Article Source: HyperAllergicOriginal Post Date: January 15, 2019 A mural by six Native Hawaiian contemporary artists serves as a counterpoint to the commercial imagery that has advertised the state as an exotic paradise. HONOLULU — When you imagine Hawaii, what do you think of? Perhaps hula girls dancing seductively at sunset, wearing grass skirts, coconut bras, and […]
Imprenta Communications Group partnered with Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies (APAICS) to produce a PSA video that highlights the importance and need to have APA leaders in elected office. APAICS is a national non-partisan, nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to promoting Asian Pacific American participation and representation at all levels of the political process, […]
For the first time in history, there will be three Asian American women in the U.S. Senate in January. Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), who in 2012 became the first Asian American woman elected to the Senate, will be joined in January by two more. On Tuesday, Rep. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) unseated incumbent Mark Kirk (R-Ill.), […]
(CNN)Asians are on pace to become the largest immigrant group in the the United States. Meanwhile, the share of new arrivals who are Hispanic is smaller than it was 50 years ago. And the percentage of the total U.S. population born outside this country was higher in 1890 than it is today. Those are just […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Asians have been slower to sign up for President Barack Obama’s reprieve for young immigrants in the country illegally, and community advocates are ramping up efforts to reach thousands more who are eligible for his expanded immigration plan. Many advocates have blamed the paltry turnout among young Asian immigrants for the […]
Posted on March 24, 2014 Source: LA Times The overflow from China’s economic high tide is transforming the housing markets of suburban Los Angeles. Affluent Chinese home buyers are driving prices past boom-era peaks, spawning a subset of property brokers and mortgage lenders that cater to their distinct needs — and even dictate design details […]
Posted on February 13, 2014 Source: PRNewsWire New research shows comfort is key to Asian passengers Airbus today published a new research report about the comfort demands of Asian economy class passengers. ‘The Future of Comfort: Asia’ conducted by global future consultancy Future Laboratory, reveals new insights into the evolving demands of tomorrow’s increasingly influential Asian […]
Posted on September 9, 2013 U.S. officials are quietly taking steps to stem the flow of pregnant Chinese tourists coming to the Northern Marianas islands, a U.S. Pacific territory, to give birth. HONG KONG — The United States is putting the word out to Chinese travel agencies: Stop allowing pregnant Chinese woman to visit […]
Posted on September 6, 2013 That the G-20 is a useless waste of time and money and should be abolished has been elaborated in many serious Op/Ed undefined commentaries. If the argument needed making again (it did not), what we have just observed in St. Petersburg should be determinate. It is sublimely ironic, and […]
Tourists take a photo near the Eiffel Tower in Paris. (AFP) Posted on September 4, 2013 If you talk to anyone in China’s tourism industry today, the top item of discussion is the upcoming implementation of the new Tourism Law, which is set to begin on October 1st, 2013. The law is designed to […]