Have you ever tried finding an entire English speaking cast of Asian appearance lol I'm sure it's quite hard
Well at least Kruek is Hawaiian which I guess they figure is close enough
Seriously though she shouldn't have sold it to them if she was going to whine later, get over it, they made a good story IMHO and I'll look at that and the book as two serperate stories that are both good (if Earthsea the books are any good).
But if you like that Asiatic theme to fantasy books read:
Daughter of the Empire
Servant of the Empire
Mistress of the Empire
Excellent books with great plotline, limited romance which actually does play into the story overall, and a lot of intrigue and action, plus a little magic (mostly in the 2nd and 3rd books) and a very realistic and human cast of characters