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Book: Forbidden City- The Golden Age of Chinese Nightclubs
Trina Robbin’s new book Forbidden City: The Golden Age of Chinese Nightclubs has just been published – available at amazon.com. Presented as an oral history, Forbidden City: The Golden Age of Chinese Nightclubs records the recollections of nearly two dozen Asian American performers who worked in San Francisco’s “all-Chinese” revues from the late 1930s through the...
Grassroots efforts on saving old Chinatown restaurant make front page news
Yesterday, respected community leader and author, Jim Wong-Chu, met up with a few of us to celebrate yesterday’s Vancouver Courier newspaper article on the banana lead effort on saving Foo’s Ho Ho restaurant ( read our earlier articles here, here, and here) Jim was delighted of the community news coverage, and mentioned, We’ve got no budget for...
Ask Larry!
The new UGLY Chinese Canadian blog would like to introduce a few new contributors to our blog. We know that a few readers are offended by our blog’s title, “the UGLY Chinese Canadian“, but you’ve got to admit, it does attract eyeballs and controversy. And to reiterate our original thought for this blog: …let’s look at the...
New Chinatown mural by Arthur Cheng
Everyone who has visited Vancouver’s Chinatown has seen at least one of Arthur Cheng’s (Cheng Shu-Ren) works of art. He is the artist / sculptor who designed the Chinatown memorial square statue at the Keefer triangle, of the Chinese Railway Worker and the World War Two soldier. It is here that Vancouver pays respect...
film: Falling for Grace
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Friends of the UGLY Chinese Canadian gave thumbs up to the following banana-made film. … a nice romantic comedy made by a banana! And that, friends, is what this blog is all about… to celebrate the unique culture and identity of things, that are north-american-Asian/ Chinese. We had received information on this film a few years back, but...
Food: sweet & sour pork, chop suey …only in America, eh?
We’ve often heard that the ubiquitous pizza we’re familiar with – the one with the many sumptuous toppings atop the rounded bread, is an American interpretation. These are the standard home delivery sorts, coming in a variety of topping choices, including favourites like, mushrooms, pepperoni, anchovies, onions, cheese and a plethora of other delectables. The original...
Memo to cute ass Mascot
old garage building facing Chinatown’s Pender Street The UGLY Chinese Canadian blog received a number of comments regarding Chinatown’s mascot. The mascot, suggested by their BIA (Business Improvement Association), is their latest brain child in their long and unsuccessful series of efforts to save Chinatown. A number of the comments received, can not be published. Not only...
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