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He came away stunned by the enormousness of the site in the mountains above California’s Mojave Desert and its status as the only U.S. source for certain strategic metals, including the neodymium used ...

Leaders of local Asian American organizations are celebrating $1 million from the state for improvements to Detroit's Chinatown neighborhood.

But not all young Asian American leaders can so readily adapt. Steve Wong has found that Asian Americans who have spent time in white-majority congregations have trouble acclimating to Asian churches’ ...

China’s electric vehicle companies are making inroads in Thailand, a key industry hub, as Europe and the United States wield tariffs to keep them out.

Territorial confrontations are rising between China and a host of other nations in waters that are key to global trade. Here is a map and guide to the region, showing why its fate matters
The South China Sea is one of the world’s most economically important waterways, and increasingly one of Asia’s biggest flashpoints.
The sea, which stretches across 3.5m sq km (1.35m sq miles), is a busy shipping lane, with trillions of dollars’ worth of trade passing through it every year. It is also rich in fish, and thought to contain significant reserves of oil and gas.
Description: a tear-shaped reef 20km (12.6 miles) long. It surrounds a lagoon that has depths of up to 27 metres.

A trio of Michigan state senators joined with Asian-American and Pacific Islander leaders on Monday in Detroit to toast $1 million in state funding to help fund streetscape improvements and infuse ...

Sam Quah brings real artistry to a story of buried guilt and conspicuous violence, but his neat contrivances tie things up rather too easily
Sam Quah’s Chinese remake of his own Malaysian thriller from 2022 is a film literally dripping in sin. It’s set in 2006 during the clean-up after the tsunami, with the ceiling at the local high school leaking due to the incessant rain. After the pupils punt origami boats out on the college lake, mute loner Tong (Shengdi Wang) is smeared in glue and tortured by the resident girl gang. So if liquid-sloshing Quah hasn’t seen Hideo Nakata’s Dark Water, by the time a mackintosh-sporting psycho is dicing up the bullies it’s clear he must be a fan of I Know What You Did Last Summer.
Tong’s mother, willowy school cleaner Li Han (Ning Chang), is one suspect on the police’s list – though seemingly off the hook when her daughter also goes missing. Quah came out as a Hitchcock admirer in his with its cinephile protagonist; he aims to give this follow-up a similar dexterity. Li Han is revealed to have an abusive past, the police chief is covering for the school principal who is father to one of Tong’s tormentors – and there’s the secret the local philanthropist is harbouring regarding Lin (Wang Chuanjun), a worker at his foundation.

The Rice Rockettes are the “premiere all-Asian drag troupe in San Francisco.” Although the nightlife that fed their rise in popularity stalled after the pandemic, the group has taken ...

The two governments said the moves were a response to growing aggression by China, whose rapid military buildup has many leaders worried.

The Rice Rockettes are the “premiere all-Asian drag troupe in San Francisco.” Although the nightlife that fed their rise in popularity stalled after the pandemic, the group has taken

The new centre, staffed by Australians, will enable sharing of information and help Pacific island governments regulate important undersea cables
Australia is stepping up its attempts to limit China’s influence in the Pacific, with the establishment of a new “cable connectivity and resilience centre” designed to boost connectivity for Pacific nations.
The foreign Minister, Penny Wong, will announce the centre while in Japan for the Quad foreign ministers’ meeting alongside counterparts from the United States, Japan and India.

Hundreds of protesters marched from Foley Square to Cadman Plaza Park on Sunday to back a Brooklyn councilwoman charged with biting an NYPD deputy chief during a protest this month.