August, 2010 // Posts published in August, 2010
coming to giant Imax screen: John Woo’s “Flying Tigers”
We had earlier written a post about the American volunteer fighter group, the “Flying Tigers“. Now we’ve just learned an epic production is in the works for the large format Imax screen, and will be partnered by respected Chinese-American director John Woo and his long time friend, producer Terence Chang. From the Hollywood reporter: Imax to partner on ...
Website shares untold history of Canada’s national railway
The following article was published by the Vancouver Sun, Saturday, August 28, 2010. It’s reposted here in it’s entirety on our blog, courtesy of the Vancouver Sun: New website honours long-ignored Chinese who built the CPR by Stephen Hume Vancouver Sun August 28, 2010 Perched in a wooden lift-top desk with working ink well, at first in a ...
The Ties that Bind: virtual exhibition rewrites Canada’s history
The Ties That Bind virtual exhibition rewrites Canada’s official history TORONTO, August 25, 2010 Chinese Canadians are making history with a more inclusive interpretation of Canada’s official story in a new online exhibit that draws attention to their contributions in achieving the national dream – the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway. Nearly 125 years since the driving ...
50 years of Filipino-Canadian history
Yesterday’s post on “reason no. 77, why I love Vancouver”, referenced my Filipino-Canadian part of my extended family. Filipinos have also had a long history here in the Americas, so I’ve decided to re-post an article here by my friend, Carlito Pablo. Historic records show that when the Spanish colonized the Phillippines and began their lucrative trade ...
Reason #77 why I love Vancouver
by David It’s been a very beautiful summer here on the westcoast. With the gorgeous summer weather, came the many weddings. That’s why it’s reason number 77. Actually, I hadn’t prepared an earlier 76 reasons, but number “77″ sort of has a nice ring. And I think the Chinese Calendar had the 7th day of the ...
Chinese ‘languages’ still at each others’ throats
Chinese “languages“? No. It’s actually, Chinese dialects. But to the outside observer, it may as well be complete different languages, as the sounds, intonations and even colloquialisms are so far and different from one another. Cantonese v/s Mandarin v/s Toishanese v/s other dialects. It seems that the Cantonese are perhaps, a bit more stubborn than are some other ...
Born in the U.S.A.
Our blog follows Asian-American writer Jeff Yang. Earlier this week, Jeff wrote an interesting piece called “Born in the U.S.A.”, in the San Francisco Gate. Here in part, is the article: Born in the U.S.A. By Jeff Yang, Special to SF Gate Thursday, August 12, 2010 As right-wing pols call for the elimination of birthright citizenship, the commemoration of Angel ...
History: the fabulous Kim Sisters
The year is 1960, and The Kim Sisters have set the Vegas Strip afire with rich harmonies and an ability to play dozens of instruments. The sisters had been in the United States only two short years at the legendary Thunderbird—after singing for American GI’s during and after the Korean War. From there, they became a ...
Wrong Wong…
Uh OH. MP Alice Wong says ‘Not me’ … another Wong did it! From the Richmond News: MP: Writer has wrong Wong Wong never raised cash for lobbyists Richmond News August 4, 2010 Richmond Conservative MP Alice Wong has never hidden the fact she considers herself an evangelical Christian. She is on a list of “MPs to help you pray” on the ...
Touring Exhibit: Chinese restaurants and small-town Canada
There’s an old saying in the “Loh Wah KIu” (old pioneer Chinese-Canadian) community: “…if the place don’t have a Chinese cafe/ restaurant, then it ain’t a real town. This interesting article from the National Post: Museum probes link between Chinese restaurants and small-town Canada Katherine Laidlaw, National Post · Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010 Karen Tam still remembers the smell ...
a $900,000 CHRP to recognize Chinese Canadians
CHRP as in Community Historical Recognition Program or Chinese-Canadian Historical Recognition Project … not of the Twitter ‘chirp’ sort! This morning, an announcement was made at the University of British Columbia (UBC). In attendance at the event, were a number of prominent community leaders, politicians, academics, and the media. All had been invited to hear of the generous ...
Giant banana in Canada!
Reader Malcolm, shares this story with us. Malcolm writes: “If you really want to emphasise labels, there’s a place for you… Okay, it’s not the North American born Asian-Banana sort (yellow outside, and white inside), but a giant BANANA banana. It’s cool, and we love bananas! it’s in Melita, Manitoba. From the town of Melita’s webpage: Melita ...
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