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Assaulted. Harassed. This is the reality for Asian Americans a year after the Atlanta spa shootings

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...

She ditched massage therapy for murals. But Shellshaker’s more than her dragons

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...

Chinese-American CEOs Achieve a ‘Grand Slam’ in the U.S. Top 4 Semiconductor Firms.

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...

Rejected by 16 colleges, 18-year-old got job at Google. Now he sues for discrimination

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...

Dorothy Chin Brandt, Trailblazing Asian American Judge, Dies at 78

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...

“Professor Qiu” by InterAct: Art Imitates Real-Life Event

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...

Ex-professor Feng ‘Franklin’ Tao sues US university after China spying charges overturned

A former tenured professor of chemistry accuses the University of Kansas of discrimination and improperly collaborating with the FBI.  By Khushboo Razdanin Washington   A Chinese-born former chemistry...

Expanding Representation: How Filmmakers and Actors in Asia and the Asian Diaspora Are Paving the Way

It’s vastly different to work as an Asian actor in North American hubs such as Toronto, Los Angeles and New York than in those in Asia, including Hong Kong and Taipei By TERRY TANG Twenty years after...

Daniel Lurie To Take Over Chinatown For Celebrations On First Day As Mayor

By Han Li  Daniel Lurie will have a bustling first day as mayor of San Francisco. Following the swearing-in ceremony on Jan. 8 at City Hall, the inauguration festivities will continue in Chinatown...