What Kind of Asian Are You‪?‬ DIASPORA ASIAN PRODUCTIONS

Host: Kyle Leung

https://linktr.ee/whatkindofasianareyoupod

Guest: Claire (Chia-Yi) Wu

Her Website:

https://www.clairewu.space/

Her Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/instagracw/

Her Food Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/eatadakimasuw/

Her Photography Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/clairewu.space/

Her Foodie Collective Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/4petitefoodies/

Her Podcast Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/hangover.chatroom/



Claire is a Taiwanese living and working in NYC right now. She is a journalist, photographer, and food blogger. She was born and raised in Taiwan, attending international/American school in Taiwan that formed her third culture/diaspora identity despite only living in the West during her university days and now as she is works in America. Her passions are in theatre, journalism, photography, and Asian food cuisines/culture. She highlights all of those in her various Instagram feeds, so make sure to check out the links above.

In our conversation, Claire talked about her third culture identity, her experience living and working in America as a foreigner, her parents' expectations for her versus what she is doing now pursuing a creative career and Asian food.


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Host: Kyle Leung (@kyle.lhkhk)
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Guest: Joanne Van (@jovananne)
https://www.instagram.com/jovananne/
https://joannevan.com/
https://www.theqoos.com/
Today I talked to Joanne Van, a digital marketer with an ethnic Chinese Vietnamese-American background that was born and raised in America.  Her parents were born and raised in Vietnam (Diaspora Asians in their own right) that identifies more with being Chinese than Vietnamese. The interesting part of this would be that both Joanne and her parents actually never step foot in China. We went into the reasons why Joanne’s parents felt like this and how that contributed to Joanne’s own journey with her identity and cultural understanding of her own Chinese-Vietnamese culture mixed in with her Asian American identity. Joanne is also one that is very into Asian culture/media and we go into why that is and what she gets out of that.
We also talked about her passion for creativity and business that led her to her career in digital and social media marketing. We talked about how her parents took that as it is not your normal career path. Last, we also talked about KPOP as Joanne is part of a company that is heavily involved in the KPOP music industry/community. She recommended a few KPOP acts to check out as well.
Thank you for listening and make sure to follow the podcast on your streaming platform and also on Instagram at ＠whatkindofasianpod. Also, make sure to give this episode and the podcast in general a share to your friends and family. Last, please send me feedback for the podcast! I would love to read them!

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Host: Kyle Leung (@kyle.lhkhk)
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Guest: Maxwell Lee
At various stages in life he has been a professional musician, the general manager of a non-profit performing arts organization, a college professor, a full-time real estate investor and a city planning consultant. He is now focusing on sharing all of these passions through content creation, with his various YouTube channels, blogs and podcasts.
In this episode, I had a conversation with Maxwell Lee about his experience as a Malaysian Chinese American growing up in Florida and his journey from being a music major in university to becoming involved in the music industry, to then becoming a real estate investor and finally to being involved in music and content creation (his true passion) again after years of leaving it behind.
We covered things like his Asian American identity, how he spent a lot of his life doing what made sense to his family and to society without really thinking about himself and how he went through all that but is now going back to what he loves doing most which is music and content creation. Last, we talked about his future plans with relocating to Asia with his wife and kids.
Thank you for listening and make sure to follow the podcast on your streaming platform and also on Instagram at ＠whatkindofasianpod. Also, make sure to give this episode and the podcast in general a share to your friends and family. Last, please send me feedback for the podcast! I would love to read them!
Follow Maxwell and all his projects!
Learn about Maxwell in this video!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lt6rEyBC7Q&feature=emb_title
Link for all his passions!
https://linktr.ee/projectmaximus
Instagram!
https://instagram.com/firewalkingjourney/
https://www.instagram.com/projectmaximus/
Website!
https://firewalkingjourney.com/
FIREwalking Journey Youtube (Investing, cities, and FIRE)!
https://www.youtube.com/c/FirewalkingJourney/featured
Project Maximus Youtube (Music)!
https://www.youtube.com/user/theprojectmaximus
The Urban Files Youtube (Cities)!
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeEJaPAJJ3qvYif0jJARAeQ

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Host: Kyle Leung (@kyle.lhkhk)

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Guest: Lyra Tan (@leerahcosplays)

https://www.instagram.com/leerahcosplays/

Where does a Diaspora Asian consider home? Is it where they were born and raised? Is it where they had most of their family in? Is it where you/your family have property? Is it where they are most connected to? Do they actually have one definite answer?

In today’s episode, I talked to Lyra Tan, a Filipino-Chinese Hongkonger that works in the American movie industry. She is also an avid cosplayer with her own Instagram account showing off all her cosplays that she has done. Make sure to check it out!

