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US-Vietnamese actor Ke Huy Quan (L) and Malaysian actress Michelle Yeoh arrive for the BAFTA Tea Party at the Four Seasons Hotel in Los Angeles, California, on January 14, 2023. (Photo by Michael Tran / AFP)

US-Vietnamese actor Ke Huy Quan (left) and Malaysian actress Michelle Yeoh arrive for the BAFTA Tea Party in Los Angeles, on January 14.

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Wong Yang

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The headlines rolled in. Phones buzzed incessantly, as if to applause. Clips of Michelle Yeoh’s and Ke Huy Quan’s acceptance speeches inundated social media. Their Oscar wins last Sunday set off everything, everywhere, all at once.

As Yeoh became the

first Asian to win Best Actress

for her role in Everything Everywhere All At Once, and her co-star Ke won

Best Supporting Actor,

their heartfelt speeches clearly resonated with Asians and diasporic people across the globe.

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