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Remembrance: 75th Anniversary of the Nanking Massacre
Vancouver, BC: 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE NANJING MASSACRE OBSERVANCE AND CANDLELIGHT VIGIL with Joy Kogawa, Tatsuo Kage, Thekla Lit, Bill Chu, Ellen Woodsworth, Judy Hanazawa, and Satoko Oka Norimatsu Historic Joy Kogawa House Society is pleased to present a roundtable discussion with Elders of the Japanese Canadian and Chinese Canadian communities to observe the 75th anniversary of the Nanjing ...
DNA tests to foil the modern ‘Paper Son’
Almost a century ago, people from China who sought illegal entry into America and Canada, bought fake birth certificates. These documents, known as “Paper sons” were an effort to enable family reunifications under the then harsh discriminatory Chinese Exclusion Act of the United States (1882), and of the Chinese Immigration Act of Canada (1923). Although each ...
Vancouver Crooks deported back to China
Two sleazebags caught with their pants down. From today’s CBC news U-Pass fraudsters deported to China Man and woman had data on 150 students and locksmith tools CBC News Posted: Jan 10, 2012 Canadian authorities have deported a Chinese couple who stole identity information from more than 150 Simon Fraser University students, CBC News has learned. Siyuan Gu and Jing Wang, ...
A Christmas Carol, my Ass
The BBC produced a 3 part series on Racism a few years back. It was part of the season of programmes broadcasted on the BBC marking the 200th anniversary of the Slave Trade Act 1807, a landmark piece of legislation which abolished the slave trade in the British Empire. The series explores the impact of racism ...
Students share knowledge on Sex slaves and the horrors of the Asian Holocaust
It has been a week since the 2011 International Human Rights Day Student Symposium (IHRDSS). The following is a brief summary of events marking IHRDSS. There have been so many things that took place during this week – former Canadian Prisoners of War speaking out against the “token acknowledgement” by some officials; and in our nation’s capital, the large public rally held ...
Killing of Private Danny Chen, racially motivated?
Our American neighbours are organizing rallies and marches for allegedly murdered service man, Danny Chen… “March for Danny Chen …OWS Supports the Chinatown Community” At an American Army base in Kandahar Province of Afghanistan on October 3rd 2011, Private Danny Chen was found dead in the living quarters of the army base where he was stationed with ...
Canada: One country, two systems
by Bill Chu Chair, Canadians For Reconciliation Society It may come as a surprise that like China, the governance in Canada is also based on the principle of “One country, two systems”. The two systems are the democratic system under which non-aboriginal Canadians are governed, and the colonial Indian Act system under which aboriginals have been governed ...
The Kamloops Kid: Canada’s war criminal
This year marks the 70th anniversary of the fall of Hong Kong to the Japanese Imperial Army. Hong Kong had been defended by Allied troops, including a contingent of Canadian soldiers. Some historic accounts claim that the fall of Hong Kong was in a large part, a result of the racist attitudes by the British officers. They (British ...
Killing and Driving out the Chinese, 125 years ago…
Mayor of Bellingham is the latest to make a formal apology to the Chinese community for the Expulsion of Chinese that happened 125 years ago by Bill Chu, Founder, Canadians For Reconciliation Society 加 和 會 Background: West Coast North America was at the height of epic discrimination against Chinese in the late 19th century, with Canada’s ...
Mellissa Fung reveals she’s a tough hostage
The following article is courtesy of today’s Georgia Straight. CBC journalist and author Mellissa Fung reveals she’s a tough hostage by Charlie Smith CBC national reporter Mellissa Fung should be in a joyous mood. Her first book, Under an Afghan Sky: A Memoir of Captivity (HarperCollins Publishers) has rocketed onto bestsellers lists. Her boyfriend, CTV Washington correspondent ...
The Chinatown Bus – linking migrant workers across America
A month earlier, our blog received a note on the role of inter urban buses, shuttling Chinese workers between various locations throughout America. We’ve posted this note on today’s blogpost below, titled, “Transcultural Growth Beyond Ethnic Communities: Chinatown Bus in America” Our blog was also forwarded another note last week, regarding the tragic bus accident that ...
Asian Godfather speaks out on Death Threats to UCLA bimbo
The Shiggy Strikes again! Another witty response to that racist UCLA girl’s Youtube video!
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