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Despite the relatively small numbers of Chinese immigrants, rhetoric focused on the effects of a Chinese “invasion” as well as a global narrative of a “yellow peril” that could result in Western ...

Kamala Harris’ vice-presidential pick taught in the country and has a history of supporting human rights in places considered sensitive by Beijing
In November 2016, the Democrats were in disarray. Donald Trump had just been declared the winner of the US presidential election, and congresspeople and staffers alike were panicking about the future of American democracy – and their own jobs. It was a tricky time to organise an event about Hong Kong, a Chinese city that few people in the Capitol had given much thought to .
For a while, it seemed that no one from Congress would turn up to meet Joshua Wong, the who was flying to Washington for a briefing organised by the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC), a government agency.

The leading mayoral candidates are racing to hire influential activists in the city’s large Chinese community and looking for every opportunity to reach Chinese-speaking voters.

Korean cheerleading Film ‘Victory’ sets North American, Asian theatrical releases following NYAFF opening slot.

The recently established U.S.-China Financial Working Group is set to meet for discussions about financial stability and curbing the flow of fentanyl.

Police said thieves are targeting the homes of Asian-American business owners in Shelton. Cash, jewelry and purses were stolen in July from a home in the city’s Huntington section. “It appears, based ...

Former governor speaks out after appeal court upholds convictions of seven activists over 2019 protest
Chris Patten, the former governor of Hong Kong, has decried as “unjust” a decision by the Chinese city’s top court to of Jimmy Lai and other prominent pro-democracy activists for participating in a peaceful protest in 2019.
On Monday, Hong Kong’s court of final appeal unanimously agreed to uphold the convictions of seven activists who participated in an in which 1.7 million people – roughly a quarter of Hong Kong’s population – took to the streets to oppose Beijing’s tightening grip on the city.

Unless you know how to speak Chinese and know where the chef comes from, you probably won't get the best out your favorite Chinese restaurant in the U .S.

Media tycoon and six others had been found guilty of taking part in unauthorised assembly in one of year’s biggest demonstrations in city
Hong Kong’s top court on Monday unanimously dismissed the bid to overturn the convictions of media mogul Jimmy Lai and six other pro-democracy campaigners for an unauthorised assembly in 2019.
Lai, 76, the , and six others including veteran democracy campaigner Martin Lee, had been found guilty of organising and participating in an unauthorised assembly in August 2019 during months-long pro-democracy protests in the China-ruled city.

More than 200 civilian settlers on a contested island in the South China Sea find themselves on the frontier of a possible conflict with China.

US economy has staying power but China’s growth prospects have worsened and too little attention is paid to war in Gaza
Back in the 1930s, the French government constructed what it thought was an impregnable defence system to prevent a repeat of the German invasion at the start of the first world war. The Maginot Line might have looked impressive but proved to be a white elephant because when the attack came in 1940 it was in a different place altogether.
In the past week the financial markets have displayed something of a Maginot Line mentality. They are right to think there is a threat lurking out there but they are wrong to think the biggest danger is a . The real threat comes from elsewhere.

Growing emphasis on military training for civilians reflects heightened nationalism under Xi Jinping – and a growing risk of war over Taiwan
At Beijing Jiaotong University’s affiliated elementary school, a class of children, maybe six or seven years old, stand in a line in a rainbow painted hallway. A boy holds a replica handgun, and behind him other students grasp unwieldy fake assault rifles. Fake police flak jackets cover their blue and white tracksuits, and their heads swim inside too-big artillery helmets. In other photographs students practise drills, salute visiting soldiers, and arrange themselves on a sporting field to spell out “I [heart] u” next to a Chinese flag.
In the post that includes the , published online in April, the school says it has worked hard in recent years to conscientiously “promote the main theme of patriotism, and make it an important part of the school’s ideological and political education and moral education”.