THE APPA Newsletter
May 8, 2007
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
http://www.nea.org/mco/asianseducation.html?source=google&paidkeyword=asian+pacific+heritage+month
http://www3.kumc.edu/diversity/ethnic_relig/apahm.html
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/feature/asia/index.htm
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/asianhistory1.html
See This Weekend
MISSION STATEMENT:
Promote full utilization
of the capabilities of the Enterprise's employees and champion the betterment
of the company and community. Promote interest in Asian Pacific issues and
culture and act as a bridge to all groups within our community. (substitute in
your Enterprise and company, etcÉ)
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ed. by Douglas Ikemi
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Back issues of the
newsletter for all of 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005 are available at http://www.ikemi.info/APPA/newsletters.html
if you want to look up some past event. The website www.apa-pro.org
no longer exists. This newsletter was originally published under the auspices
of the Hughes Asian Pacific Professional Association (no longer extant). It
currently has no affiliation and is available to anyone who is interested in
downloading it.
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Please send in
information on cultural events and news items to dkikemi@pacbell.net or dkikemi@mac.com . Thanks to those who have.
Long range calendar
items:
Chinatown Farmers Market EVERY
THURSDAY FROM 2-6PM, the Chinatown Farmers' Market takes place at Hill &
Alpine bringing fresh fruits and produce by California Farmers to the Chinatown
Community. FRIED BANANA, FRIED YAM, HAWAIIAN CHICKEN. We invite you to come and
experience the Chinatown Farmers' Market. Free parking with purchase.
The Downtown Arts
District/Little Tokyo Farmers' Market
Weller Court 2nd & San
Pedro in
Little Tokyo Summer Hours
10-3pm
Features fresh produce,
Hawaiian Chicken, more food gifts...and live jazz band.
Tuesdays from 10 a.m.- 3
p.m.
The weekly market is held
every Tuesday from 10 a.m.- 3 p.m year round, rain or shine.
Sponsored by LARABA
the market will include farm-fresh produce, Asian produce, organic produce,
eggs, seafood, cheese, olives, olive oils, flowers, plants, bread and prepared
foods and more.
Hawaiian Chicken, Roasted
corn on the cobb
Local businesses
interested in having a prepared food booth at the market or individuals interested
in volunteering at this non-profit event, please contact Susan Hutchinson at
323-660-8660 for more information
Los Angeles Public
Library Celebrates our DiverseCity
http://www.lapl.org/kidspath/events/diversecity/index.html
March 17 - July 29,
2007
Tokyo ADC Exhibition
A blend of pop,
tradition and innovation, this exhibition provides a glimpse into the world of
Tokyo Advertising Director's Club. Tokyo ADC promises to showcase some of the
most trend-setting minds in commercial visual arts in the world today through
examples of logos, print and television advertising, and book and product
design.
Simple avant garde,
comedic and crisp; the competition to stay ahead of the game is so intense,
that these commercial artists explore and discover new ways, and new twists on
a few old ways of delivering their products to the consumer market.
George J. Doizaki
Gallery
Admission Free
Gallery Hours:
Tuesday - Friday, 12
noon to 5pm
Saturday &
Sunday, 11am to 4pm
Closed Mondays &
Holidays
Tales of Krishna
Exhibition at LACMA Through July
2007
The South and Southeast
Asian Art Department presents an exhibition on the representation of Krishna
and his legendary deeds in the visual arts throughout India. Drawn primarily
from LACMA's renowned collection of South Asian art, the exhibition consists
principally of opaque watercolor paintings and drawings, but also includes
sculptures in a variety of media, decorative artworks, and ritual objects
associated with annual festivals devoted to Krishna. The thematically organized
exhibition explores various aspects of Krishna's life, Including his miraculous
birth, childhood pranks, heroic exploits, and romantic dalliances.
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Los Angeles County Museum
of Art
5905 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90036
Cost: Free
FACES OF BATTLE: Japanese
Prints from the Permanent Collection
On display from May 26 -
September 26, 2006
This installation explores
the themes of samurai virtue in conflicts ranging from legends of pre-history
to epic moments of civil war in the late 19th century.
