Opinions

By Junyao Yang    The very first Chinese laundry in the United States opened in 1851, in San Francisco’s Chinatown, on the corner of Washington and Grant streets. That place, with a “Wash’ng and Iron’ng” sign, is long gone. But it’s now memorialized in a new exhibit at the Chinese Historical Society of America. “Challenging a […]

By Annie McDonough Chinese American voter turnout spiked in 2021. The growing population could play a role in 2025 – if campaigns engage them.  In recent years, as New York politicians have started to realize the potential voting power of Chinese Americans, Democratic strategist Trip Yang sometimes clocks what he calls the Flushing “bubble tea photo op.”

By Ally Wang The 2025 STAATUS Index, conducted by The Asian American Foundation (TAAF), has been released, and its findings are troubling. Regarded as the most authoritative annual survey on how Americans view Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders, the STAATUS Index has been conducted since 2021. With 4,909 responses collected this year, the

From the early migrations during the Qin and Han eras to today’s widespread global presence, Chinese immigrants have continuously taken root and contributed deeply to their host societies. They are no longer mere extensions of their ancestral homeland, nor are they “exiled wanderers” or “cultural orphans” of China. Rather, they are Ethnic Chinese—a people rooted in

By the Chinese Canadian Goto Vote Association The 2025 Canadian federal election comes at a time of heightened global geopolitical tensions, and the issue of foreign interference has long been part of Canada’s public discourse. However, in a surprising turn of events, the most prominent and controversial case of interference has not come from the

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

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

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

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

By Rebecca Trager The US research community has been appalled by legislation that would block all Chinese nationals from receiving student visas. The bill’s sponsor, West Virginia Republican Riley Moore, who introduced it to Congress on 14 March, said it will prevent the Chinese Communist Party from using US academic institutions as platforms for espionage. However,