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Meanwhile, Japanese fighters scrambled in case Japanese territory came under fire. From a dramatically slowing Chinese economy to showdowns over democracy in Hong Kong and a new cold war between Japan and South Korea, the dynamism that was supposed to propel the region into a glorious future seems to be falling apart. Enter an earthquake. Even if the 6. Chinese exports to America have collapsed. Its exports to the rest of the world have shrunk, too.

But they were always playing servants, coolies, laundry man. And if they were women, they were prostitutes or servants. Stereotypes of the Chinese in America were perpetuated by the otherness of U. Chinatowns in the late s and early s, where people had different customs.

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Latest Issue. Past Issues. Behind his impeccably tailored suits and grandiose parties, Gatsby masks his ambiguous ethnic origins, playing the part of an old-money Anglo-American elite to ultimately tragic results. Replete with money shots of multimillion-dollar estates, super-yacht bachelor parties, and skyscraper-rooftop pools, the film flirts with messages about privilege, immigrant striving, and the disconnect between Asians and Asian Americans—before ultimately abandoning such ideas for a fairy-tale ending that cements the movie as a celebratory work of affluence-porn.