Andrew Q Lam's Writings
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Essay
May.29.2013
New America Media
Lam Chun-fai, a master of Southern Chinese kung-fu style, Hung Kuen, is the first of the kung fu masters to publish a fighting manual in English. Hung Kuen is a secret technique that has been closely guarded and, up until now, only transmitted orally to trusted pupils. News of the publication of the manual stirred excitement among some kung fu aficionados in...
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Jul.01.2012
Shanghai Daily
A while back I overheard two homeless men having a row over a choice spot away from the wind.
"This was always my space," one yelled. "No man, it's my space now," the other one replied. A few young, well-dressed people walked by and giggled. "MySpace" as a phrase has a totally different connotation for those who go often online, for it evokes the posh...
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Article
Jan.28.2012
New America Media
New America Media, Commentary, Andrew LamSAN FRANCISCO -- In Asia, there's an ongoing irony that deepens as the natural world dwindles to the size of a parking lot. Wild animals, once revered and assigned all kinds of spiritual meaning, are increasingly ending up as the main entree.
The tiger, for instance, that fierce and terror-inducing king of...
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Article
Nov.25.2011
New America Media
U.S. Challenges China's Power in Pacific Region
New America Media, News Analysis, Andrew Lam, Posted: Nov 25, 2011
When Italian fashion label Benetton photoshopped President Obama kissing China's General Secretary of the Communist Party, Hu Jintao, it aimed to shock. But its so-called “Unhate” ad campaign barely created a stir and evoked instead,...
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Article
Aug.12.2011
New America Media
New America Media, News Analysis, Andrew Lam, Posted: Aug 12, 2011
Fifteen years ago when scientists postulated that a Martian meteorite named Allan Hills might contain evidence of microscopic fossils of bacteria, the news was received with a mixture of astonishment and skepticism. This week, NASA researchers supported that theory by finding evidence that...
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Article
Feb.14.2011
New America Media/Excerpt from "East Eats West: Writing in Two Hemispheres"
In his new book East Eats West: Writing in Two Hemispheres from Heyday Books, New America Media editor Andrew Lam recalls teenage memories of how his father, once a South Vietnamese general, drove his family all over Belgium to find Waterloo, where his hero, Napoleon, faced defeat. Andrew's first book is Perfume Dreams: Reflections on the Vietnamese Diaspora....
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Article
Dec.17.2010
New America Media
If communication technology was created to enhance our daily lives, something has dramatically shifted: More and more, we are changing our lives to cater to the digital world.At USC a few weeks ago, professor Bill Nye, popularly known as “the science guy” on TV, collapsed on stage out of exhaustion as he prepared to give a lecture. Instead of helping him, many...
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Nov.18.2010
Reading
Andrew Lam read from his newest book, "East Eats West," on Nov. 8, 2010 at The Seattle Public Library.
Download Audio (mp3) [play time: 1 hour 3 minutes /file size: 29 MB] http://www.spl.org/Audio/Andrew_Lam_2010.mp3
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Column
Nov.05.2010
Manoa
The winter 2010 edition of Mānoa is scheduled for release in early January. EntitledWild Hearts: Literature, Ecology, and Inclusion, the issue features writing from Japan, China, South Asia, Australia, and North America, including pieces translated especially for Mānoa.
Among the contributions are fiction by Barry Lopez, Leo Litwak, and Andrew Lam [click on this...
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Article
Oct.17.2010
LA TIMES
The man who stood at the entrance to my New World was my first English teacher, Ernie Kaeselau. He passed away recently, and though I hadn't seen him in decades, the news of his demise left me unexpectedly bereft.
Having fled Saigon and the Vietnam War in the spring of 1975 during finals in sixth grade, I landed in San Francisco a couple of months later and...
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About Andrew
Andrew is a syndicated writer and an editor with the Pacific News Service, a short story writer, and a commentator on National Public Radio's "All Things Considered." He co-founded New America Media, an association of over 2000 ethnic media in...
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