TRUE or FALSE: Asia Edition

Please, before reading this piece understand that the below article is an examination of stereotypes and is in no way designed to demean or characterize an individual. Also, waaaaahhhhhh.

World Table Soccer Championship

Asians care more about Table Tennis than they do about American (NFL) Football: TRUE! There is no disputing this. Prime time sports programming, as I have witnessed on NOW TV (Hong Kong’s premier sporting network), have included all of the following: Table Tennis, World Badminton, Table Soccer/ Foosball, ELP Soccer, NHL Hockey replay, UEFA Soccer and Volleyball. In Hong Kong, I get two NFL games a week and they air at 9 am. I feel itchy.

Hello Kitty is a Beloved Character in Asia: TRUE! Hello Kitty is rampant in Hong Kong. Hello Kitty is visible in window displays, McDonald’s Happy meal sponsorships and logos on fashionable clothing for ALL ages. True story; yesterday, I saw an elderly women, stooped over her hump back, which was preciously adorned with those simple dotted eyes, button nose and of course whiskers and a red bow.

Asia includes Russia: This is allegedly true, but I can't get my head around it. 

China is Communist: Well… sort of. (I am way to ignorant to discuss this topic with any expertise so I will any way). The Communist party controls China, but they are certainly not the hippy-money-hating kind of Communists. The Chinese government seems totalitarianism in certain policies (the now repealed 1 baby rule or oppressive internet and free speech policy). However, it is impossible to ignore China’s success, their inevitable journey to world super power and incredible growth opportunities in the middle class but… I’m bored, moving on.

Asians are Good at Math: I have no idea, but how could this not be true. (If you want the real answer to this question (which is yes)) read Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers.

Asians love the Wu-Tang Clan: Inconclusive. I have not yet seen evidence of Asia's love for the '36 chambers', but just because I have not seen it does not mean it isn’t real (i.e. Life on Mars or The fact that god actually descends from the heavens to help TIm Tebow win football games). Also, it is 2011 soooooo…

Asians are short: True! Much to my delight, the average adult male in China is about 5'7". For the first time in my life I am above average height relative to the population around me. True story; I was the tallest person on my subway car yesterday. However, the average weight of a chinese male is 145 lbs, which makes me... well... just a pinch above average. 

Peace and Feng Shui:

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