Here’s an ever-expanding list of online resources for exploring Asian diasporas around the world.

Academic resources

• American Sociological Association Section on Asia and Asian America
• Asian Australian Studies Research Network
• AsianNation (USA)
• Association for Asian American Studies
• Chinese University of Hong Kong Library Chinese Overseas Collection 香港中文大學圖書館海外華人特藏
• fuck yeah asian/pacific islander history (USA) – a photographic history of Asians and Pacific Islanders in the United States
• Sociological Images posts about Asians/Pacific Islanders – also see the country-specific tags
• Ryerson University Library & Archives – Asian Heritage in Canada
• University of Maryland Asian American Resource Guide

Blogs

I read a lot of blogs, but here are a few that churn out consistently good content.

• 8asians
  – Updated daily with many different perspectives on the Asian American experience. If you subscribe to only two Asian American blogs, make it 8asians and angry asian man.
• Absolutely Fobulous
  - A fun blog about all things fobby.
• angry asian man
  - The essential Asian American issues blog.
• Asian, Gay and Proud
  - Great resource for queer Asians around the world. See my post about it.
• The Banana Lounge
  - Tseen Khoo on Asian Australian issues. Also check out her writing on academic research at The Research Whisperer.
• Being Wendy Hsu
  - Great writing on Asian America, diaspora, and music.
• Diaspora @ chinaSMACK
  - Stories of the Chinese diaspora.
• Disgrasian
  - A flippant take on Asian American issues and pop culture. I love their punny dictionary.
• 五香路 Five Spice Alley
  - Life in New York City’s Chinatown.
• Racialicious
  - Not Asian-specific, but great writing on race in the United States.
• Shanghai Shiok
  - What is it like being an ethnically Chinese foreigner in Shanghai? Christine Tan is funny, thought-provoking, and often controversial.

Magazines and online community portals

• Discover Nikkei – Japanese diaspora resource in English, Japanese, Spanish, and Portuguese
• Hyphen Magazine (USA)
• Peril (Aus)
• Ricepaper Magazine (Can)
• Schema (Can) – not explicitly Asian-specific, but tends to be because of the composition of the editorial board (and the composition of minorities in Canada in general)
• Slanted Magazine (Aus)

Other resources on race/ethnicity

• Colorlines (USA)
• Microaggressions

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