E10 Jul 17, 2026 01:36:31

Travis Tookey - The Seahorse of Shanghai: A Japanese Canadian's Path from Au Pair to Lululemon China

Travis Tookey — known here as Haima, “seahorse” in Mandarin — grew up third-generation Japanese Canadian in Vancouver, in a family whose Japanese roots ran through internment camps in northern BC a...

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