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Post by laohuaqiao on Feb 11, 2012 6:27:00 GMT -5
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Post by chansomvia on Feb 11, 2012 6:46:08 GMT -5
Jeremy Lin's game with LAL is now going viral on youtube, . I watched the whole game on New Zealand Sky TV, was in fact wanting to watch Kobe who was my hero when we lived in LA, never having heard of Jeremy, but ended up by seeing history in the making.
The full TV broadcast shows not only the Chinese in the crowd cheering Jeremy but all the other races.
Other Asians now doing well in sports are the young New Zealand Korean golfers Danny Lee, 21 years old two years younger than Jeremy, and Lydia Ko aged 14.
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Post by lachinatown on Feb 11, 2012 11:13:06 GMT -5
Beautiful game to watch. Happy for him, Jeremy Shu-How Lin 林書豪, and his family, parents Gie-Ming and Shirley, brothers Josh (UCLA '07) and Joseph. Jeremy sleeps on his dental student brother's couch.
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Post by Doug 周 on Feb 17, 2012 10:01:07 GMT -5
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Post by christine on Feb 18, 2012 3:14:21 GMT -5
The "Chinese" vs. "Taiwanese" debate always makes me crazy. I don't know why we can't be accurately described both ethnically and nationally. I call myself "Chinese American" because ethnically I am [half] Chinese and by birth I am a citizen of the United States. It seems to me, at least from the supposition of truth that Jeremy's ancestors are Fujianese, that he is indeed ethnically Chinese. And he is born in the U.S. So I would call him Chinese American. But many people say "he's Taiwanese!" ... well he wasn't born in Taiwan! And is he ethnically Taiwanese? I want to say no if his ancestors are from Fujian. Sure his parents could be Taiwanese nationals, but being born some place doesn't mean we are of the ethnicity that is native to the country, and we are not all of the same country as our parents. That is the underlying issue I take with people assuming "American" means "white" and if your face is Asian, you are somehow less "American" no matter how long your family has been in America. Somehow society has made "America" synonymous with "white" even though it doesn't make any sense. Makes me crazy. I was called "Oriental" when I visited Louisiana. I have been spoken to in Japanese in my own home city of San Francisco, and I said, I don't understand Japanese. The guy replied, where are you from? I said, Here! Besides my rant, I am very excited for Jeremy Lin to finally shine after getting no love from the Warriors or the Rockets! Anyone see the skit on Conan the other night?
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Post by douglaslam on Feb 19, 2012 4:24:55 GMT -5
Taiwanese people are proud of their separate identity. They don't like to be lumped with the mainlanders, amongst other things, whose demeanor seen abroad is off-putting sometimes. Besides, Taiwanese enjoy political freedom, freedom of speech, assembly, religion, and much, much more. Jeremy Lin is bringing honour to his Taiwanese-born parents and thus Taiwan. It surprises me not, he is hailed as Taiwanese though he is born and bred American citizen. If he were a bank robber, Taiwanese would certainly not want to claim him as one of their own.
Taiwan has made great progress in personal freedom. It's easily the most democratic of all the Chinese-speaking states / nations in history. I am keen to make a visit there before too long.
I,too, saw Jeremy Lin at the closing of an evening news bulletin here. Before JL, there was Yao Ming. Yao Ming was not an overnight sensation. At 6'3", Jeremy Lin is not freakish like Yao.
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Post by chansomvia on Feb 20, 2012 2:29:38 GMT -5
Hi douglaslam,
My daughter and her inlaws just spent a week in Taiwan and the furore caused by the exceptional skills of Jeremy Lin is the main talking point in Taiwan now, even those not keen on basketball are now caught in the excitement. And exciting he is. Won again against the top team after losing to the bottom team. Score since Jeremy Lin (lam?) played full time is 8 wins to 1 loss.
I was in Taiwan earlier this year with mt wife and it is as you say one of the best Chinese speaking democratic places, you will enjoy the visit there, as we did.
Joe
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Post by douglaslam on Feb 20, 2012 7:04:59 GMT -5
Jeremy Lin maybe the the talk-of-town in Taiwan, I don't know how the Chinese people outside of Taiwan take to the news. I am old enough to remember CK Yang the great decathlete, also from Taiwan. He carried the hopes of all the Chinese in the world for the first gold medal in 1960 Rome Olympic Games. . en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yang_Chuan-kwang Yang was a childhood hero of my generation and I think a far greater sensation than Jeremy Lin is now. Yang did not have the benefit of mass and instantaneous communication that Jeremy Lin enjoys today. Yet Yang managed to garner our adulation, and give our spirits a badly needed lift in those difficult years when situation between Taiwan and the mainland was tense, and widespread hunger was also happening in the mainland. I have five weeks of leave in May, going to Taiwan and elsewhere in Asia is a distinct possibility. Suggestions as to itinerary are welcomed.
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Post by lachinatown on Feb 20, 2012 14:30:04 GMT -5
It was a proud day for UCLA Bruins at the 1960 Olympic Games.
RIP C. K. Yang
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Post by tyuti1668 on Feb 20, 2012 20:41:09 GMT -5
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