On Tuesday, Judy Chu became the first Chinese American woman elected to Congress. Winning nearly 62% of the vote, Chu succeeds current U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis in the 32nd Congressional District. She managed to tap into Asian voters which compose 13 percent of voters in the congressional district, as well as Latino voters who…
Even though I’m no longer part of Pacific Ties, I would just like to make one more post. Recently, Pacific Ties won the Best Overall Publication award from Campus Progress – a non-profit organization that supports student journalism on college campuses throughout the US. Without their generosity and support, we would’ve never come this far…
Hong Kong held a vigil last night to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the government-sanctioned massacre at the 1989 pro-democracy demonstration at Tiananmen Square, Beijing. Excerpt from BBC News article: When the UK returned Hong Kong to China in 1997, the territory retained its own legal system, including the right to protest. Thursday’s gathering saw…
Excerpt from today’s Los Angeles Times article: North Korea put two American television journalists on trial today for allegedly entering the country illegally after vigils calling for their release were held in at least nine cities across the United States, including Los Angeles. Laura Ling and Euna Lee, journalists working for San Francisco-based Current TV,…
Last Friday I watched UCLA’s 2009 Chinese American Culture Night. It brought up a number of themes of relevance to Asian Pacific Islander (API) Americans today, one of which was eating disorders and poor body image. A 2007 feature article in Audrey magazine goes into depth about the multiple issues that API women struggle with…
According to Justice Department statistics, Asian Americans suffer the least amount of violent crimes relative to other racial groups. The government study defined Asian Americans as a group whose ethnic background can be traced to the Far East, Indian subcontinent, Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders. The figures in this government study show that only…