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No date given for end of extended lockdown in city that is a crucial supplier of Apple products
Chengdu, the capital of the south-western Chinese province of Sichuan, has extended the coronavirus lockdown of most of its districts indefinitely as it hopes to stem further transmissions in the city of 21.2 million.
The mega city, which has most recently battled with heatwaves, power cuts and an earthquake, was locked down on 1 September after detecting a number of cases, becoming the largest Chinese metropolis to be slapped with the curbs since Shanghai earlier this year.

Bonifacio in the Grandview area has grown a steady fan base for its modern Filipino cuisine, especially the chicken pyanggang.

More than 100 U.S.-listed Chinese companies could avoid the delisting threat thanks to a workaround that American accounting firms use to audit companies in China, according to The Wall Street Journal ...

After the Atlanta spa shootings, people wanted to support vulnerable Asian communities. But a new breed of activists steered energy toward carceral solutions.

Fort Worth police have made an arrest in the shooting of Jin Shin, a man known as a leader in the Dallas-Fort Worth Asian-American community who was killed after a traffic accident Aug. 15, according ...

Plus India’s growing economy and China’s “zero-Covid” trap.

A California neo-Nazi who recently subjected a South Asian man in Poland to racial abuse was arrested by Polish police for posing with a swastika necklace and offensive signs outside Auschwitz. Jon ...

We’ve all got our favorite American adaptations of Chinese cuisine, even though they’re often far removed from the authentic dishes found overseas. Menu items in the U.S., like General Tso’s ...

Rhode Island is joining a growing list of states mandating that Asian American and Pacific Islander history be taught in public schools. Gov.

Ronson Chan was preparing for stint in UK before being arrested for allegedly obstructing a police officer
The head of Hong Kong’s journalist union has been arrested, weeks before he was due to leave for an overseas fellowship at Oxford University.
Ronson Chan, the chair of the Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA), was arrested for allegedly obstructing a police officer and disorderly conduct in a public place.

From vaccines to propaganda, Beijing has prioritized politics over science, creating conditions that make it difficult for China to join other countries in adapting to life with the coronavirus.

Books depicted sheep fleeing from invading wolves, which judge found aimed to incite hatred against China
A court in Hong Kong has convicted five speech therapists of producing “seditious publications” in the form of a series of illustrated children’s books that depicted sheep trying to defend their village from wolves.
The convictions are the latest using a colonial-era sedition offence that authorities have deployed alongside a new national security law to stamp out dissent.