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Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Lego Sport City for 2008 Beijing Olympic
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The 2008 Beijing Olympic Games is coming! If you’re lucky one in How Kong, you can see this LEGO Sport City at the Grand Century Place until August 31, 2008. The whole lego sport city includes the famous Bird’s Nest, Swimming Cube and Olympic Village. The iconic Bird Nest was designed by Ming, he took over 100 hours to complete, measuring is about 40” x 48”.
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Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Ten Even More Weird and Bizarre Japanese Soft Drinks
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What is it with Japan and weird drinks? Part of the answer lies in the love Japanese have for soft drinks — surveys show that about 40% of the nation’s citizens drink at least one soft drink every day. That’s about 50 million people!
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Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Girls will be girls at the Beijing Olympics - sex tests will prove it
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Suspicious-looking woman athletes participating in next month’s Olympic Games in Beijing will be forced to take a gender test, the Chinese authorities have announced.
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Monday, July 28, 2008
Why didn’t I think of this?
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Like a virtual gold rush, millions of people wade into the Internet stream every day to try their luck at the electronic equivalent of panning for gold. Some of them put a video on YouTube or start a blog.
Most will not find riches or fame. But once in awhile, digital lightning strikes someone. This time, it’s Christian Lander.
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Monday, July 28, 2008
Michelle Yeoh: action star, actress, activist
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Michelle Yeoh is an international star.
It’s a statement of fact, but also a minor miracle. After all, she’s female, Asian and a former Miss Malaysia, and she’s about to turn 46 - not necessarily a recipe for success on the world stage. Yet here she is, with 30-plus films under her belt in the course of nearly 25 years in the business.
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Monday, July 28, 2008
Bruce: Undefeated 35 Years Later
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He was convinced of his place in the world, yet broke down barriers and forced his way into history. He was arrogant but tirelessly improved on his skills. Bruce Lee may have been a complex figure, but his massive iconic status has not dimmed nor has it wavered in its significance to Asian Americans today. For some, Bruce Lee is a deeply important character to learn from. For others, he’s the hero they most identified with and one of the coolest Asian Americans ever. No matter what your reverence of him, Bruce Lee is etched in history and lives on as a measure of what each of us are capable of achieving.
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Monday, July 28, 2008
Stranger in a strange land - a fish out of water in china
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“You are never going to feel less Chinesey than when you’re in China,” my co-worker told me.
I had two immediate reactions to this. One: Was “Chinesey” an actual word? Two: She was probably right.
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Monday, July 28, 2008
Records Say Chinese Gymnasts May Be Under Age
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China named its Olympic women’s gymnastics team on Friday, and the inclusion of at least two athletes has further raised questions, widespread in the sport, about whether the host nation for the Beijing Games is using under-age competitors.
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Monday, July 28, 2008
‘Strange’ is good to lure Japanese tourists: author
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Rather than promoting conventional tourist attractions alone, the tourist industry could highlight cultural differences that may seem “strange” — and exotic — to Japanese tourists, Yuka Aoki, author of It’s So Weird!, said in Taipei yesterday.
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Monday, July 28, 2008
The UNITY ‘08 Convention in Chicago drew thousands of journalists of color
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UNITY: Journalists of Color, Inc. is a coalition of the Asian American Journalists Association, the National Association of Black Journalists, the National Association of Hispanic Journalists and the Native American Journalists Association. The organization’s goal is to advocate fair and accurate news coverage about people of color.
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