If the conditions were right there could be great acceptance. Often it is only when they pose an economic or political threat that it turns really ugly.

As the Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel warned years ago, to forget a holocaust is to kill twice.

Books are the ultimate way for writers to reach immortality.

They probably do have an Asian Barbie.

Whatever is not commonly seen is condemned as alien.

When you believe you have a future, you think in terms of generations and years. When you do not, you live not just by the day — but by the minute.

Its a wonderful thing to see a segment of our population that is open and eager to learn more about Chinese culture. It has filtered into the mainstream. You see credit-card ads on TV with white couples and Chinese babies.