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Family Portraits

Families with children from China share their stories.

Grappling with Change: Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

A martial art transplanted.

Harnessing Sexual Chi

Ancient Taoist practices for balancing the mind and body.

Building Foundations

B.C. develops a market for wood-frame construction in China.

Powell Street

A walk through the history of Japanese Canadians in Vancouver.

Where Comfort Means Slavery

The comfort women’s struggle for an apology.

Textures of Sound

Asian traditions inspire New Music.

Verbal Judo

Vancouver’s Asian women police officers face stereotypes and cultural barriers.

Dragon on your Arm

Indelible mark of tattoo shifts from the fringe to mainstream.

Made in Canada

Not just a dilemma for developing nations, sweatshops are a local issue.

Food Fight

Iron Chef TV show pits talented chefs against each other in an hour-long cook-off.

Sustainable Solutions

Green genius at work at the David Suzuki Foundation.

Mail-Order Brides

Lifting the veil on the issues of Filipino mail-order brides.

It’s a Walt World After All

In the year of the dragon, the Mouse announces it will build Disney #5 in Hong Kong. Expected completion: the year of the rooster.

Aya’s Story

Branded an enemy alien and interned in a Kootenay ghost town, Canadian-born Aya Higashi rose above the injustice.

Feng Shui: Blueprint for Balance

User-friendly. Asbestos-free. And professionally Feng-Shui-ed. Richmond gets a new city hall.

Shipwrecks of the West Coast Trail

Before it became popular with hikers, the Ship’s Graveyard was notorious for its maritime disasters.

BC Lumber Building Japan

When the eastern U.S. market dried up for the province’s forest industry, B.C.’s wood producers found a market farther east: the Far East.

More Than Skin-Deep

Reptiles as curios, food, pets, and aphrodisiacs. No wonder the black market reptile trade is third only to weapons and drugs.

The Horse that Beat the Odds

The Kamloops Wildlife Park aids in the rescue of a rare breed.

Reflections in a Garden

The Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese garden offers sanctuary in the heart of Vancouver.

After Shock

Asia economic downturn stifles B.C.’s tourism industry.

Art on the Rim

Pieces together the cultural puzzle.

Chan Centre

UBC’s new performing arts centre.