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The actor Anna May Wong will be the first Asian American featured on the US quarter. Wong, born in Los Angeles, was considered the first Chinese-American film star. She is one of five women chosen to ...

American currency will feature an Asian American for the first time next week when the U.S. Mint begins releasing quarters featuring Anna May Wong, an actor and activist who rose to stardom in Western ...

Story at a glance The United States Mint will soon be distributing a new quarter featuring a portrait of Anna May Wong. Wong was Hollywood’s first Asian American movie star and will be the first ...

Dubbed Hollywood's first Asian American movie star, Wong championed the need for more representation and less stereotypical roles for Asian Americans on screen. She will be featured on new quarters.

As part of a new initiative, the United States Mint will honor Anna May Wong, star of movies such as “Shanghai Express,” by making her the first Asian American featured on U.S.

As part of a new initiative, the United States Mint will honor Anna May Wong, star of movies such as “Shanghai Express,” by making her the first Asian American featured on U.S. currency, placing her ...

Footage shows figure believed to be Zheng Xiyuan kicking down poster and pulling pro-democracy protester’s hair
One of China’s most senior diplomats in the UK was involved in the violence against pro-democracy protesters at the Manchester consulate, a British MP has said.
Alicia Kearns, a Conservative MP, told the House of Commons that Beijing’s consul general in Manchester, Zheng Xiyuan, was seen “ripping down posters” before a Hong Kong campaigner was attacked on Sunday.

She is remembered as the first Chinese American film star in Hollywood, as well as a fashion icon and a television trailblazer.

The trailblazing Chinese American actress Anna May Wong will be the first Asian American featured on U.S. currency as part of a program that includes notable ...

The United States Mint will begin to ship the first U.S. currency coins featuring an Asian American. The Mint facilities in Philadelphia and Denver will manufacture the ...

Hongkongers need reassurance from Britain that attacks on pro-democracy activists will not go unpunished
I can’t help but imagine what would happen if I was taken to a Chinese embassy. Would I be detained in a small blackout room? Extradited to mainland China and have a forced confession on state television? Or disappeared for ever, like some of the dissidents in other embassies of autocracies?
I have to come to the understanding this week that, for Hong Kong dissidents, Britain may not be as safe as we hope.
Nathan Law is a politician and activist in Hong Kong, and was leader of Demosistō from 2016 to 2018
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