Who Are the Asians? National and Asian Identities in East and Southeast AsiaNakajima, Seio
a“There are no Asians in Asia,” wrote historian Ronald Takaki, “only people with national identities, such as Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Indian, Vietnamese, and Filipino.” He was referring to the fact that ‘Asia’ as a word and concept was a Western invention. But who lived in ...
The analysis by Terao’s team shed light on 44 ancient DNA regions present in Japanese people today, most of which are unique to East Asians. These include a Denisovan-derived one, located within theNKX6-1gene, known to be associated with type 2 diabetes, which the researchers say could a...
October 24, 1912: The first Sikh American Gurdwara is founded in Stockton, California. (Watch The First Gurdwara.) 1913: The Ghadar party—an independence movement from British colonialism—was founded in Astoria, Oregon; California Alien Land Law of 1913 bars South Asians and other groups from...
Success rates of prediction are very similar whichever level of variation is considered. In addition, people dissatisfied with health and income have a higher probability of supporting Leave by 5.5% and 6.4%, respectively. Once again, we can relate these findings to those in Table A.4 on ...
He is widely considered by commentators, critics, media and other martial artists to be one of the most influential martial artists of all time, and a pop culture icon of the 20th century. He is often credited with helping to change the way Asians were presented in American films. Bunny ...
It is possible, I think, that to be taken seriously women have to be more aggressive than a similarly situated man might be. It’s easy to imagine a man who is a quiet leader: friendly and relatively undemanding. I don’t have a picture in my mind of a woman leader like that. Swee...
48 The law also categorically excluded Asians and other nonwhite immi-grants from being considered for admission by barring the entry of people who were ineligible for citizenship.Because immigration restrictions are always accompanied by more illegal en-tries, these quotas “stimulated the production ...
Obesity is a problem often associated with North America. However, China is providing that East Asians are having issues battling the problem as well. In fact, it is estimated that there are over 40 million obese people in China. To address weight problems of its students,...
this proportion is far below the estimated 40% of the population of Greater Vancouver who have Asian heritage [3]. This raises important questions regarding the underlying structure of the MSM population in