Chinese American

A mother’s day short story to my immigrant very Chinese mom Sharon Liu My mother has a green thumb. All the plants she tends to and cares for grow up big, strong, and happy. Not my older sister and I though, for she grew us up big and strong but…

很多人说中国人在海外存在 Glass Ceiling / Bamboo Ceiling (玻璃天花板)，到底如何突破这层的天花板呢？观察了业界优秀的成功者后，这里总结了几点: 其实 CEO 也是一种，即使是比较高的职位。其中比较关键的 Skill Set 包括需要胆魄、眼界、执行能力、管理能力等… 不同的国家有不同的管理方式，并没有统一的标准，可以是中国流简单粗暴的 996，也可以是谷歌那种政治正确的小心翼翼，或者马斯克那样的我行我素。 敢于突破文化界限，其实不是单纯的说是忘记自己的文化背景，而是敢于去了解不同文化的交流方式，可以考虑从兴趣出发去突破文化隔阂。 办公政治是不可避免，要成为有影响力的人，就必须有担当，敢于做决定。每个人对成功失败的定义是不同的，不存在绝对的成功和失败，敢于担当，勇于挑战是成长成为领导性人才的关键点。 我在这里整理了一些我知道的美国新一代的较为成功的美国华人领导人物，如果您有认识的认为比较有影响力的美国华人，也欢迎留言，或者 Fork 参与。

A few weeks ago, I watched Disney’s newest animated movie, Turning Red, an Asian American story set in early aughts Toronto. I didn’t find it to be the groundbreaking story that it was heralded as, but I thoroughly enjoyed it as the movie for me. Since my most-read blog post…

On the eve of the 124th anniversary of the United States Supreme Court ruling in U.S. v. Wong Kim Ark, 169 U.S. 649 (1898), San Francisco Chronicle editorial writer Harry Mok wrote about the continued significance of the decision. He heralds the current era of young Chinese Americans defining what…

The Character’s Motivation behind the Conflict The story describes the conflicts in the relationship of a mother and daughter living in California. The daughter’s mother was born and raised in China. In order to escape from Communist China, she and her husband who believed in the American dream immigrated to the United States. Since she maintained…

As I reflect on what has and has not worked when working to improve my Chinese, a couple of things come to mind. Here’s my list of do’s and do not’s when attempting to learn Chinese (from someone who can understand a solid amount of Chinese but has limited vocabulary). …