Transpacific articles from January 1996

Transpacific archives from January 1996

Young tycoons. (Asian American entrepreneurs)(Editorial)
January 1, 1996... Nothing inspires as much respect in us Americans as business success, especially when it's measured in the hundreds of millions and global market shares. A tycoon proves the existence of magic. Conjure an idea, then alchemize it into flesh...

Renaissance 96. (1996 Renaissance Weekend at Hilton Head, SC)
January 1, 1996... 1996 began with a high that was almost hallucinogenic. On new year weekend, I joined an assembly of leaders from a vast array of fields at a gathering known as the Renaissance Weekend on Hilton Head, South Carolina. Academia was represented...

A trio of heroes. (Asian American filmmakers)
January 1, 1996... Asian voices spoke loudly early this year in Hollywood, ushering in the tallest wave of Asian influence yet into that most global of mediums. Much of that input came from the works of three exciting Asian directors. None was more surprising...

Playing God. (actor Chris Tashima stars in play 'Visas and Virtues')
January 1, 1996... "If you save a single life, you save the world," goes the old expression. It was actor Chris Tashima's privilege to play a single life that saved a thousand worlds in Visus and Virtues, a play based on the life of a Japanese consul who defied...

Rock stars. (conflict over group of islets between Japan and South Korea)
January 1, 1996... A set of tiny, rocky islets has become center stage for the latest episode of an ongoing Corean-Japanese antagonism. Known in Corea as Tok-do (the Lonely Islands) and in Japan as Takeshima (Bamboo Islands), these outposts. which have no...

K Tay L.A. (KLTA-TV News anchor Sharon Tay)
January 1, 1996... Got a minute? Sharon Tay doesn't. Whether she's covering a story during the week or anchoring a newscast on weekend nights, the 29-year-old is under some serious time pressures. That doesn't keep her from getting where she's going very early....

Soap stud. (actor Phillip Moon of 'The Young and the Restless')
January 1, 1996... Don't let the soft voice tool you. Phillip Moon is 6-3 and muscular. Fresh from a successful year as good guy Keemo Volien, son of cosmetics tycoon Jack Abbott on the top-rated soap, The Young and the Restless, he's facing a new challenge as...

Ageless elegance. (architect Gin Wong)
January 1, 1996... Gin Wong used to blow up buildings. Now he's busy designing and planning the construction of some of the world's most magnificent structures. The former flight navigator for the B-29 bomber in WWII has a list of clients that spans the globe...

Cyberlawyer at large. (Univ of California at Los Angeles law professor Jerry Kang)
January 1, 1996... If there's one thing Jerry Kang understands, it's law. At the age of 27, he has already created policy that may govern the way we interact in the future, he's busily seeking tenure at UCLA's law school, and he clearly intends to remain, as...

Prototypes of the Asian century. (Asian American entrepreneurs in the 21st century)
January 1, 1996... As consumers and producers in fields from real estate to hi-tech to entertainment, Asian Americans are setting the next century's global gold standard. Consider the face of the 21st Century American. He will be significantly better...

View from the top. (Viewsonic founder and CEO James Chu)(Cover Story)(Interview)
January 1, 1996... * BirthPlace: Pintong, Taiwan * Age: 38 * Founder/CEO and 100% owner of ViewSonic * Sales: $309 million A 38-year-old named James Chu owns the most spectacular immigrant success story in American history. The millions...

Macmillionaire. (John Chuang, founder, chairman, and CEO of MacTemps)(Cover Story)(Interview)
January 1, 1996... * BirthPlace: Queens, New York * Age: 31 * Founder/Chairman/CEO MacTemps, 1-800-Network, and Portfolio Temporary employment agencies John Chuang, MBA, understands one simple idea about business--develop a strong idea, nurture it...

No limits. (MAG InnoVision founder and president William Wang)(Cover Story)(Interview)
January 1, 1996... MAG InnoVision * Founded: 1990 * Headquarters: Santa Ana, California * Owner: William Wang, 32 * Employees: 186 * Business: Designs, markets, and sells high-end computer monitors * Annual Sales: A reported $350...