The thirty woodblock
prints from the installation are also presented online in an interactive
feature with stories of the protagonists, zoom screens enabling
close inspection of the images, and a brief biography of the influential
printmaker Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-92).
http://collectionsonline.lacma.org/MWEB/about/japan_about.asp
Los Angeles County Museum
of Art
5905 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90036
323 857-6000 (general
information)
323 857-0098 (TDD)
http://www.lacma.org
An Urban Oasis: The Orange
County Agricultural and Nikkei Heritage Museum at the Fullerton Arboretum
Spotlighting the rich
agricultural legacy of Orange County and the Japanese American communityÕs
contributions to that chronicle.
Sowing Dreams, Cultivating
Lives: Nikkei Farmers in Pre-World War II Orange County.
Opens February 10, 2007.
The Orange County
Agricultural and Nikkei Heritage Museum has been built on the grounds of the
Fullerton Arboretum and has been designed along the lines of a packing house.
California State University, Fullerton, and the Fullerton Arboretum are working
together to open the museum to the public. The inside of the building is
divided into four sections: Nikkei, Pioneer, Educational, and Transportation
and Geography. There is a small bookstore and the Potting Shed will move its
plant sales adjacent to the bookstore alcove.
The museum will highlight
the history, development, and impact of agriculture, as well as the
contributions of the Japanese American community and the local pioneer
families, to the growth of Orange County. This introductory exhibit will be a
peek into upcoming planned exhibitions and will be open throughout the summer.
The first major exhibit
will focus on the Nikkei. Sowing Dreams, Cultivating Lives: Nikkei Farmers in
Pre-World War II Orange County will journey with the early Japanese immigrants
to California, and follow their stories as they establish permanent communities
in Orange County by marrying, raising families, founding schools and social
groups, and above all, cultivating the land.
Fullerton Arboretum,
California State University, Fullerton
1900 Associated Road
Fullerton, California
92831
The
Sculpture of Ruth Asawa: Contours in the Air
March 10-May 27
As one of America's most
important women artists of the 20th century, Ruth Asawa produced a body of work
celebrating the richness and beauty of everyday life through the use of
graceful and intricate forms as demonstrated in her famous wire sculptures.
Born on a truck farm in
Southern California, Asawa was incarcerated at Rohwer concentration camp in
Arkansas during World War II. In the 1940s, she attended Black Mountain College,
the famous experimental art school in North Carolina. The Sculpture of Ruth
Asawa begins with her earliest sculptures, drawings, and paintings created at
Black Mountain College, and highlights the signature wire sculptures that
formed her visual vocabulary of looped and tied open forms, which she continued
to experiment with throughout her career.
Organized by the Fine Arts
Museum of San Francisco, this exhibition of approximately 43 sculptures and
over 20 works on paper constitutes the first complete retrospective of the Ruth
Asawa's enduring and richly varied career.
This exhibition is curated
by Daniell Cornell, Curator of Fine Arts at the Fine Arts Museum of San
Francisco.
In the Weingart Foundation
Gallery, Dr. & Mrs. Edison Miyawaki Gallery and Taul & Sachiko Watanabe
Gallery
The Los Angeles
presentation of The Sculpture of Ruth Asawa: Contours in the Air is made
possible, in part, by the generous support of The Henri & Tomoye Takahashi
Charitable Foundation, the Aratani Foundation, and The James Irvine Foundation.
Additional support was provided by Ernest & Kiyo Doizaki, Mariko O. Gordon
& Hugh Cosman, and Hazel & Kokki Shindo. Media sponsors: Los Angeles
Downtown News, LA 18 KSCI-TV, and The Rafu Shimpo.
JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM
369 East First Street
Los Angeles, California
90012
phone: (213) 625-0414
fax: (213) 625-1770
May 17 "We Do,
Too": APIs and the Marriage Equality Debate
6PM
A panel of experts discuss
the historical, political, religious, and legal implications of the debate on
equal marriage rights for lesbians and gays. Presenters include Reverend Mark
Nakagawa, senior minister of Centenary United Methodist Church in Little Tokyo,
attorney Karin Wang of the Asian Pacific American Legal Center, and
author/activist Helen Zia, who in 2005 married her long-time partner in San
Francisco. Moderated by Marshall Wong, co-chair of the coalition, API
Equality--LA. Welcoming remarks by George Takei*, Chair Emeritus of the
National Museum Board of Trustees. Reception to follow. More information at www.gapsn.org/wedotoo.pdf
This program is
co-sponsored by APAIT, Asian Pacific American Legal Center, API Equality-LA,
APAs for Progress, API P-FLAG, API Pride Council, and the UCLA Asian American
Studies Center.
JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM
369 East First Street
Los Angeles, California
90012
phone: (213) 625-0414
fax: (213) 625-1770
*Appearance
subject to cancellation based on professional obligations.
Saturday, May 19,
2007, 7:30pm
Special JACCC Benefit
Performances
Sounds & Voices
of J-Town
June Kuramoto (of
Hiroshima)
Daniel Ho with
members of Kilauea
Amy Hill ("Tokyo
Bound", "Cat in the Hat")
Zendeko Zenshuji
(Taiko Ensemble)
Alison De La Cruz
(multi-disciplinary artist)
This special
celebration features artists from our J-Town Beat Series who have come together
to share the stage and show their support for the JACCC.
Proceeds will support
JACCC community programs.
There will be a post
performance reception following the concert on the JACCC Plaza.
Aratani/Japan America
Theatre
Special VIP Seating
$100*
$50 Orchestra, $45
Balcony
This production is
*(tax deductible to the extent of the law)
JACCC Plaza
Admission Free
May 19, 2007 Voices Gone
Wild Semiscon
A performance by an award
winning A Capella group from Taiwan at Ford Theatres
In celebration of Asian
Pacific American Heritage Month and Taiwanese American Heritage Week, The
Taiwan Center and TUF present a performance by the winner of International A
Capella Competition and Asia's top music award. This "East meets
West" ensemble whirls movie themes, Taiwanese melodies, golden oldies and
pop favorites into a spell binding array of sound and motion. Performance will
also include a guest appearance by the White Heron Dance Ensemble.
TICKET INFORMATION:
Tickets $40, $25
Please visit:
www.FordTheatres.org
Or Call: 323.461.3673
Saturday, 8:00 PM - 10:00
PM
Ford Amphitheatre
2580 Cahuenga Blvd. East
Hollywood, CA 90068
May 19, 2007 Bureaucracy
and the Arts of Rulership in Historical Asia and the Modern World
Commentaries on Alexander
Woodside's "Lost Modernities: China, Vietnam, Korea, and the Hazards of
World History," in Conversation with the Author
A one-day workshop
presented by the UCLA Asia Institute, in collaboration with the University of
Washington East Asia Center
This brief book based on
four Reischauer Lectures delivered at Harvard University in 2001 offers a
lively and learned study of bureaucratic principles and policies that represent
important and distinctive traits of states in late imperial China, Korea and
Vietnam. Alexander Woodside, Emeritus Professor of History at the
University of Brithish Columbia and a specialist of both China and Vietnam,
extends his range to include Korea where bureaucratic rule was based on the
same repertoire of ideas and institutions available in China and Vietnam.
He invites us to consider connections among these three cases of bureaucratic
government that develop their capacities and priorities separate from those
that would later characterize the more familiar Euro-American developments of
bureaucratic administration.
During the morning
session, specialists from the three countries considered in the book will offer
perspectives on the features of bureaucratic and state development in local and
historical context. During the afternoon session, scholars will offer
additional theoretical insights from the broader Asian and world historical
contexts. There will be ample time for discussion during the sessions, with
responses by Professor Woodside. By viewing his contribution from both regional
and more global perspectives we are challenged to consider how his arguments
and evidence can affect the kinds of research that specialists pursue and the
ways in which teachers at the secondary and college levels teach the histories
of China, Korea and Vietnam.
Program Schedule
9:00-12:00
Lost
Modernities: Perspectives from China, Vietnam, and Korea
Opening Remarks Ð R. Bin
Wong, History & Asia Institute, UCLA
Introductory Presentation
Ð Alexander Woodside, History, University of British Columbia, Emeritus
Response from China Ð R.