We talked about the follow topics:


Her background and her family’s background

Her language abilities as a Diaspora Asian

Her experience feeling in-between as a Diaspora Asian

Her experience going to an international school in Hong Kong and her experience going to university in America as an international student

Where she considers home

Asian representation in media

Her cosplay

Her favourite Filipino foods


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Make sure to follow Lyra!

Lyra Tan (@leerahcosplays)

https://www.instagram.com/leerahcosplays/


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【S2E4】Being Passionate About Chinese Culture ≠ Pro-CCP w/Stephen Ah Sen

Host: Kyle Leung (@kyle.lhkhk)

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Guest: Stephen Ah Sen (@stephenahsen) https://www.instagram.com/stephenahsen/

Shadow Danceland’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shadowdanceland/

Stephen’s Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/stephenahsen/videos

“I didn’t know myself, so I asked my friends first” - Stephen Ah Sen (when asked what kind of Asian he was)

In today’s episode, I was joined by Stephen Ah Sen, a Diaspora Asian from Mauritius. He is a dance teacher/dancer (Chinese dance/hip pop) living in Mauritius. He is also a youtuber that shows his audience his life living in Mauritius as an ethnic Chinese person. His goal is to highlight the Chinese experience in Mauritius as well as promote Mauritius’ Chinatown to the world.

In our conversation, we covered topics like:


His background, his feelings towards his identity, and his Diaspora Asian experience being born and raised in Africa

How he didn’t know what kind of Asian he is and how studying in Singapore helped him figure out his Asian identity

Racism against Chinese in Mauritius

His Overseas Chinese identity (He’s not from China!)

His passions (Chinese dance/literature/culture)

Being passionate about Chinese culture isn’t being pro-CCP

His Youtube channel


Thank you for listening and make sure to follow the podcast on your streaming platform and also on Instagram at ＠whatkindofasianpod. Also, make sure to give this episode and the podcast in general a share to your friends and family.

Follow Stephen Ah Sen!

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stephenahsen/

Shadow Danceland’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shadowdanceland/

Stephen’s Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/stephenahsen/videos


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Host: Kyle Leung (@kyle.lhkhk) https://linktr.ee/whatkindofasianareyoupod

Guest: Denise Fong - Hong Kong-Chinese Canadian (PhD Candidate, UBC Interdisciplinary Studies Graduate Program)

Chinese-Canadian migration history and stories about Chinese Canadians in the early days of Canada are often overlooked and ignored in Canadian history lessons and mainstream media. In today’s episode, I have Denise Fong, a Hong Kong-Chinese Canadian living in Canada involved in bringing Chinese-Canadian diaspora migration stories and history to a wider audience in her work in academia and being a co-curator of two Chinese Canadian museum exhibitions in Vancouver.

In our conversation we covered topics like:


Her cultural roots and how she got interested in the Chinese-Canadian identity and experiences of Chinese-Canadian diaspora

Her thoughts on Chinese-Canadian diaspora

The work that she does and the exhibitions that she helped curate

Chinese-Canadian migration history

What Chinese-Canadians are doing in Canada for their communities and heritage preservation

Our favourite Hong Kong foods


Thank you for listening and make sure to follow the podcast on your streaming platform and also on Instagram at ＠whatkindofasianpod. 

Last, here are the links to find out more about Denise, the cool things she's working on and cool Chinese-Canadian links Denise recommended:

Instagram: Denise Fong (@cantoneseheritage) https://www.instagram.com/cantoneseheritage/?hl=en

Website: https://ccie.educ.ubc.ca/denise-fong/

Visit the Exhibitions:

A Seat at the Table @MOV https://museumofvancouver.ca/a-seat-at-the-table

A Seat at the Table @Chinatown https://www.chinesecanadianmuseum.ca/

Across the Pacific @Burnaby Village Museum https://www.burnabyvillagemuseum.ca/

Read more about Chinese Canadian experiences:

Chinese Canadian Historical Society of BC http://www.cchsbc.ca/

Asian Canadian Writers' Workshop http://www.asiancanadianwriters.ca/

Learn Cantonese in Vancouver:

UBC Cantonese https://cantonese.arts.ubc.ca/

Youth Collaborative for Chinatown Cantonese School http://ycc-yvr.com/saturday-school

Experience and Learn about Cantonese Intangible Heritage:

INSTRCC (Chinese Canadian Studies) https://instrcc.ubc.ca/

ACAM (Asian Canadian Studies) https://acam.arts.ubc.ca/

Get involved in Vancouver Chinatown Heritage:

Youth Collaborative for Chinatown http://ycc-yvr.com/

hua foundation https://huafoundation.org/

Yarrow Intergenerational Society for Justice https://www.yarrowsociety.ca/

Chinatown Foundation: https://www.chinatownfoundation.org/


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