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The origins, demographics and settlement patterns of the approximately 60 million people worldwide who make up the Chinese diaspora, including immigrants and their descendants, are becoming ...

When hundreds of my fellow Uyghurs started disappearing into ‘re-education camps’ every day, it became clear that it was only a matter of time before I would be detained. So my wife and I got ready to run
One day in mid-March 2017, I had just finished giving my weekly lecture on film directing at Xinjiang Arts Institute in Urumqi when my wife called. She told me that our friend Dilber had arrived from Kashgar, in south-west Xinjiang, and that she was headed to the front gate of the Arts Institute to meet her. Dilber was the hospitality director of a famous Kashgar hotel. While shooting the television series Kashgar Story the year before, our film crew had stayed at the hotel for two months. We chatted often with Dilber and had a number of meals together; by the time we left Kashgar, we had got to know each other well.
Over the phone, my wife, Marhaba, told me that Dilber’s son, who was studying acting at Xinjiang Arts Institute, had been drinking and picking fights in his dorm, and that the institute was threatening to expel him for violating the code of conduct. Dilber had hurried to Urumqi to plead with school administrators for her son to be allowed to continue his studies.

Rona Wang was experimenting with online AI image creator Playground AI to create a professional LinkedIn photo.

Asian American Detroiters are urging the Ilitch family-owned Olympia Development to include them in discussions about the future of 3143 Cass Ave., the site of a historic Chinatown building that was ...

Asian American Detroiters are urging the Ilitch family-owned Olympia Development to include them in discussions about the future of 3143 Cass Ave., the site of a historic Chinatown building that was ...

A lifetime of travel couldn’t keep Marcus Wang away from County. “I was born and raised here. I’ve been all over the world, all over the country, but I keep coming back,” Wang, 41, said. “There’s ...

Asian American advocates and families with ties to Detroit's historic Chinatown gathered Monday morning at the site of a 140-year-old building that was demolished over the weekend, mourning the loss ...

Asian American advocates and families with ties to Detroit's historic Chinatown gathered Monday morning at the site of a 140-year-old building that was demolished over the weekend, mourning the loss ...

Less than 0.2% of philanthropic giving goes to AAPI nonprofits and causes, according to The Asian American Foundation.

Two people have reportedly been killed by severe flooding that has engulfed parts of Beijing after Typhoon Doksuri struck the Chinese capital. More than 31,000 people had been evacuated from the city as heavy rain continued to fall there, and in Hebei, Tianjin and eastern Shanxi, as the typhoon dissipated over northern China

State Sen. Stephanie Chang, a Detroit Democrat who was the first Asian American woman to be elected to the Michigan Legislature, said she was “devastated” when she heard about the demolition. She ...