Kent Guy, History, University of Washington
Response from Vietnam Ð
Charles Wheeler, History, UC Irvine
Response from Korea Ð John
Duncan, Asian Languages & Cultures, UCLA
Discussion
12:00-1:30
Lunch 10367 Bunche
Hall
1:30-4:30
Perspectives
from World History
Japan Ð Luke Roberts,
History, UC Santa Barbara
India Ð Sanjay
Subrahmanyam, History, UCLA
Comparative Social History
Ð Daniel Chirot, Jackson School of International Studies, University of
Washington
Response from Alexander
Woodside
Discussion
Saturday,
Time: 9:00 AM - 5:30 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Cost: Free
Special Instructions
Lunch will be provided
to those who RSVP by May 11 to kanara@international.ucla.edu.
For more information
please contact
R. Bin Wong
rbwong@international.ucla.edu
May 23, 2007 "Angry
Monk": An Evening of Film and Poetry
Tibetan Buddhist Studies
Presentation with Donald Lopez and Khen Rinpoche Kachen Lobzang Tsetan
Screening of "Angry
Monk: Reflections on Tibet," (2005) a documentary by Luc Schaedler about
the life of Gendun Choepel (1903-1951), the legendary dissident monk of early
20th-century Tibet who criticized the religious conservatism and cultural
isolation of his country. The film was screened at the 2006 Sundance Film
Festival.
Donald Lopez, Arthur E.
Link Distinguished University Professor of Buddhist and Tibetan Studies at the
University of Michigan, has written and edited over twenty books on Buddhism
and Asian religions, including The Madman's Middle Way: Reflections on Reality
of the Tibetan Monk Gendun Chopel. His is currently a Visiting Scholar at the
Getty Research Institute, working on the topic, "Uses of the Buddha."
Prof. Lopez will read his translations of the poetry of Gendun Choepel,
accompanied by Khen Rinpoche Kachen Lobzang Tsetan, Abbot of Tashi Lhunpo in
Karnataka, India, who will recite the poetry in the original Tibetan.
Wednesday, 7:00 PM - 10:00
PM
314 Royce Hall, UCLA
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Cost: Free
Special Instructions
Seating is limited. RSVP
required to rharwood@support.ucla.edu or (310)206-3072.
For more information
please contact
Robert Buswell
May 26, 2007 Conference on
21st Century Perspectives on China
US-China 2nd Annual Sister
Cities Conference, sponsored by Pasadena Sister Cities, hosted by the
Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, underwritten by
Morning Bridge International.
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE:
Registration and Coffee:
8:30-9:00 a.m.
Guest Speakers: 9:00
a.m.-12:30 p.m.
> John E. Wills Jr.,
Emeritus Professor of History, USC: ÒMaritime China: Pasts, Presents, and
FuturesÓ
> Agatha Fung, Head of
International Banking, East West Bank: ÒBanking on China: Facets of a Big
FutureÓ
> George De Roza,
Professor of Chinese Literature and Film, Whittier College: ÒThe Marketing of
Chinese Cinema: Self- Representation and the Western GazeÓ
Lunch: 12:30-1:30 p.m.
Garden Terrace
ÒShowcaseÓ 1:30-2:30 p.m.
Tabletop exhibits by
California sister cities, highlighting their exchange activities with China.
Chinese Garden
Presentation: 2:30-3:00 p.m.
The development of the Chinese Garden at
the Huntington.
Tour of the Chinese
Garden: 3:00-3:45 p.m.
Wear comfortable shoes.
REGISTRATION:
Registration, $30.00
Student registration,
$10.00
Registration at the door,
$40.00
Registration fee includes
morning coffee and lunch.
Please return registration
form with your check by May 18th.
Mail to:
Pasadena Sister Cities
Committee
Alan Lamson, China
Sub-committee
2459 Brigden Rd.
Pasadena, Ca 91104
Make checks payable to:
Pasadena Sister Cities Committee
Registration will be confirmed by
e-mail.
FOR REGISTRATION FORM, http://www.international.ucla.edu/china/papers/flyer_china_conference07.pdf
Please arrive by 8:30 a.m.
to sign-in and collect your lunch ticket.
