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Dates: during 2001-2001
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...Asha George is currently a Research Fellow at the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies. Ian Urbina is a history doctoral student at the University of Chicago. Chris Toensing is a history doctoral student at Georgetown University...

Author: By Asha George, Chris Toensing, and Ian Urbina, CONTRIBUTING WRITERSS | Title: Respect Youth Voices | 9/26/2001 | See Source »

...television channel, was one of the first to broadcast the message of homogenized hybridism. "We needed a messenger that would fit in from Tokyo to the Middle East," says Jennifer Seeto, regional sales marketing manager for the channel, which began beaming its border-busting images in 1994. Star veejay Asha Gill personifies the global look. When asked what her ethnic heritage is, Gill, a Malaysian citizen, simply shrugs. "Oh, who knows," she says. "I'm half Punjabi, mixed with some English, a little French and dribs and drabs of God knows what else." The 29-year-old speaks crisp British...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Eurasian Invasion | 4/23/2001 | See Source »

...Bangkok music mogul. "We should put more emphasis on developing real Thai talent." The Eurasians consider this unfair. "I was born in Bangkok," says Young. "I speak fluent Thai and I sing in Thai. When I meet Westerners, they say I'm more Thai than American." Channel V's Asha Gill senses the frustration: "A lot of Asians despise us because we get all the jobs, but if I've bothered to learn several languages and understand several cultures, why shouldn't I be employed for those skills...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Eurasian Invasion | 4/23/2001 | See Source »

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