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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The Grand Rapids City Commission has appointed its first Asian American commissioner. Bing Siong Goei, 64, was unanimously selected and appointed to fill the Third Ward ...

To understand what's happening with TikTok means understanding that there’s not a clear line between the state and society in China.

In 1939, after attending the Golden Gate International Exposition in San Francisco, Alfred Chan and his friends were headed back home to the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. “They got really hungry and ...

The Chinese-American Planning Council has bought part of the mixed-use development where its new headquarters are being built.

Death of 13-year-old boy has put spotlight on juvenile crime and the plight of children left behind by rural migrant workers
The killing of a 13-year-old boy in northern China last week, for which three boys are in police custody, has triggered a heated discussion in the media on juvenile crime and the plight of children left at home by migrant workers.
Police arrested three boys and took them into custody after they allegedly bullied and killed the junior high school student in the small city of Handan, in Hebei province, on 10 March, and then buried him in a shallow pit, state media reported. So far, no charges have been laid.

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Tehan claims Giles not being ‘upfront’ on immigration detention situation
Shadow immigration minister Dan Tehan is the guest on ABC radio RN Breakfast.
What we’re calling for is for minister Giles for the first time to be transparent, to be very clear to the Australian people. What is the scale and size of this mess that he’s got us into? And what is his plan to get us out of it? And so far and we’ve seen this in question time now for six months. He just refuses to be upfront with the Australian people on this issue
As minister, I would take those legal briefings, and I would look at all the information. I would make sure that we’re being upfront with the Australian people as the size of the challenge that is confronting the government and then work through it with my number one priority in place, keeping the Australian community in place.

He was also one of the representatives from the Chinese American community to receive Thorpe's apology, an act that moved him to tears. "I was shamelessly crying," said Ho, who became visibly choked ...

While the Russian election results were condemned in the west, the reaction across Asia, Africa and Latin America shows a new global dynamic is emerging
After Vladimir Putin’s landslide presidential election on Sunday, western governments lined up to characterise the win as unfair and undemocratic.
The elections underlined the “depth of repression” in Russia, according to British foreign minister David Cameron, while the US state department said the jailing and disqualification of opponents meant the process was “”.

It was intentionally scheduled on the third anniversary of the Atlanta mass shooting when a white gunman targeted female employees at Asian American massage parlors because he saw them as "sources of ...

Jilly Bing, the company behind The Jilly Doll, the first of many toys in development that celebrate Asian heritage, today announced the availability of The Jilly Doll at select Toys"R"Us at Macy's ...

He was also one of the representatives from the Chinese American community to receive Thorpe's apology, an act that moved him to tears. “I was shamelessly crying,” said Ho, who became visibly choked ...