She has vigorously promoted the export of California products and services abroad, sponsoring the creation of the California State World Trade Commission and serving as its first Chair.

In 1994, Dr. Eu accepted President Clinton's appointment as the United States Ambassador to the Federated States of Micronesia where she worked to promote cultural understanding, a pursuit to which she has dedicated much of her public life. She returned to California in 1996.

In 2002, she is running for California's Secretary of State.

I.M. PEI

Ieoh Ming Pei is one of the preeminent architects of the twentieth century. Pei's modernist works illustrate his affinity for geometric shapes, silhouettes, and striking contrasts that has impacted people across the world.

I.M. Pei was born in Canton, China in 1917.

I.M. Pei has designed nearly 50 projects in the United States and abroad. Over half of these projects have won major awards. Pei has been awarded the highest honors from nations the world over.

In 1986, at the one hundredth anniversary of the Statute of Liberty President Ronald Reagan designated Pei as one of twelve naturalized American citizens to receive the Medal of Liberty, for his outstanding service as an architect.

MARK CHANG

Living near an army base with the last name of "Chang" - it resulted in Mark getting into fights all the time as a kid.

While in high school, he saw some amateurs sparring and realized that he had more experience and skills than the sparring fighters - so he gradually started to take up boxing.

A few years later, he fully dedicated myself to boxing. This was the result of seeing a professional boxer, Sugar Han Kim, sparring with the cockiest guy in the gym. At the end of that session, he witnessed an Asian boxer kicked butt!

That day was the first time that he was actually proud of being Asian. As he states "how many times do you see an Asian dude kicking the shit out of some non-Asian dude and calling him "boy (or other inappropriate names?"

This has led to a successful career as a boxer, trainer and promoter. This is evident in the boxing titles that he has won (VA State - 1999, ABF/AAU - 1994, Golden Gloves - 1993), as a certified amateur boxing official since 2001, a "Too Fierce Boxing" trainer since 2000 and a Jue Tao Center trainer from 1993 to 1997.

His goals as a boxing promoter are to "get more Asian dudes off the pianos and into the gyms. I want to expose young Asian males to boxing, if not to promote a boxing career, for self-defense because Asian men are the butt of America's jokes and without numbers or unity, you're either able to fight or continue avoiding confrontation."

He extends an offer that "If there's any Asians out there that want to learn to box I can hook you up with anything/everything you need."

Within the Asian media, "Asian American Spotlight" in NYC will be showing highlights of his March 9th event via tape delay and OCA-YP in DC is interested in co-sponsoring the next show

EVENTS IN HISTORY

IN 1871
- Nineteen Chinese were massacred in Los Angeles. October 24 marked the worst incident of Anti-Chinese violence in America up to that time.

IN 1879
- the Arizona Weekly Star ran an editorial in 1879 portraying Chinese Americans as "an ignorant, filthy, leprous horde" and "the most pernicious and degraded race on the globe." Chinese workers were attacked in railroad camps and mining towns and driven out of Arizona's mines and railroads.

IN 1923
- Justice Sutherland, speaking for the Supreme Court in 1923, said that Bhagat Singh Thind and other Asian Indians were aliens ineligible to citizenship because they were not white, as only whites and blacks could become citizens.

IN 1924
- In the Hanapepe Massacre, police attack union headquarters in Hanapepe, HI where 16 sugar plantation workers and 4 policemen are killed.

IN 1930
- Anti-Filipino riot occurred in Watsonville, California and in Kent Washington. The Japanese American Citizens League's first national convention was held in Seattle on August 29.

IN 1947
- Truman grants full pardon to the Japanese Americans who had been convicted for resisting the draft while they and their families were held in concentration camps.

IN 1949
- FBI arrests the Hawaii Seven for communist activity. Their fines and jail terms are overturned in January 1958.

IN 1971
- Japanese American Citizens League wins its fight to repeal the Emergency Detention Act of 1950, thereby eliminating the threat of ever reactivating concentration camps in America.

TODAI EXPANDING ITS CHAIN RESTAURANTS
Todai, which has 17 ethnic food buffets, has tapped into consumers' appetite for all-you-can-eat sushi - despite the business falloff after September 11, 2001.

In 2001, Los Angeles-based Todai Franchising has the annual sales of its company-owned and franchised outlets up to $70 million. It maintained a profit margin of 5% at year's end and exceeding the restaurant industry average of 3% to 4%.

