound political and economic implications. « more »
