By Tucson Spotlight on Nov 6, 2025 Dr. Howard John Eng’s new book documents the history and lasting impact of Chinese-owned markets that once shaped Tucson’s neighborhoods and community life. Dr. Howard John Eng’s bilingual book, “Pursuing the American Dream” documents Tucson’s Chinese-owned grocery stores and the families behind them. Courtesy of Tucson Chinese Cultural Center. When Dr. Howard […]
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Nov. 6, 2025 at 11:18 am 1 of 2 |Artist’s rendering of the 14-foot Chinese American Legacy Artwork Project art installation. It depicts six life-size figures: three Chinese laborers and three mob members. Made of bronze, the figures are separated from each other by a giant stainless steel “X” as the scales of justice, composed
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By University of Ottawa Office of the Vice-President, Research and Innovation, OVPRI October 30, 2025 Photo credit: Sylvie Li | Shoot Studio When you drive across a bridge, walk through a tunnel, or rely on clean water flowing through underground pipes, you’re trusting that these structures are safe. Thanks to the pioneering work of
By Carl Samson 17 days ago A Chicago jury on Thursday found a man guilty of first-degree murder in the execution-style killing of a 71-year-old grandfather in Chinatown nearly four years ago. Catch up: Woom Sing Tse was walking to buy a newspaper in his afternoon routine on Dec. 7, 2021, near 23rd Place and Princeton Avenue
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October 22, 2025 The group rallied with demonstrators in front of the Hall of Justice for Vicha Ratanapakdee on March 22, 2021, in San Francisco, Calif. (From left to right) Bayard Fong, Chinese American Democratic Club leader; Leanna Louie, founder of United Peace Collaborative; Pastor Amos C. Brown; and filmmaker and community advocate Kevin Epps
Quan was one of many Chinese-Canadians who fought for Canada in WWII despite not being recognized as citizens Michelle Gomez · CBC News · Posted: Oct 12, 2025 12:46 PM PDT | Last Updated: October 12 Gordie Quan (right) is pictured attending a remembrance day service at Saanich City Hall in 2013. (Richard Quan) A Chinese-Canadian war veteran
By:Nick Evans–October 1, 20254:50 am Demonstrators protesting a pair of Ohio measures that would restrict land ownership by noncitizens from countries designated as “foreign adversaries.” (Photo by Nick Evans, Ohio Capital Journal.) This past weekend more than a hundred Ohioans demonstrated outside the Statehouse against a pair of bills that could effectively outlaw some immigrants
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“Academia is like a fairy-tale land with its own rules, and half of the rules are nonsense.” At 29 years old, the Chinese-American author of the best-selling novel Yellowface is getting ready to publish her sixth book—and complete her fourth degree By Hannah Gross August 23, 2025 Just a year shy of 30, Rebecca F. Kuang, better known
How Chinese Americans Helped Black Communities in the Jim Crow South September 18, 2025 by Jeffrey Kass Unless you’ve studied history closely, you may have been surprised to see a Chinese-owned grocery store in the Deep South serving Black customers during the Jim Crow era. One friend who saw the movie remarked afterward, “That was random.” But
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Through family history, memory, and Chinese American stories, Lisa See reflects on why she writes—to preserve voices, confront injustice, and foster hope. By Lisa See and Photo by Dustin SniplesPublished: Sep 19, 2025 Dustin Snipes The first time I interviewed my great-aunt and grandmother, I learned things I’d never known. My great-grandfather Fong See didn’t have two
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