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Mission Local could only identify three Chinese-speaking deportation attorneys in the Bay Area, an undersized team serving hundreds.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers and BHP CEO Mike Henry to discuss reports of Chinese iron ore blockade

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The treasurer, Jim Chalmers, will meet with the boss of BHP amid a shock report that the world’s largest mining company faces a Chinese blockade on its iron ore shipments.
Beijing’s state iron ore buyer has told steelmakers to pause imports of BHP ore, amid hardball negotiations over the price of the crucial resource, on Tuesday.

Release comes after a Guardian investigation revealed US pullback on anti-trafficking efforts, which Trump officials denied
The US Department of State has released a long-delayed, legally required report on human trafficking after by the Guardian and from Congress.
The , which details conditions in the United States and more than 185 countries, was initially scheduled for release at an event in June featuring the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, the Guardian has reported, but the event was scrapped and staff at the state department office charged with leading the federal government’s fight against human trafficking were cut by more 70%.
Aaron Glantz is a fellow at Stanford University’s Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences
Bernice Yeung is managing editor at the investigative reporting program at UC Berkeley Journalism
Noy Thrupkaew is a reporter and director of partnerships at Type Investigations

UK police seized crypto worth over £5bn from Zhimin Qian, who was known as 'the goddess of wealth'.

Influential postmodern British architect best known for the MI6 building on the Thames
Terry Farrell, who has died aged 87, was arguably the most influential and prolific of the architects associated with the British postmodern movement.
At the start of his private practice in 1965 he worked in partnership with , and a few years later he seemed destined to join and Norman Foster as a pioneer, the first movement in British architecture to achieve worldwide recognition since the arts and crafts designers of the late 19th century.

Bitter Creek” is Lim Goh's epic poem about white miners’ 1885 massacre of Chinese miners and the destruction of Chinatown in Rock Springs, Wyoming.

Jian Guo jailed for five years after acting as agent for Chinese intelligence while working for Maximilian Krah
A former aide to a member of parliament for the far-right Alternative für Deutschland party has been sentenced to almost five years in prison for spying on behalf of China.
Jian Guo was convicted on Tuesday of acting as an agent for the Chinese intelligence service while working for Maximilian Krah, a former member of the European parliament who now sits for the AfD in Germany’s Bundestag.

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Zhang Yadi was due to begin a degree in the UK but the activist vanished on holiday amid tensions over Dalai Lama
As Zhang Yadi toured remote villages in the Chinese province of Sichuan last year, she updated her friends with messages and photos of lush forest landscapes, colourful streets and locals wearing traditional Tibetan clothing.
The largely Tibetan parts of the province have become a for holidaymakers. But the 22-year-old, on a break from her studies in Europe, told friends she was saddened by what she saw.

The raising of the Five-Star Red Flag has drawn criticism for suggesting support for Beijing's authoritarian regime.

In addition to coffee beans sourced from China, Luckycat offers drinks such as a matcha latte with honey and osmanthus and a black sesame espresso latte.

An informal network of last-mile runners close the gap between harried delivery drivers and hungry office workers in a Shenzhen skyscraper.