A better machine. (EZC International founder and CEO Paul Kim)(Cover Story)
January 1, 1996... * Founded: 1990 * Headquarters: Fullerton, California * Owner: Paul (Euy Kuk) Kim, 36 * Employees: 90 * Business: Master distributor of computer hardware * Annual Sales: A reported $70 million in 1995 * Awards:...

Image is everything. (Lau Technologies founder and president Joanna Lau)(Cover Story)
January 1, 1996... * Birthplace: Hong Kong * Age: 37 * Business Headquarters: Acton, Massachussets * Founder/President and 56% shareholder of Lau Technologies * Employees: 210 * Sales: $60 million (est.) Lau Technologies likely has...

A place for everything. (CMD Technology Pres Simon Huang)(Cover Story)
January 1, 1996... * Age: 40 * Birthplace: Taiwan * Business HQ: Irvine, California * Co-founder and President, CMD Technology, Inc. * Sales: 58.6 million in 1995; $80.5 million in 1996 (forecast) * Hobby: Tennis In the rapid-fire,...

Beating the odds. (Gosh Enterprises CEO and Pres Charley Shin)(Cover Story)
January 1, 1996... * Birthplace: Seoul, Corea * Age: 32 * Business Headquarters: Columbus, Ohio * Founder/President/CEO and 100% owner of Gosh Enterprises * Sales: $14 million Charley Shin, owner of Charley's Steakerys, was once told by a...

Remote control. (Rose Hwang, CEO and president of Alpha Systems Lab)(Cover Story)
January 1, 1996... * Birthplace: Saigon * Age: 38 * Business Headquarters: Irvine, CA * Co-Founder/President/CEO and 50% ownership of Alpha Systems Lab * Sales: $40 million Call her Mrs. MegaMotion. Rose Hwang is the energetic, marketing...

Full service. (Paul Hsu, CEO and president of High Definition Computers)(Cover Story)
January 1, 1996... * Birthplace: Taiwan * Age: 40 in January * Business Headquarters: Sunnyvale, CA (moving to Santa Clara) * Founder/President/CEO and 52% ownership of High Definition Computers * Sales: $35 million High Definition...

Kid stuff. (Richard Chuang, cofounder of Pacific Data Images)(Cover Story)
January 1, 1996... * Birthplace: Hong Kong * Age: 39 * Business Headquarters: Sunnyvale, CA * CoFounder and 12% ownership of Pacific Data Images * Revenue: $20 million with an annual growth rate of 20% He got to kill Steven Seagal. Well,...

50 great employers for Asian Americans.(Directory)
January 1, 1996... Looking for a place to jump start your career? Only forward-looking companies with a clear vision of the future can thrive in the 21st Century. Her are 50 companies that offer Asian Americans exceptional opportunities for advancement in...

Deadlock. (extramarital affair of Ranger Electronics founder Jim Peng that ended in murder)
January 1, 1996... After taking care of business in Hong Kong, Jim Peng caught a flight to Orange County's John Wayne Airport via San Francisco. He arrived on the hot Wednesday morning of August 18, 1993 and drove straight to the luxurious Vista Del Lago...

First class seating: carmakers are delivering a serious mix of performance and luxury. (five automobiles)(Evaluation)
January 1, 1996... Volvo, it seems, hasn't forgotten that folks love to look good as much as they love to feel good. For decades, this Swedish automaker has developed one of the best reputations for safety, innovating many of the options that are standard...

Slow motion in China: for some of China's citizens, the capitalist revolution is just a cruel rumor.
January 1, 1996... One of my students, a middle school teacher from an undeveloped and impoverished region of China, sat in the chair before me, ostensibly taking her final examination in my oral communications course, crying her eyes out. A lot of make-up was...

An AsiAm dream. (Asian Americans who are estranged from their heritage)(Column)
January 1, 1996... You know the S.C.W., Second-Class White--the Asian American so committed to passing for white that *she never says, does, eats or wears anything a white person hasn't already said, done, eaten or worn, preferably in a movie or a sitcom. More...