News

Also, an attack on a bridge between Russia and Crimea.

Join us as we navigate the SCOTUS affirmative action ruling and its complexities, with specific relevance to Asian-American communities.

Alerts issued in Italy and China as wildfires rage in Greece, and temperature in California’s Death Valley nears global record
Temperatures continued to reach extreme highs across many parts of the northern hemisphere on Monday, with the mercury in parts of Italy poised to hit 45C on Tuesday and wildfires raging in Greece and Spain signalling the latest fierce warning of the effects of the climate crisis.
In Italy, where temperatures later in the week could push close to the European record of 48.8C, set in the Sicilian town of Floridia in August 2021, Italians were warned to brace themselves for “the most intense heatwave of the summer and also one of the most intense of all time”.

Walberg, Dingell argued this creates both a competitive and national security challenge because China restricts foreign AV companies operating there.

Qin Gang has not made a public appearance in three weeks. The Communist Party’s habitual secrecy around top officials has fueled speculation over the reasons for his absence.

Despite the Biden administration's humiliating displays of homage to the bureaucrats in Beijing, the Chinese Communist Party may very well need the grace and favor of the West, and the United States ...

John Kerry arrives in Beijing as temperature hits 52.2C in Xinjiang – where authorities tell workers and students to stay at home
A remote township in China’s western Xinjiang region has set a nationwide temperature record of 52.2C, as the US climate envoy, John Kerry, held meetings with his Chinese counterpart, Xie Zhenhua, in Beijing.
The temperature was reached on Sunday at Sanbao township in the Turpan Depression, the China Meteorological Administration said in a statement. It broke a previous record of 50.6C, set in July 2017, the CMA said.

"I know there are a lot of narratives in the Asian-American community that affirmative action hurts us, but I personally disagree." On June 29, the court effectively ended race-conscious admissions ...

The United States is on a "good path" to bring inflation down without a major weakening in the labor market, the treasury secretary said.

The Chinese American Museum has unveiled a life-size statue of Bruce Lee to commemorate the late legendary martial artist's 50th death anniversary. Key details: The Chu Tat Shing Art Exhibition, which ...

Manasseh Sogavare accuses Australia of pulling budget support amid continuing fallout from Honiara’s policing pact with Beijing
China will “fill the gap” in Solomon Islands’ troubled budget, after Australia and other traditional development partners suddenly withdrew millions of dollars in promised funding, the country’s prime minister has claimed.
While the Albanese government immediately denied the claim, Manasseh Sogavare again condemned Australia and the US for criticising , saying while Australian and other Pacific police forces were its “partner of choice”, China was a welcomed additional security ally.

For his first directing effort in two decades, Yen is his own star in hectic historical action-romance featuring absolutely top-notch fight scenes
It’s hard to square martial arts main man with the concern for China’s ethnic minorities on show in his first directorial effort for 20 years. Playing Qiao Feng, top dog of the ragamuffin Beggars’ Gang during the Song dynasty, he finds out that his parents were in fact hairy Khitan nomads from the steppes. With the scenes of Khitan refugees being mistreated by callous military goons, you can’t help but think of the .
Things don’t look good for Qiao when he is framed for four murders in succession: the deputy leader of the gang, his adoptive parents and his old Shaolin master. (The Oscar Wilde misfortune/carelessness adage would seem to apply here.) Forced out by his fellow brigands, the only person who believes he is innocent is chance companion Azhu (Chen Yuqi), a thief he bumps into who is trying to nick a sacred Shaolin scroll. She has a vested interest in backing him: he’s carting her off to legendary healer Xue (Yuen Cheung-yan, brother of Matrix choreographer Yuen Woo-ping) after being wounded in the heist.