Transpacific articles from September 1996

Transpacific archives from September 1996

Asian California: California is shaping the Asian Millenium.(Editorial)(Cover Story)
September 1, 1996... To those with a whitewashed view of California history--and that includes many Asian Americans--the notion of calling California an Asian state seems farfetched. The growing visibility of Japanese and Corean conglomerates and Asian-owned...

Barbed wire memories: the healing pilgrimage to a painful past.(former Japanese American internees revisit Tule Lake, CA)(Vantagepoint)(Column)
September 1, 1996... On the Fourth of July this summer, when Americans traditionally celebrate the freedom, justice and liberty that we take for granted, I went on a pilgrimage to a place where those principles vanished for me and 120,000 other Japanese Americans...

Up the ante.(fighting Asian gang crime in the U.S. and Canada)
September 1, 1996... As part of an ongoing effort to combat Asian gang crime, several police agencies are initiating seminars for major department stores and retail outlets to bring them up to speed on the latest tactics utilized by Asian gang members. U.S....

Synthetic Pleasures.
September 1, 1996... The future is being created every day, and Iara Lee has chronicled it in 83 minutes of total man-made artificial reality. From computers and cybersex to artificial environments and plastic surgery, the world is becoming a very different place....

Vive l'amour.
September 1, 1996... Hordes of traveling street vendors who can't afford to rent or buy over-priced stores. A mushrooming, yet chaotic real estate market plagued by inflated housing prices and 820,000 vacant apartment units in an overpopulated city. No graveyard...

Jaguar Vanden Plas.(touring sedan)(Evaluation)
September 1, 1996... Americans used to the ersatz plush decor, ocean liner ride and gadget-intensive styling that often pass for luxury cars these days would do well to look across the pond, specifically to Coventry, England, home of the...

Audi A4/A6 Quattro.(sedans)(Evaluation)
September 1, 1996... The 1996 Audi A4 and its big brother, the A6 Quattro, are both sterling examples of the cost/value equation. The fully loaded A4 we drove was a minor miracle--juiced-up with performance to spare and a sleek, dynamic shape that will make you...

Whom do you trust?(living trusts)(Investments)(Column)
September 1, 1996... Uncle Sam has little respect for the dead. Before the body is cold, he digs his hands into the deceased's last will and testament, carving to pieces the estate's assets, then throwing the bones to the surviving family. Lawyers call it probate....

Born again.(author Stewart David Ikeda; Japanese-American internment in the 1940s)(Interview)
September 1, 1996... Japanese American Stewart David Ikeda set two rules for himself once he decided to chronicle the internment experience through four generations of a fictional Fujita family: Avoid writing about the internment camp and avoid writing his own...

Living large.(designer Tomatsu)(Interview)
September 1, 1996... As grows the American waistband, so grows Tomatsu's career. The 50-year-old Japanese-born designer has taken an already successful career and, excuse the term, expanded it, by creating a line of high-quality well-designed clothes for the...

Asian California: the trends that shape the Asian American populations as we move toward the future.(Cover Story)
September 1, 1996... Who's the Man? If you answered Mr. Gates or Mr. Perot, then you haven't really ventured into the new America. While those two gentlemen are certainly image-conscious, sound-bite friendly icons of American corporate and technological strength,...

Chinese Americans: the new establishment.(Asian California 2000)(Cover Story)
September 1, 1996... The Chinese were the first Asians to immigrate in sizable numbers to California. That head start has helped keep the Chinese as America's largest Asian population--2.2 million. In California, they number 1.3 million, 4% of the state. The...

Japanese Americans: a new self-image.(Asian California 2000)(Cover Story)
September 1, 1996... The Japanese have historically been the most persecuted of all Asians in America. Perhaps as a direct result, they have become the most assimilated, melting quite successfully into the ethnic stew, and can be found in just about every...

Corean Americans: at home in Los Angeles.(Koreans)(Asian California 2000)(Cover Story)
September 1, 1996... Coreans are the youngest of the three major California Asian groups. The first generation still makes up roughly 85% of the Corean American population and 90% of the adult workforce. But in the short time they've been here, the Coreans have...

Movers and shakers.(seven successful Asian corporate leaders)(Asian California 2000)(Cover Story)
September 1, 1996... Keith J. Kim chairman and CEO of Granny Goose Foods Inc. Kim is credited with having rescued the $10.0 million a year company, California's second largest salty snacks maker. The company lost over $7 million in 1995, but Kim--newly in...

