Taking inspiration from China’s Six Dynasties era, Peking opera and the Tang Dynasty. Photography by Liz SunshineWords by Jackie Zhou From grainy and smudged Kmart mascara in my early high school years to graphic liner at my hospitality job, makeup has always been my weapon against societal expectations of me. Being Chinese-Australian, it’s typically expected for girls to […]
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Of the 24 million Asians living in the United States, about 2.3 million live in poverty. Many are working to overcome the economic hardships they encounter and achieve their American dream. But they face challenges along the way, from Asian immigrants grappling with language barriers to U.S.-born Asians navigating pathways to success. In February 2023, Pew
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Let’s remember the forgotten Chinese and Japanese Americans of Disney Animation Studios’s early days. Words by Caroline Cao With Disney Animation Studios turning 101 today, it’s time to look into—and celebrate—some of the forgotten AA+PI artists from the studio’s early days. Since Rita Hsiao’s screenplay credit on Mulan in 1998, more stories by creators of Asian and
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New College of Florida fired Kevin Wang, a professor who sought asylum and is authorized to work in the US. By Maya Yang The New College of Florida has fired a Chinese language professor under a state law restricting Florida’s public universities from hiring individuals they deem to be from “countries of concern”. On Friday, Suncoast
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By Jiang Li, Li Hang and Sun Langchen As the animated blockbuster Ne Zha 2 continues to sweep the box-office charts since the Spring Festival, its soundtrack, infused with traditional Chinese music, has also caught people off guard, especially one piece played on the suona that has earned over half a million views on YouTube in two weeks.
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The Filipino vocal powerhouse made history by winning season 26 of the reality singing competition. Written by Michelle De Pacina Nearly a decade ago, Sofronio Vasquez took a shot at The Voice of the Philippines but walked away with zero chair turns. Fast forward to Tuesday night, the 32-year-old Filipino singer made history as the first Filipino and
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Written by Michelle De Pacina In 1898, a young Chinese American cook from San Francisco named Wong Kim Ark stood at the center of a landmark legal battle defining what it means to be American. Born in the United States to Chinese immigrant parents, Wong’s citizenship status was challenged when he was denied reentry after a
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Her writings on democracy and feminism advocated equal educational opportunities for Chinese women. Words By Caroline Cao New York City, May 5, 1912. More than 10,000 people marched for women’s suffrage, and one of its lead marchers was a 16-year-old Chinese immigrant on horseback, wearing “a tri-cornered black hat, with the green, purple, and white
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By Ron Chew Bill L. Chin, the last surviving Chinese American World War II veteran in Seattle and a lifelong member of the Cathay Post #186 of the American Legion, passed away on the morning of March 13, 2025, three months shy of his 100th birthday. “I feel very sad,” Haydon Mar, former commander of the
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Why do we no longer turn to epic poetry to portray the majesty and tragedy of history? Michael Auslin, writer and editor, explained, “No art form – and History is ultimately an art – can portray the pathos and grandeur of history quite like epic poetry. Could its return somehow bridge the divide between academics and