A brief overview of systemic racism, its manifestation in Canada, its impact on Chinese Canadians, and strategies to address it. By Dannie Fan What is Systemic Racism? When one considers racism, one often thinks of interpersonal racism, also referred to as individual or personally mediated racism. This form of racism occurs in interactions between individuals […]
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About one in four Canadians came to the country as an immigrant Canada is betting big on immigration to fill the gap in its economy left by aging Baby Boomers leaving the workforce – but not everyone is on board with bringing in so many people from abroad. Earlier this month, the
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written by Jennifer Liu In some ways, Quincy Surasmith says he didn’t feel like an outsider growing up. Surasmith, who is Thai-American and Chinese-American, was raised in a part of L.A. that had a large Asian American community. But while Surasmith excelled in his early school days, by high school, his grades were slipping.
Written by Yuqi Feng Edited by Kenny Zhang Many people come to Canada with a Canadian dream. Jason Wong is one of them. Wong, now vice president of Icanvision Immigration and Education Inc., has made Canada his home for 20 years. He pursued a diverse career from a lawyer’s assistant to a Translink mechanic,
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Keynote Speaker: Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal Moderator: Lillian Sing, Retired Judge, California Superior Court Speakers: Gang Chen, Soderberg Prof. of Power Engineering MIT Elizabeth Goitein, Senior Director, Justice’s Liberty and National Security Program, Brennan Center of Justice Ashley Gorski, Senior Staff Attorney, National Security Project, American Civil Liberty Union (ACLU) Brian A. Sun, Partner at
Our monthslong investigation revealed a major DOJ effort troubled by shifting narratives and a lack of focus. Here’s how we got the facts. By Eileen Guo, Jess Aloe, & Karen Hao How we built it. What the Department of Justice changed on its China Initiative webpage. How our database is organized. Our transparency and conflict-of-interest
The US government’s China Initiative sought to protect national security. In the most comprehensive analysis of cases to date, MIT Technology Review reveals how far it has strayed from its goals. By Eileen Guo, Jess Aloe, & Karen Hao A visiting researcher at UCLA was accused of hiding his connection to China’s People’s Liberation
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Federal prosecutors said Baimadajie Angwang was an agent for China who used his N.Y.P.D. job to report on Tibetans. Then, with scant explanation, they abandoned the case. Officer Baimadajie Angwang learned he was an object of suspicion only when federal agents raided his home. Johnny Milano for The New York Times Now
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Written by: Aidan Jonah A Chinese Canadian based in Vancouver, stuck in Hong Kong, China, says he’s the victim of hostile Canadian attitudes towards China, as a British Columbia (BC) government ministry refuses to grant him a BC driver’s license. They seek to force him to surrender both his Hong Kong physical and Mainland China
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‘How we’re going to get answers may be cooled down, but the subject matter itself is still very much a live wire,’ says former Conservative staffer Yaroslav Baran. On Sept. 7, Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc announced that the major federal parties had reached an agreement on the terms and commissioner for a public