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At 21 years old, Mira Nadon became the first Asian-American principal at New York City Ballet upon her promotion in February. This means that she’s the first woman of Asian descent to reach the ...

Among the offerings worth your time this week are streaming arrival of the latest “John Wick” film, the end of a long drought of new Matchbox Twenty music and a television adaptation of the ...

But in American Born Chinese — the extraordinarily fun and uplifting new action-comedy from Kelvin Yu (Bob's Burgers) — the world won't let Jin forget that he's not like every other kid at Sierra Mona ...

Suspension of standup comedian, otherwise known as Nigel Ng, came after he posted a video making fun of the country’s authoritarian government
British-Malaysian comedian Uncle Roger has had his social media accounts in China suspended amid a crackdown by authorities on comics making fun of the authoritarian government.
The comedian, whose real name is Nigel Ng, said over the weekend that his accounts on Bilibili and Weibo, where he has 400,000 followers, had been suspended due to a “violation of relevant laws and regulations”.

Most AAPI voters are unaffiliated voters, and it’s a swing bloc that both parties are trying to get,” Liu said.

Beijing summons Japan’s ambassador, and warns UK against ‘slander’ as it condemned China-related criticism at Hiroshima summit
Beijing has accused the G7 nations of collaborating to “smear and attack” China, after the weekend summit issued a communique that warned Beijing over its “militarisation activities” in the Asia-Pacific region.
After the summit, China summoned the Japanese ambassador to register an official protest, and warned the UK to stop “slandering” the country to avoid further damage to bilateral relations. Chinese regulators also chose the weekend to announce that US chip firm, Micron Technology, had failed a security review and would be banned from use in Chinese critical infrastructure.

Michelle Yeoh, the first Asian actress to win an Oscar, is excited to introduce her friends, and the world, to a television show based on Chinese myths, “American Born Chinese.” ...

This week’s new entertainment releases include an album from Matchbox Twenty, dinosaurs coming to life in the second season of “Prehistoric Planet” on Apple TV+ and the action-comedy series “American ...

Ukraine’s leader knows he needs to win over nonaligned countries such as Brazil and India to increase the pressure on Russia
Normally G7 summits are about battling for the free world comma by comma, as diplomats parse lengthy communiques of ephemeral significance long into the night. Words, after all, constitute much of a diplomat’s work.
At the Hiroshima G7 some of the communiques emerging from the summit do matter, notably the toolbox on de-risking trade with China, but the true significance of the summit lay in Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s courtesy of a ride in Emmanuel Macron’s French aircraft.

For the Asian American community, "American Born Chinese" is the all-star equivalent of "Ocean's Eleven." The eight-part series, which starts streaming Wednesday on Disney Plus, features Oscar winners ...

The cast and creatives behind the new Disney+ series "American Born Chinese" say it's a "surreal" feeling to have the project released into the world. Ben Wang stars as a teen growing up amid pressure ...

One writer highlights 10 impactful films and TV shows from Asian American creators in honor of Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month.