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 […]
Good afternoon and good evening, everyone. I sincerely thank the Chinese Canadian Forum for inviting me to speak with you today. It is a true privilege to share my story with such a warm, thoughtful, and peaceful Canadian audience. I am a Chinese Canadian scientist specializing in nanotechnology. My journey began in a small rural
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Japanese Breakfast’s new album is out now. Chew on For Melancholy Brunettes (and Sad Women) while you devour our interview with the band’s front woman, originally published on March 11, 2025. Michelle Zauner knew something was wrong. It was 2021, and she had just released an acclaimed record with her band Japanese Breakfast followed by an
By Anton Spice Watching Everything Everywhere All At Once is a bit like being hurled backwards through an amusement arcade in a spinning teacup. Or being sprayed in the face with a confetti gun full of marshmallows. Or being sucked into the eternal void of a vast, shimmering bagel. To be honest, it’s a bit like a
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By Nicole Chavez and Natasha Chen, CNN Robert Peterson struggled for months to stop thinking about the day his mother and seven other people, mostly Asian women, were shot and killed last year at Atlanta-area spas. He’s found some comfort living at the Norcross, Georgia, home his mother Yong Ae Yue worked hard to own and in the
By Reia Li The mural depicts a dragon with lime green and rose pink scales. Smiling, the dragon offers a glowing yin yang to the viewer. In the background, yucca and saguaro line hills in various shades of pink. Shela Yu, 36, who also goes by Shellshaker, is a visual and musical artist. Around a
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By Kim Eun-jin Recently, with Intel appointing Lip-Bu Tan (Chinese name Chen Liwu, 65), former CEO of Cadence, as its new leader, Chinese media have focused on the fact that leaders of all four major U.S. semiconductor companies are now of Chinese descent. As the U.S. and China engage in fierce hegemony battles in advanced
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By Julia Marnin Stanley Zhong was only 13 years old when he heard from a Google recruiter. The recruiter reached out in 2019, writing in an email that Google “would love” to discuss software engineering career opportunities with Zhong, according to a 291-page lawsuit he recently filed in Sacramento federal court. Zhong was already a
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She was the first descendant of a Chinese immigrant to win elective office in New York State and the state’s first female jurist of Asian heritage. By Sam Roberts Dorothy Chin Brandt, a lawyer who in 1987 became the first female Asian American judge in New York State — and, as such, one of the first
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The play looks at ‘what it means to be an American now’ through the ordeal of Chinese-American scientists. By Jane M. Von Bergen Temple University physics professor Xiaoxing Xi was at home with his family in Penn Valley when armed federal agents knocked on his door and arrested him — in front of his children — accusing
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