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Download A survey released on Tuesday showed that Asians have overtaken Latinos as the largest group of new immigrants arriving each year in the United States. Asian-Americans are not only the fastest-growing racial group in the country, but they also have the highest incomes and are the best-educated, according to The Rise of Asian Americans, a comprehensive Pew Research Center survey report. They are more content than the general public with their lives, finances and the direction of the country, and they place more value on marriage, parenthood, hard work and career success, according to the survey. The survey was based on 3,511 interviews with Asian-Americans, including 728 Chinese-Americans. It was conducted from Jan 3 to March 27 in all 50 states, including Alaska, Hawaii and the District of Columbia. "It is a great opportunity for the United States to have more Asians come over, because they bring both new capital and new ideas," said Vernon W.C. Ching, former president of the Honolulu chapter of the US-China Peoples Friendship Association. For example, economic development in China is happening so fast, and Chinese-Americans would "indirectly help the economy of US," he said. "It is a development with profound political and economic implications." As a Chinese-American born in Hawaii, Ching said an enhanced image of Chinese-Americans has been created by the increasing number of Chinese seeking higher education in the country. | 
