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'Six Flags' TV ads get thumbs down from some Asian Americans No Energy to Take Care of Mom in India
The Indo-U.S. nuclear deal gets personal when an Indian-American journeys to India to take care of her ailing mother and is confronted with power cuts for six hours a day Highest-Earning Graduates
A study reveals that your alma mater, not your major, largely determines your career pay 700 Orders of Moo Goo Gai Pan? Sure. Is That to Go?
This odd little mini-series profiles a restaurant in Hunan Province that seats 5,000 guests, employs more than 300 chefs and goes through 700 chickens and 200 snakes in a week L.A. County Fire Department Honors Its First Asian American Deputy Chief
Helen Jo is also the first woman to be promoted to the position in the department. She received her new badge today How 'Globality' Will Change Your Life
Columnist Hal Sirkin introduces his series covering the enormous challenges and opportunities inherent in a world where commerce and ideas flow between all parts of the world A Perfect Olympics at the Expense of Fun
Officials have clamped down so tightly on the city that some fear Beijing may lack the traditional Olympic spirit India’s New Partnership: Bollywood and Hip-Hop
The rapper once dubbed "America’s Most Loveable Pimp" by Rolling Stone makes his debut in India this summer, with a guest appearance on the title track of a highly anticipated Bollywood movie, “Singh Is Kinng.” A Unified Korea Is Depressing
Even if it were ever politically possible, economic integration — difficult in Germany as it was — would be an economic mess in Korea Swifter, Higher, Cuddlier
Stop picking on Beijing's Olympics mascots Why India Will Beat China
An entrenched and vibrant democracy will ultimately drive India to outperform China socially and economically The Flavor of Seoul
A culinary trip through Seoul offers the weird and the wild, the tasty and the comforting and, ultimately, the sublime The Panda That Roared
An American cartoon has Chinese moviegoers asking some tough questions Why Do Asian Students Generally Get Higher Marks Than Latinos?
Trying to bridge the grade divide in L.A. schools: Lincoln High students have candid ideas Korean Families in Crisis
In Korea, the Confucian concept of the family being both the model and the foundation of the nation is getting weaker, and lip service is being paid to family values, writes NAM writer Peter Schurmann, currently living in South Korea with his family Office Wear: A Tale of Two Generations
Boomer women stick with the Murphy Brown look. Millennials see nothing wrong with a little skin Why Europeans Drank Beer and Asians Drank Tea
Have you ever wondered why beer was the prevalent drink in Europe and tea the drink of choice in Asian countries? In India, Magazines That Translate Well
An explosion of Western magazines has hit newsstands in India in the past year, pitching a familiar mix of gossip, relationship advice and expensive goodies Things to Say to Asian Coworkers
Chalk it up to cultural insensitivity, a lack of understanding or simple ignorance, but there are a number of cultural landmines that otherwise-earnest employees can stumble into when attempting to interact with coworkers of different ethnic backgrounds China on the Wild Side
Photographer Rian Dundon explores life on the fringes of the People's Republic--a side few outsiders have ever seen