Stories by Andrew Lam

An excerpt from Lam new book, where a family vacation to Waterloo unearths some enlightening findings about his father, a former general for South Vietnam.

"When a man confesses yet cannot connect the horror he helped unleash with his own humanity, he is not to be trusted."

As conflicts between two political groups threaten to tear Thailand apart, its ailing king may not be able to keep the country together.

The economy may revive in a few years, but our spirit will falter without a big picture for what we want our country to look like.

A cliché to native-borns, the American dream nevertheless seduces the traditionally sedentary Vietnamese to travel halfway around the world.

John McCain's desire to win at any cost has turned this election into a reenactment of MacBeth.

The Chinese government hoped the Olympics would unify China. But instead, the devastating earthquake has brought the country together.

Our modern obsession with technology is changing the way we relate to others -- and the way we view ourselves.

American schools stress self-esteem as the stepping stone to academic achievement. But students from Asian cultures, which place little stock in self-esteem, seem to do better than their American counterparts in school.

Plastic surgery is on the rise in ethnic communities across the United States, and in Asia it is as routine as having one's wisdom teeth pulled. Are these alterations an attempt to look more "white?"

The middle class is clinging to its precious status by contending with far smaller living spaces than those of previous generations.

Vietnam remains a 'Supply Country' and shows no signs of abating.

The Golden Era of Hong Kong film is over. As Hollywood embraces stars like John Woo and Jet Li, and coopts the kung fu flick, the city that spawned the genre takes on a more down-to-earth identity.

While McDonald's golden arches may be proliferating in every major metropolis across the world, so, for that matter, are Thai and Vietnamese restaurants.

Vast markets in wild animals can lead to environmental destruction and, in an age of newly emerging diseases such as SARS, public health disasters.

The tiger's grip on our imagination is precisely the very force that drives it toward extinction.

This Asian American writer finds the pleas he gets from students to explain his fiction are an example of how Asian immigrants, even young ones, are having a tough time thinking like Americans.

For Vietnamese Americans, many of whom have lived through several wars, the looming U.S. invasion of Iraq brings up haunting memories.

The immigrant's hold on American soil has become increasingly tenuous, if not outright threatened.