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8Asians
URL	http://8Asians.com
Type of site	news, politics, and entertainment
Owner	Ernie Hsiung
Created by	Ernie Hsiung
Launched	December 2006
Revenue	non-profit

8Asians is a collaborative weblog by Asian American essayists covering a broad range of Asian-interest topics, from notable members of the Asian Diasporic communities to pop culture, politics, sociology, and Asia-based technology.

Ernie Hsiung, award-winning^[1] blogger of "Little Yellow Different" since 2000,^[2] founded 8Asians in December of 2006. Initially he recruited eight bloggers of Asian heritage to contribute to the project. The board of contributors grew rapidly to over thirteen bloggers in total.^[3] 8Asians.com runs in association with Popcast 88, a Canadian-based podcast on Asian pop music and culture hosted by Christine Miguel.^[4] The contributors range diversely in ethnic heritage, political stances, and social and educational backgrounds. Notable contributors, past and present, include Min Jung Kim, former columnist for KoreAm Journal and blogger at BlogHer, and Mike Lee of BizThoughts, a popular weblog on business, technology, and entrepreneurship.^[5]^[6]

The blog is credited with running some of the first reports of the Virginia Tech massacre and the identity of its perpetrator, Seung-Hui Cho.^[7]

In May of 2007, a posting on 8Asians by Ernie about the logo for the German bookmarking site Mister Wong triggered international controversey. The logo, which depicted a yellow-faced cartoon Chinese man with slanted eyes,^[8] offended members of the Asian American blogging community. Newsweek picked up the story, quoting 8Asians: "Mister Wong had better be based on a real person [who] saved twenty burning German orphanages, because otherwise, I'm calling foul."^[9]^[10]