Johnd321 (August 20, 2008 at 4:53 am)

1986celica: You say the Chinese admire everything caucasian and make snappy judgments about the Chinese people. How about all the caucasians who admire the "kung-fu/martial arts" or China's historic background. Well, I am Chinese myself and only offered to explain to you how different cultures can influence others, but you resort to insulting and saying the Chinese ran out of ideas? Yao Ming isn't the only proud Chinese, you can ask any others and they'd have pride in their culture as well.

OjackiejackieO (August 18, 2008 at 7:55 pm)

He dyed his hair blonde because it matches his clothes you fucking idiots, its nothing unpatriotic.

theMp5Dual2 (August 17, 2008 at 6:38 pm)

i say 4words!he is the BEST! ;)

1986celica (August 17, 2008 at 5:47 pm)

It looks like the chinese are running out ideas...typical of chinese.Go to Andy lau MV 《Everyone is No.1》for Beijing 2008 vid instead.

1986celica (August 17, 2008 at 4:51 pm)

The real issue is HK people, or most of the people in that part of the world in general and their admiration for everything caucasian. Flip thru a HK magazine and you will see what I am talking about. He could of easily called himself Yau like Yao Ming to make simpler. Yao Ming is one proud chinese.

Johnd321 (August 17, 2008 at 9:08 am)

Some people do choose to keep their names, like those many Indian celebrities, but there are some who also choose to have an English name. But it's not like he came screaming saying "I want to be named Jacky!" He still keeps his original name, just has a second name, like a nickname. Like, when someone has a name that's difficult to pronounce, they sometimes choose a nickname just because it's easier than having others struggle with the name.Anyways, I love this song, one of my faves :).

Johnd321 (August 17, 2008 at 8:48 am)

Jacky along with others keep their surnames of course, so they're not completely changing, just making it simpler. Cheung Hok-Yau may be a little more difficult to pick up immediately for those who have a harder time pronouncing in other languages and may sound a little strange when addressing him in speech, unless they only refer to him by surname. It's just a clash of two languages and cultures, not really anything that says a big deal about the people.

Johnd321 (August 17, 2008 at 8:32 am)

Lol, well I don't think green would be too appealing to look at, maybe you can suggest it to him :P j/k. There's nothing wrong with their natural hair color, and the Asians aren't the only ones who dye their hair different colors. Other cultures do it as well. Like I said, it's just a trend/fashion. Yes, some people do prefer to keep their name, but in Chow Yun Fat's case, his name is pretty easy.

1986celica (August 16, 2008 at 4:18 pm)

In america we have a large sucessful Indian population, but you don't see Indian musicians/movie stars from India adapting english names in India to better promote themselves to Indians in american. I think this is an analogy of what's you're saying.Are oversea chinese the only ones that need that special help from their HK musicians?Chow Yun Fat doesn't have an english name and almost every oversea chinese knows him. And that's before he started making english movies.

1986celica (August 16, 2008 at 4:04 pm)

Why go blond, why not green? It's not just guys, but here in america you will also see lots of young skinny east asian girls dying their hair blond. What's wrong with their natural black or brown hair?