Asian heritage more popular with kids today: To a generation growing up on “Ni Hao Kai-Lan” and “Jackie Chan Adventures” and “American Dragon: Jake Long,” Chinese is cool. Just like Naruto and Nintendo have made Japanese cool. And K-pop and Korean dramas, bhangra and Bollywood have extended this sense of cool to Korea and India, too. [San Francisco Chronicle]
Amid economic slowdown, signs of new world order: The world economy is cooling this year thanks to a slowdown in the United States, but something new is playing out: This slowdown is serving to amplify a shift in financial power toward Asia and developing nations. Countries such as China and India are now big enough to help guide the global economy. [Yahoo]
Five more foreigners who have made China home: It’s easy to feel outnumbered in a country of 1 billion people, especially for non-natives. But more and more foreigners are finding ways to make China feel like home. We profiled seven of them in Issue 010. Here are five more. [Good]
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