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Chinaman
Chinaman or Chinamen may refer to: Chinaman (term), a term referring to a Chinese person or a citizen of China Arts and entertainment Literature * ''The Chinaman'' (1999), a collection of poems by David Mamet * ''The Chinaman'' (novel), a 1992 novel by Stephen Leather adapted for the screenplay of the 2017 film ''The Foreigner'' * ''The Chinese'', a 2007 novel in Swedish by Henning Mankell, published in English translation in 2010 as ''The Man from Beijing'' * '' Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew'', a 2010 novel by Shehan Karunatilaka Music * ''The Chinaman'' (album), 1992 album by 2 Live Crew member Fresh Kid Ice on ''Chinaman Records'' * "Chinaman", a nickname of rapper Fresh Kid Ice (Chris Wong Won) Other arts * ''Chinaman'', the English title of the Danish film '' Kinamand'' * ''Chinamen'' (1970), a play in Michael Frayn's ''The Two of Us'' * "The Chinaman", stage name of American comedian Mark Britten * '' Kinamand'', a 2005 Danish film whose title translates as '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinaman (term)
''Chinaman'' () is a term referring to a Chinese man or person, a Mainland Chinese national or, in some cases, a person native to geographical East Asia or of perceived East Asian race. While the term has no negative connotations in older dictionaries and the usage of such compound terms as Englishman, Frenchman, Dutchman, Irishman, and Welshman are sometimes cited as unobjectionable parallels, the term is noted as having pejorative overtones by modern dictionaries. Its derogatory connotations evolved from its use in pejorative contexts regarding Chinese people and other Asians as well as its grammatical incorrectness which resembles stereotypical characterizations of Chinese accents in English-speaking associated with discrimination. While usage of the term ''Chinaman'' is nowadays strongly discouraged by Asian American organizations, it has also been used as a self-referential archetype by authors and artists of Asian descent. It may have come from literal translation in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinaman's Chance
''Chinaman's chance'' is an offensive American idiom which means that a person has little or no chance at success, synonymous with similar idioms of improbability such as ''a snowball's chance in hell'' or ''when pigs fly''. Although the origin of the phrase is unclear, it may refer to the historical misfortunes which were suffered by Chinese-American immigrants. Meaning The idiom is defined as meaning "no chance at all" in ''The Columbia Guide to Standard American English''. The phrase is sometimes used in extended form as ''not a Chinaman's chance'' or ''not a Chinaman's chance in hell'', indicating that the lives and safety of Chinese immigrants were not valued or fair treatment of Chinese immigrants was impossible. Potential origins The origin of the phrase is not well documented. In ''The Chinese looking glass'' (1967), Dennis Bloodworth asserts the Chinese people have a long association with gambling. He states they believe "it is better to be lucky than clever", conclu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fresh Kid Ice
Christopher Wong Won (May 29, 1964July 13, 2017), better known by his stage name Fresh Kid Ice, was an American rapper. He was a co-founder of the rap group 2 Live Crew, appearing on all of the group's albums from 1985 to 1998. Wong Won was born and spent his early childhood in Trinidad and Tobago, before emigrating to the United States. In his early twenties, Wong Won was in the United States Air Force and he co-founded 2 Live Crew while he was stationed in California. Early 2 Live Crew singles gained so much traction in Florida that they relocated there. By 1986, the group released the single "Throw The 'D; it is now considered the blueprint of Miami bass. Later in 1986, 2 Live Crew released their debut album, ''The 2 Live Crew Is What We Are.'' The album established the group's signature style of comical sexually explicit lyrics. After a slew of successful releases the group met with considerable controversy as a U.S. district court ruled the album legally obscene. They were p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Chinaman (album)
''The Chinaman'' is the first studio album by American rapper Fresh Kid Ice (Christopher Wong Won) of the 2 Live Crew. It was released on July 15, 1992 by Effect Records. Wong Won started to work on the album in 1992, because he was troubled with the direction 2 Live Crew member Luther Campbell was taking and wanted to stay away. It reached number 38 on the ''Billboard'' Heatseekers Albums chart and No. 56 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. The album was the first American hip hop album to embrace having an Asian heritage. Production Wong Won said he took on the project in 1992, because he wanted to distanced himself from 2 Live Crew member Luther Campbell, who at the time had a beef with Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg. He felt it was awkward and out of place since all previous interaction with them had been friendly, hence he suggested a solo project to his label, and started it without a budget. He also said, without taking an advance, all beats were programmed in his garage wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mokoliʻi
Mokolii (), also known as Chinaman's Hat, is a basalt islet in Kāneʻohe Bay, Hawaii. Mokolii is part of Kualoa Regional Park and located offshore of Kualoa Point, Oahu. The islet was at one time part of a basaltic ridge on Oahu before marine erosion separated it. Etymology Mokolii translates from Hawaiian as "little lizard." "Moko” is an older form of the word "mo’o" and means "lizard" or dragon-like creature; "li’i" means "small" or "tiny." According to the Pele epic in Hawaiian mythology, while the goddess Hiʻiaka was traveling to retrieve Pele’s lover, Hi’iaka killed an evil giant lizard at Kuala. Part of its body fell into the bay and became Mokoli’i: the island is the tip of the tail sticking out of the water. The closest land on the main island is Hakipu’u, which bears the broken spine of the lizard, with "haki" meaning to break or broken and “Pu’u” meaning the hill or back. The alternative name of Chinaman's Hat derives from a comparison of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Britten