Saturday, 8:30 AM - 4:00
PM
Huntington, Friends Hall
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
For more information
please contact
Alan Lamson
May 27 & 28 Exhibition: Santa Anita Bonsai Society
Ayres Hall & Gate
& Kitchen
Arboretum of Los Angeles
County
301 N. Baldwin Ave.
Arcadia, CA, 91007
626-821-3222
June 3 Torrance Oodles of Noodles Festival
Torino Plaza Torrance
Cultural Arts Center
3330 Civic Center Drive N.
Saturday, June 9,
2007, 8pm
Asia America Symphony
Orchestra
David Benoit, Music
Director and Conductor
Special Guest Keiko Matsui
Jazz Superstar and
Japanese treasure Keiko Matsui performs with Orchestra. Works by Ravel,
Copeland and others will complete the program.
For more information
visit: www.Asiaamericasymphony.org.
Aratani/Japan America
Theatre
$75 VIP orchestra and
reception
$35 Premiere orchestra,
$25 orchestra and balcony
Aratani
/ Japan America Theatre
244
S. San Pedro St.
Los
Angeles, CA 90012 (Little Tokyo)
213-680-3700
ww.jaccc.org
Dec 1, 2 Japan Expo 2007
See LA
Library DiverseCity events at http://www.lapl.org/kidspath/events/diversecity/index.html
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This Weekend (and earlier/later)
Saturday, May
12, 2007, 10am - 4pm
24th Annual
Children's Day Celebration
Family FunFest
Annual Children's Day
celebration or Kodomo no Hi!
Join us for a
fun-filled day for the entire family.
Activities for
children of all ages include the Chibi-K: Kids for Kids Run, the San Tai
San: 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament. And, the Asian Pacific Arts and Crafts
Faire features cultural entertainment, demonstrations, crafts, and games.
This event is
co-sponsored by the Little Tokyo Service Center, Little Tokyo Rec Center, and
the JACCC.
Asian Pacific Arts
and Crafts Faire
Admission Free
Chibi-K: Kids for
Kids Fun Run
For more information
and to register call jessie Kikuchi (213) 628-2725.
San Tai San: 3-on-3
Basketball Tournament
For ages 7 to 12
years
For more information and
to register call Thomas Yee (213) 473-3030.
244
S. San Pedro St.
Los
Angeles, CA 90012 (Little Tokyo)
213-680-3700
ww.jaccc.org
Saturday, May 12,
2007, 10am - 4pm
Nikkei Community Day
The First Annual
Nikkei Community Day invites Japanese and Japanese Americans from all over the
greater L.A. area to come together to celebrate who they are and what they do!
Japanese and Japanese community centers and community organizations will
share information about their groups, sell food, and participate in a showcase
featuring performances and demonstrations including taiko, martial arts, dance, and more.
This event is
co-sponsored by the Little Tokyo Service Center, Little Tokyo Rec Center, Ties
That Bind, the Nikkei Federation, and the JACCC.
For more information
visit the Nikkei Federation website: www.nikkeifederation.org.
SATURDAY,
May 12, 2007 2007 ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN BOOK FESTIVAL ADVANCING LITERACY AS A MEANS TO INCREASED CIVIC
PARTICIPATION
Asian
Pacific American Legal Center understands the importance of books and reading,
especially as it relates to and advances
literacy,
which is key to maintaining an informed citizenry required in a healthy
democracy.
MAJOR
COMMUNITY EVENT DURING APA HERITAGE MONTH
By
bringing together numerous organizations representing the diversity of the APA
community, the book festival will serve as a
major
community gathering. While
promoting APA writers and their books, the book festival will also serve as an
opportunity to
increase
public awareness of these organizations and important community issues.
This premiere event will
feature literary luminaries and authors such as Newbery Award winner Cynthia Kadohata, David Mas Masumoto, Naomi
Hirahara, John Hamamura, Rick Noguchi,
Giant Robot co-editors Eric
Nakamura and Martin Wong, Nina Revoyr, Dan Kwong, Linda
Furiya, and Lela Lee author of Angry
Little Girls. Special children's
programming will be held from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM. Other activities include
writing performances, workshops and publishing seminars. Contact apabookfest@apalc.org
for more information.
JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM
369 East First Street
Los Angeles, California
90012
phone: (213) 625-0414
fax: (213) 625-1770
Last
weekend (or so) I went to:
Lotus
Steps at UCLA. Gets better each year, but
itÕs too short. Also missed this year the usual cross-cultural outreach
Awaya
Kai Koto recital. It happens every 2 years, so youÕll have to wail a little
while for the next one. Interesting since it combines elements such as erhu and
opera.
