July, 2007 // Posts published in July, 2007
Homos, Conservatives and Chinese
Homos. As in Homosexuals. This was the word tossed about when I was growing up in East Van. Now the politically correct word is “same sex”, Gay or Lesbian. It is a word used without much thought by some kids, and used by others to hurt. I’ve got to admit, I wasn’t always so “tolerant”. I ...
C.D. Hoy – the Chinese Eye
The Ugly Chinese Canadian blog will introduce notable Chinese Canadians throughout our history – a short history of just over 100 years in this young nation. In preparation for inspirational folks who will grace this blog (as oppose to the disgraceful Dung Beetle nominees), a new category, “People” has been created. There has been a few ...
the Engrish Ranguage
I’m going to start introducing more categories onto this blog, now that I’m starting to figure out how blogs and postings work. In addition, I would like to invite some of you to contribute Posts on to this Blog, the Ugly Chinese Canadian. One of the new categories is Humour. Yes, we’ve got to laugh at ...
bananas around the world
It appears that every generation of diasporic Chinese seem to awaken to the fact that they are a bit different from the majority (of the place to where they were born). Sometimes they’re accepted as full citizens of the country they’re born in, and other times, less so. So about once every 15 to 20 years ...
Elizabeth Lue’s legacy
A month ago, the Chinese Renal Association, reminded Chinese Canadians of the important work of the Kidney Foundation of Canada. It held a media event featuring some of BC’s most prominent Chinese Canadians – pledging support with their signing up of organ donation cards. And there is currently, the urgent search for a compatible bone marrow ...
George Yu, 1964-2007
It is with great sadness that we learned of the passing away of one of our City’s greatest Creative talents, Architect George Yu. George had been living in LA, and was in town a couple of months back as the keynote speaker for the Architectural Institute of British Columbia’s Annual Conference. That week, I had the ...
Big Mountain and other adored Round Eyes
I was flipping through a local rag yesterday, and caught an article about a large group of Canadian educators’ visit to China – celebrating one of Canada’s greatest and almost forgotten heroes – Dr. Norman Bethune. According to the Vancouver Sun article “Canadians pay Homage to Bethune”: Kelly Sinoski, Vancouver Sun Monday, July 16, 2007 More than 200 Canadian ...
3 CC Monkeys flinging feces
We all know that our simian friends love to fling shzt. And in greater Vancouver’s political arena, we have our own chimps preparing for this soon-to-be Olympic sport. the Battle for Richmond, BC One of the first shots was flung this past weekend by Alice Wong, winner of the Richmond Conservative nomination battle last month. The other two ...
F.O.B. Chinese/Canadian accused of being Racist
Looks like Chen Weiping, co-founder of the self-professed Chinese political party in Canada, aka National Alliance Party, hadn’t thought his whole agenda through carefully, as can be gleaned from his defensive posturing. … is this guy a Racist? We don’t think Chen’s and fellow cerebral-challenged associates’ flash of brilliant ignorance will be over yet. From the Chinese in ...
Saltwater City: the original Chinese Canadian name for Vancouver
This summer marks the 21st anniversary of a landmark exhibition “Saltwater City” created by volunteers celebrating the centenary of the Chinese community in Vancouver during 1986 – the same year as Expo ‘86. We missed our 20th reunion last year – and a number of us involved in that exhibition are still very active in the ...
Losers from China: A new Chinese political party for Canada?
I received over a dozen messages on this news item almost a month ago – regarding a small gathering of Chinese wanting to form a political party based on their shared trait. And that shared trait is stupidity, not their ethnicity. I am still currently receiving emails of bewilderment from people. LOSERS ‘R’ US 民族聯盟黨成立不久，於主流社會引起大迴響 右二為黨領陳衛平（資料圖片） [Photo courtesy: Ming Pao] Let’s ...
Chinese Canadians and surnames
From the Chinese Siyi Genealogy forum, an interesting discussion about Chinese surnames caught my attention. The moderator mentioned that there is something quite revealing about the dilemma of the limited number of surnames in relation to the large population in China. It got me thinking about some of the Chinese Canadian names that I’ve come ...
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