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Chinese-Canadian WWII veteran Gordie Quan remembered as ‘more than just a regular soldier’

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...

Demonstrators protest Ohio land ownership measures that target Chinese immigrants

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.”...

R. F. Kuang

“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...

What’s Up With the Asian Grocery Store in Sinners?

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...

Why I Write: To Help Us Know the Past

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...

How Chinese Students In The U.S. Are Living The Superpower Showdown

As the U.S.-China trade war has intensified, President Donald Trump’s administrative stance toward Chinese students has swung with the talks. In the U.S., they’re at times branded as potential spies;...

The First Chinese-American Woman to Vote in the US Fought For Immigrants

Rae Alexandra Aug 26, 2020 Updated Dec 5, 2024 Clara Elizabeth Chan Lee, registering to vote at the Alameda County Courthouse in 1911. On Nov. 8, 1911, Clara Elizabeth Chan Lee put on her finest hat...

Genetic testing helped a mother find answers for her daughter

Pictured is Grace Li and her daughter, Lily Sherback // Photo by Michael Sherback By Amen Galinato August 17, 2025 by Amen Galinato, AsAmNews Intern When Grace Li described her daughter Lily’s...

Exploring the secrets of modern art

By Wu Mingshi Jianing Ma, who aspires to become a young artist, has cherished painting since childhood. From Year 8 onwards, she studied painting at several local studios. Her oil paintings exhibit a...