Fox Cancels its Charlie Chan Festival; The Mexican Midterm Elections; Lisa See's new novel Dragon Bones
Fox Cancels its Charlie Chan Festival
On Friday, the Fox Movie Channel decided to discontinue a summer film festival of Charlie Chan mystery movies, in reaction to criticism that the films are insensitive to Asian Americans. Fans of Charlie Chan movies disagree. Christine Chen, executive director of the Organization of Chinese Americans, Aki Aleong, President of the Media Action Network for Asian Americans, Jonathan Kuntz, Visiting Associate Professor at The UCLA School of Film, Television and Digital Media, and David Chute, Free-lance writer, editor, and film critic, join Larry Mantle to discuss the issue.
The Mexican Midterm Elections
On Sunday, voters go to the polls in Mexico for midterm elections, the first national vote since Mexico's transition to multi-party rule. Polls predict continuing gridlock between PAN, President Vicente Fox's party, and PRI, the old ruling party. Robert Smith, Professor of Sociology at Barnard College, an expert on Mexican immigration and socio-political issues, and Denise Dresser, Visiting Fellow at the Pacific Council on International Policy at USC, and Professor at Instituto Technologico Autonomo de Mexico, join Larry Mantle to discuss Mexico's mid-term elections and the impact they may have on US-Mexican relations.
Lisa See's new novel Dragon Bones
Larry Mantle talks with author Lisa See about her new book Dragon Bones (Random House), a novel about murder and archaeological theft at Three Gorges Dam, the biggest project that China has undertaken since the building of the Great Wall.