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Links to selected
articles from the LA Times. To actually access the articles, you may have to
sign up for a free account.
Chinese athletes are run
into the ground
The many who don't make it
big often end up jobless, even crippled.
By Ching-Ching Ni, Times
Staff Writer
May 6, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-athlete6may06,1,6448155.story?ctrack=1&cset=true
White hot in his world
Phillip Lim's romantic
style has made him a star. Back home in Westminster, his mother still needs
some convincing.
By Booth Moore, Times
Staff Writer
May 6, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/features/lifestyle/la-ig-lim6may06,1,5552381.story?ctrack=2&cset=true
2 men held in Norco home
pot operation
More than 1,400 marijuana
plants are found in the dwelling in a rural area of Riverside County.
By Jonathan Abrams, Times
Staff Writer
May 5, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-pot5may05,1,1364737.story?ctrack=3&cset=true
Generation tolerant
A cellphone poll of
California youth shows remarkably liberal attitudes toward race but
conservative beliefs on family values.
April 30, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-race30apr30,1,5466240.story
Animation with a human
touch
Sheigh Crabtree
May 6, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-ca-animation6may06,1,2414765.story
Complete list of releases
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/movies/summer/la-ca-sneakslist16may06,1,2046868.htmlstory
BOOK REVIEW
Discoveries
Books by Georgina Howell,
Trevor White and Yuko Taniguchi.
By Susan Salter Reynolds
May 6, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/features/books/la-bk-discoveries6may06,1,5938837.story
Ex-wrestler takes a bite
out of political correctness
At Abdullah the Butcher's
House of Ribs & Chinese Food, a former professional wrestler is a walking
American contradiction.
By Richard Fausset, Times
Staff Writer
May 6, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-abdullah6may06,1,4924609.story
Barbed wire and free press
By Steve Chawkins, Times
Staff Writer
May 3, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-internment3may03,1,713048.story
Little Tokyo's Pentecostal
miracle
The plaques and signs
memorializing Azusa Street are understated, but the historic site could have
fared much worse.
By Mark Kendall, MARK
KENDALL is a freelance writer based in Ontario.
May 2, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-kendall2may02,1,6989697.story
Downgraded O.C. 'spy' case
goes to jury
Officials once said they
had broken a major Chinese espionage ring. But it has morphed into an
export-law prosecution.
By H.G. Reza, Times Staff
Writer
May 8, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-chimak8may08,1,4942803.story
A whole lot of country at
Stagecoach Festival
In Indio, fans find
traditional bluegrass, Western and 'alternative' along with plenty of legroom.
By Ann Powers, Times Staff
Writer
May 8, 2007
China turns to Confucius,
with a modern twist
A professor's fresh look
at the ancient sage is a bestseller in a nation where a booming economy has
left some feeling spiritually bereft.
By Ching-Ching Ni, Times
Staff Writer
May 7, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-confucius7may07,1,6829933.story
Eyeing China's tastes,
Hong Kong films play it safer
From the Associated Press
May 7, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/business/la-et-chinesefilm7may07,1,7704953.story
Film titans battle over
sequel to 'Crouching Tiger'
Columbia and the Weinstein
Co. are duking it out in a Canadian court over who has the rights for a
follow-up.
By Robert W. Welkos, Times
Staff Writer
May 7, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/movies/la-et-crouching7may07,1,7618694.story
They flew for the CIA, but
not really
Former Air America crews
are trying to gain recognition -- and federal pensions.
By Greg Miller, Times
Staff Writer
May 7, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-na-airamerica7may07,1,1840888.story
'Spider-Man 3' vanquishes
bootleggers
Sony Pictures' efforts to
curb the availability of black market copies seem to have worked.
By John Horn, Times Staff
Writer
May 4, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/movies/la-et-piracy4may04,1,904078.story
Engineer denies confessing
to giving data
He testifies in Santa Ana
that he never told agents he provided sensitive information to his homeland of
China.
By H.G. Reza, Times Staff
Writer
May 3, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-chimak3may03,1,2649033.story