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“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...

“It Was Destiny”: How Jimmy Carter Embraced China and Changed History

By Tessa Wong On a bright January morning in 1979, then US president Jimmy Carter greeted a historic guest in Washington: Deng Xiaoping, the man who unlocked China’s economy. The first leader of...

PayPal Accused of Racial Bias Against Asian Americans in Funding Program

By Jonathan Stempel PayPal (PYPL.O), opens new tab has been sued by an Asian American businesswoman who accused the digital payments company of racial bias for restricting part of a $535 million...

Younger Asian Americans navigate something new to their generation: Taking up space

By  DEEPTI HAJELA NEW YORK (AP) — The chairs stay occupied at 12 Pell. Client after client, they come through the tiny barbershop on a narrow side street in Manhattan’s Chinatown. They come for the...

Bridging Communities: A Showcase of Cultural Exchange Between the Chinese and Indigenous Groups

Bridging Communities: A Showcase of Cultural Exchange Between the Chinese and Indigenous Groups In Canada’s multicultural landscape, cross-cultural exchange is vital in bridging diverse...

Bright Moon of Mid-Autumn, Friendship Between Two Cities

— Successful Conclusion of the 9th Qingdao-Richmond Sister Cities Cultural Event On September 17, 2024 (the 15th day of the eighth lunar month, Mid-Autumn Festival), the 9th Qingdao-Richmond Sister...

‘I feel broken’: Inside the mind of the woman who ran 1,000km in 12 days

“I just have to take one step, one kilometre at a time Ultra-running is a love-hate relationship,” said Natalie Dau, in a voice message she recorded somewhere along the eastern coast of...

85 Stories That Inspire With AAPI And Asian Storytellers

What is a story that has inspired you either as a child or now? By Goldie Chan Many of us carry stories from our childhood or now that continue to make us think or create. These stories can be...

How Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche “Changes the Channel” of the Anxious Mind

Stricken with anxiety as a child, Buddhist teacher Mingyur Rinpoche learned how to heal his panic with awareness. He teaches us three techniques that helped him. By Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche Photo by...

She won a case challenging imprisonment of Japanese Americans. She still hasn’t gotten her Medal of Freedom.

Mitsuye Endo Tsutsumi is the only woman of the four challengers to be excluded from the nation’s highest civilian honor. By Lynda Lin Grigsby In 1941 after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, the U.S...

Classmates tried to use my Asian identity against me, but kung fu anchored me

Growing up in the Prairies in the 1990s meant little Asian representation.  By Marvin Chan “Let’s see your kung fu, Jackie Chan.” This was the last thing I heard before being pushed...

Remembering the Chinese labourers behind the trenches in World War One

China never sent troops to fight in Europe during the First World War. However, an estimated 135,000 young rural labourers were sent halfway around the world to work in French munitions factories, dig...

Asian Heritage Month

Every May, Canadians are invited to reflect and learn about the important and ongoing contributions of Canadians of Asian descent in all sectors of society. Former senator Vivienne Poy, the first...