Mark Britten is an American comedian from Arlington, Texas whose chosen stage name is "The Chinaman". Born of a Chinese-American mother and a Caucasian father, his act employs material from his "dysfunctional background" and skews ethnic stereotypes of all kinds. He has been a performing stand-up comic for ten years, and is known for his voice impersonations, parodies of rock singers and other vocalists and biting anecdotes about the foibles of ethnic and cultural stereotypes. '' The Austin Chronicle'' describes him as "a rock star trapped in a comic's body."The Chinaman Film, TV and radio Britten has appeared on A&E's '' An Evening at the Improv'' (1992 and 1994), NBC's '' ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Chinaman (novel)
''The Chinaman'' is a thriller novel written by Stephen Leather, first published in 1992. It is Leather's fourth novel. Its plot concerns a London-based Vietnamese restaurateur and skilled Vietnam War veteran who travels to Ireland to hunt the people responsible for a bombing that killed his family. The book was adapted into '' The Foreigner'', a 2017 feature film, starring Jackie Chan and Pierce Brosnan. Plot Nguyen Ngoc Minh is a Vietnamese restaurateur based in London. He is also a Vietnam War veteran who was trained as an assassin by both the Viet Cong and the US Army. One day, his wife and daughter are killed in a bombing by the Irish Republican Army (IRA). Nguyen seeks justice, first by going to London Chief Inspector Richard Bromley, who is investigating the bombings, but he rebuffs Nguyen. In the meantime, a rogue cell of IRA continues to commit bombings throughout London. Ian "Woody" Wood, a freelance journalist, is assigned to investigate the IRA. He is approache ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Chinaman
John Chinaman was a stock caricature of a Chinese laborer seen in cartoons of the 19th century. Also referenced by Mark Twain and popular American songs of the period, John Chinaman represented, in western society, a typical persona of China. He was typically depicted with a long queue and wearing a coolie hat. American political cartoonist Thomas Nast, who often depicted John Chinaman, created a variant, John Confucius, to represent Chinese political figures. In Nast's cartoon "A Matter of Taste", published March 15, 1879 (''seen at right''), John Confucius expresses disapproval of Senator James G. Blaine for his support of the Chinese Exclusion Act. Blaine is shown dining in "Kearney's Senatorial Restaurant"—a reference to Denis Kearney, the leader of a violent anti-Chinese movement in California California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Left-arm Unorthodox Spin
Left-arm unorthodox spin, also known as slow left-arm wrist-spin, is a type of spin bowling in the sport of cricket. Left-arm unorthodox spin bowlers use wrist spin to spin the ball, and make it deviate, or 'turn' from left to right after pitching.Leggie in the mirror , 22 November 2007. Retrieved 21 March 2021. The direction of turn is the same as that of a traditional right-handed bowler, although the ball will usually turn more sharply due to the spin being imparted predominantly by the wrist. Some left-arm unorthodox bowlers also bowl the equivalent of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ha Ling Peak
Ha Ling Peak is a peak at the northwestern end of Ehagay Nakoda — a mountain located immediately south of the town of Canmore just east of the Spray Lakes road in Alberta's Canadian Rockies. It was previously named Chinaman's Peak but the name was changed to be less offensive. It was the subject of a 2018 CBC Documentary titled 'Ha Ling Peak' that follows the controversy and renaming of the mountain . Origin of the name The name of the mountain has been subject to much controversy. Originally, the mountain was referred to locally as The Beehive. In 1896 Ha Ling, a Chinese cook for the Canadian Pacific Railway (some say the Okaloosa Hotel in Canmore) was bet 50 dollars that he could not climb the peak and plant a flag on the summit in less than 10 hours. According to the Medicine Hat News of October 22, 1896, he started the ascent at 7:00 am the previous Saturday morning and was back in time for lunch. As nobody believed his story, he led a party of doubters to the summit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinaman's Hat (Port Phillip)
Chinaman's Hat is an octagonal structure in the South Channel of Port Phillip, in the Australian state of Victoria, which serves as a shipping channel marker and haul-out for local brown fur seals. It is in the Mornington Peninsula Shire, east-south-east of Pope's Eye. Along with the latter, it served as a navigation beacon at the Heads of the bay. History The term ''Chinaman's Hat'', the name once associated with a former military structure, Station M, was transferred to a new seal platform erected by Parks Victoria in 2002. Postwar, a structure was built to replace a dilapidated military installation which had been erected on a dolphin, shortly before 1942, as part of the Port Phillip defence system. That structure is often said to have supported an optical mount, or magic eye'', which transmitted two piezo electronic beams across the Rip to a large mirror, and then to two reflectors, respectively Station P and Station S, at The Heads at Point Lonsdale. Any bre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinaman (ship)
A Chinaman was a ship engaged in the Old China Trade, in the 18th and 19th centuries, by analogy with East Indiaman. See also *Chinaman (term) * ''Empress of China'', an early American full-rigged ship in the Old China Trade *Guineaman, a ship used to transport slaves from the region of Guinea *East Indiaman, a ship used to transport colonial goods from the East Indies and the Indian Subcontinent *West Indiaman, a ship used to transport colonial goods from the West Indies The West Indies is a subregion of North America, surrounded by the North Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea that includes 13 independent island countries and 18 dependencies and other territories in three major archipelagos: the Great ... Sailing ships History of foreign trade in China Tall ships {{ship-type-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
