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In the introduction to “Not Fade Away,” I wrote: “On the job,
meeting with musicians, managers, publicists, concert promoters, and record company executives, I never sensed any surprise on their part
as they discovered that the guy from Rolling Stone was Chinese. Far more often, I would hear that, from having heard my name on the
phone, they expected a Latino (“Torres”) or perhaps a Scandinavian (“Von Taurus,” maybe?)
But despite the name - the result of my immigrant father
acquiring a Filipino name to defy the old Chinese Exclusion Act and gain entry into the United States in the ‘20s - I am indeed Chinese.
And I’ve been writing about Asian subjects and matters since my
college days in the mid-Sixties, when I met Gordon Lew, publisher of the bilingual weekly, East West. My articles have appeared in Parade,
Pacific, the San Francisco Chronicle, A., and, online, on Channel A.
This page, then, will be devoted to some
of those writings, and to new articles I’m
contributing to AsianConnections.com,
the vibrant new site that ranges from Feng Shui
and Food (with Martin Yan, no less) to news and
discussions of a world-wide range of interests
and issues. AsianConnections.com
is by no means limited to Asian affairs, no more
than your or my interests are limited in that
way. Check it out.
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