10 sexy startups: Digital Video Systems; Edmund Sun - toss out your VCR.(Company Profile)(Cover Story)
September 1, 1996... Americans love to think of themselves as the leaders in technology. If it's cutting edge, we probably invented it, and we market it better than anyone else. But when it comes to something as basic as watching a video in the comfort of your...

Zang Toi: elegant bad boy.(fashion designer)(10 Sexy Startups)(Company Profile)(Cover Story)
September 1, 1996... Every fashion designer the world over thrives on uniqueness. Indeed they live and die by its value--the more unique the designer, the more designs sold. Malaysian-born New York fashion designer Zang Toi revels in his uniqueness, whether it's...

Dominic Chang: family man.(Family Golf Centers)(10 Sexy Startups)(Company Profile)(Cover Story)
September 1, 1996... When Dominic Chang took his first steps toward creating his Family Golf Centers, he applied the mathematical model, ran tests to see how the ranges would work in the real world. The results told him he'd get his money back in three years. To...

Yulun Wang: quality control.(Computer Motion Inc.)(10 Sexy Startups)(Company Profile)(Cover Story)
September 1, 1996... "Aesop move left. Aesop move in. Aesop move right. Stop." A black robotic arm positions itself in response to the surgeon's voice commands. At the end of the arm, a thin, silver tube juts through the patient's belly. His organs are displayed...

Masa Takayama: big fish.(owner of Ginza Sushiko restaurant)(10 Sexy Startups)(Cover Story)(Interview)
September 1, 1996... Across the street from the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel is a mall. But it's no ordinary mall. This is Beverly Hills. Climb the curving staircase at the Wilshire Boulevard entrance of 2 Rodeo Drive's Via Rodeo and you enter something that...

Susan Yee: looking good.(Zhen Cosmetics)(10 Sexy Startups)(Cover Story)(Company Profile)
September 1, 1996... There are a lot of Asian women out there and cosmetic companies are not meeting their needs. If women have a choice, we'll go with the right choice," declares Susan Yee, 35, founder and president of Zhen Cosmetics. For Yee the right choice in...

Dan Hom: king of clubs.(Wai Yun Int'l)(10 Sexy Startups)(Cover Story)(Company Profile)
September 1, 1996... Dan Hom was once told by his basketball coach that he may not be the tallest guy on the court or the most skillful player, but that there was no one out there who was more aggressive or more competitive. Hom is bringing that same slam-dunk...

Emily Lam: shades of success.(Kool World)(10 Sexy Startups)(Cover Story)(Company Profile)
September 1, 1996... Emily Lam's typical customer has probably gained a couple of pounds and a couple of inches during the last few months. Despite the sudden growth, this demanding customer can walk into any Gap and find just what she needs. Maybe she selects...

Tom Tran: printing by the book.(Citation Press)(10 Sexy Startups)(Company Profile)(Cover Story)
September 1, 1996... 1975. Saigon is falling. American troops are hurriedly evacuating themselves, their families and friends, falling down backwards in an effort to get out alive. Radio reports are crackling with news of the invading hordes. The South Vietnamese...

Selina Yoon: language carrier.(Asia For Kids)(10 Sexy Startups)(Company Profile)(Cover Story)
September 1, 1996... Seoul-born Selina Yoon, president of Asia for Kids, wanted to offer her children a feast of languages. But in Cincinnati, those resources were non-existent. Her small children were too young for Chinese school. Her Chinese American husband...

Japan Inc.: the next generation.(Japan recovers from recession)(Cover Story)
September 1, 1996... The familiar images and stereotypes come so quickly to mind: the harried salaryman, the stern, inflexible manager, the rigid system of advancement that rewards seniority instead of merit and innovation. When we consider the Japanese economic...

Where Japanese money invests.(in the U.S.)(Cover Story)
September 1, 1996... Japan paid for the class, but all of Asia learned the lesson: Do not invest in that with which you are unfamiliar. While the Japanese conglomerates are sweeping up the pieces of their fractured American dream, South Coreans, Taiwanese and...

Morning calm: Corea's quiet beauty creates a vacation of history and adventure.(South Korea - travel)
September 1, 1996... When you think of vacations, what comes to mind? The sandy, secluded beaches of the Virgin Islands, the cosmopolitan romance and history of Paris? Perhaps the islands of Greece beckon your adventurous spirit? Make room for a new first...

The 1997 promise: Hong Kong won't be any worse off after 1997.(Foresight)(Column)
September 1, 1996... The media has sensationalized what is likely to happen when Hong Kong reverts back to China. There has been speculation that Hong Kong's most dynamic businessmen and companies will move elsewhere, that China will impose harsh, restrictive...