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The leading cause of death in the Chinese restaurant industry is homicide
Peggy Lim of The News and Observer in North Carolina has put together a touching profile of Song Ni, 34, a Chinese restaurant owner who was fatally shot at the end of July in Stantonsburg, N.C....
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Stuck Elevator: The Super-Heroic Stationary Journey of Ming Kuang Chen (in...
Ming Kuang Chen — the Chinese deliveryman who was stuck in an elevator for more than three days in 2005 — has apparently become quite the muse for creative artists. A movie script is in development,...
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No justice! No noodles! Restaurant workers stand up for their rights
I did a blog post on City Room on Wednesday about Chinese restaurant workers organizing for City Room. With chants of “No Justice! No Noodles!†(you got to love that) Chinese restaurant workers...
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My galley, still on world tour, in Istanbul
My galleys continue their world tour, I guess. This is in front of the Istanbul’s Blue Mosque. I guess it goes to say that anyone who wants to send me a picture of my book in a weird place, please send...
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Sneaking in on Google’s top search page for “fortune cookie”
I noticed a few weeks ago that people were landing at my blog with search of just “fortune cookie” so I was curious where the book was on Google’s search results. It looks like I snuck onto the front...
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The Chinese Restaurant Workers’ View of America: Through Area Codes....
These two are Chinatown bus advertisements for routes that go to the more obscure regions of the eastern United States. (Chinatown bus goes all over, not just Boston, NYC, Philly and Washington)....
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