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The deadliest so far happened last week in Monterey Park and Half Moon Bay, California, where Asian-American communities were celebrating the Lunar New Year, which is traditionally a joyous period of ...

After three years of lockdowns, the country was ill prepared for its abrupt ‘freedom’. Now, with some estimating 1m deaths, public anger is growing
When Sunny* thinks back to March last year, she laughs ruefully at the ordeal. The 19-year-old Shanghai student spent that month locked in her dormitory, unable to shop for essentials or wash clothes, even banned from showering for two weeks over Covid fears. In April, the entire city locked down.
It was the beginning of the chaos of 2022, as local Chinese authorities desperately tried to follow President Xi Jinping’s zero-Covid decree while facing the most transmissible strain of the virus yet: Omicron. “Everyone was panicking, no one was ready,” she tells the Observer.

Move would encourage an estimated 40,000 Chinese students to return to Australia
The Australian university sector has welcomed a snap Chinese government ban on citizens studying at foreign universities online.
The chief executive of Universities Australia, Catriona Jackson, said the move would encourage some 40,000 Chinese students to return to Australia but warned there would be logistical hurdles.

Investigation reveals more than 150 fake firms, many with ties to China, are targeting people online, breaking their hearts – and emptying their bank accounts
A woman meets a man online. They flirt. Then, after a few weeks, they begin imagining a future together. Fast forward a few months and one of them has had their heart broken and been defrauded of their life savings.
It sounds like a classic romance scam, but it isn’t. This is “pig butchering”: a brutal, elaborate and rapidly expanding form of organised crime, often involving criminal syndicates, modern-day slaves and victims around the world.

So far, the museum has raised enough money to remove mold and grime from a painting by Chinese American watercolorist Dong Kingman and mend the Joy Luck Restaurant sign, according to its website.

Three years ago, some 85,000 objects in MOCA's archives were at risk of being lost after the building where they were being housed caught fire. But the crisis ended up being a boon of sorts.

Three years ago, some 85,000 objects in MOCA's archives were at risk of being lost after the building where they were being housed caught fire. But the crisis ended up being a boon of sorts.

Anyone can read what you share. By Jeff Yang Mr. Yang edited the Asian American superhero anthologies “Secret Identities” and “Shattered” and is a co-author of “Rise: A Pop History of ...

"The exhibit illuminates for all of us the significant impact that Asian cultures have had in Houston and on our region,” HPL Director Dr. Rhea Brown Lawson said in a press statement.

I woke up last Sunday to the news of the shooting in Monterey Park, and my head spun — this was a predominantly Asian American community. In fact, my parents had frequented the Lai Lai Ballroom ...

The prior day, my text chain with my best friend, who is also Chinese American, was us reminding each other of all the Lunar New Year taboos. While we don’t consider ourselves particularly ...

Pandemic lockdowns curbed Chinese energy demand, but the International Energy Agency expects a rebound this year.