Todai operates in five Western states, with most of its 17 restaurants in California. About half are franchised, the remainder company-owned.

Todai's founders, Kaku and Toru Makino, opened the first Todai in Santa Monica in 1985. The restaurant, one of the first all-you-can-eat sushi places, was so popular that by the late 1990s, they had opened 10 buffets in California.

Hans Kim, Todai's chief executive, form an investment group name Meramia, that purchased a majority stake in the Todai chain in 1998 and upgraded the menu by adding such items as Canadian lobster and crab. It doesn't, however, make any pretensions of the dishes at swanky sushi spots.

Though Todai buys in bulk and gets discounts, the upgraded food costs consume 39% of the chain's sales, compared with about a third of sales at other buffets.

Todai, a 17 years old company, is more expensive than most buffet restaurants with "Adult" lunches ranging from $12 to $14 for lunch and $22 to $26 for dinner - depending on the location.

Company's strategy is to operate in upscale areas with a sizable concentration of Asian Americans.

The chain hopes to sell stock to the public within three years to fund future expansion to meet their goal of 30 new restaurants in the next five years.

APA'S AT THE OLYMPICS
Apolo Anton Ohno won two medals at the 2002 Olympics - a Gold and a Silver.

Michelle Kwan won the Bronze Medal at the 2002 Olympics, despite being expected to win the Gold.

Presently, she is already tied for having the second-most American women's titles, three behind Maribel Vinson. Only two men have more national titles, Dick Button and Roger Turner, who have won seven each.

If Kwan goes on to the world championships in Nagano next month she could equal the five world titles won by compatriot Carol Heiss, though she is a long ways away from the ten world titles of Norway's three-time Olympic champion Sonja Henie.

She is contemplating competing in the 2006 Olympics in Turin.

APA POLITICAN CHANGES VOTE
House of Representatives voted 240 to 189 to approve legislation that would limit campaign funds from special interests.

Rep. Robert "Bobby" Scott (D-VA), a Filipino American and executive committee member of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, voted against the bill. He, along with 11 other Democrats, broke away from his party to vote against what may be the most significant overhaul of campaign finance laws in over 25 years.

Rep. Scott defends his vote against the Shays - Meehan campaign finance reform bill because it "violated the First Amendment of the Constitution."

The bill (H.R. 2356) will now be sent over to the U.S. Senate for consideration and debate.

After 16 hours of debate, the bill includes the following provisions:

• Limit the amount of soft money contributions and restrict election-related advertisement by third party groups;
• Restrict the use of soft money to pay off campaign debts;
• Limit donations strictly to state parties, which could not be used to promote federal candidates; Bans corporations, unions and advocacy groups from targeting candidates by name in "issue ads" within 60 days of a general election or 30 days of a primary; and
• Raise the limit on individual contributions to candidates from $1,000 to $2,000.

APA Members Vote on H.R. 2356
Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act

• Honda, Michael - Yea
• Matsui, Robert - Yea
• Mink, Patsy - Yea
• Scott, Robert - Nay
• Wu, David - Yea
• Faleomavaega, Eni (does not have a vote)
• Underwood, Robert (does not have a vote)

TERMINATOR, THE KID & BRIT AWARD SHOW
Dan "The Terminator" and Kid Koala are part of the "virtual hip-hop group Gorillaz that received six nominations in the 2002 Brit Awards. They, however, didn't win any awards.

The group also includes the following musicians:

• Blur's singer Damon Albarn
• former Talking Heads' Tina Weymouth
• Chris Frantz
• artwork of Tank Girl creator Jamie Hewlett
• Cibo Matto's Miho Hatori and
• Del Tha Funkee Homosapien.

PROMINENT APA FIGHT PROMOTER'S EVENT
Mark Chang presents an evening of professional boxing on Saturday: March 9, 2002 at 7:00 P.M. at Annandale Sports Center. Event features the following:

• Mitch "Blood" Green vs. Danny Wofford, 12 rounds for the W.B.S. Super Heavyweight Championship
• Lisa Foster vs. TBD, 6 rounds for the W.B.S. Women's Bantamweight Championship
• Former WBF-Intercontinental and VA State Champion Sugar Han Kim vs. Thomas Coleman in a 4 round non-title affair
• Specific info can be found at House of Chang website.