https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/rss/330303/feed News, features and videos about Americans of Asian descent, including Chinese-Americans of all backgrounds. en https://assets-v2.i-scmp.com/production/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg Mark Magnier Mark Magnier Asian-Americans are laser-focused on the economy and healthcare costs and increasingly disenchanted with US President Donald Trump and his Republican Party leading into the highly consequential November 3 midterm elections, according to a survey released on Monday. While the general trend among Asian-American and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) mirrors the broader US electorate, the minority community’s views are frequently more pronounced, seen in part because they have been the object of more raids,... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/us/politics/article/3371430/asian-americans-trust-trump-fading-economic-woes-increase-survey-finds https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/us/politics/article/3371430/asian-americans-trust-trump-fading-economic-woes-increase-survey-finds Mon, 19 Oct 2026 21:26:43 +0000 Teresa Elena Frontado Teresa Elena Frontado The US Justice Department (DOJ) is seeking to revoke the citizenship of a former Navy sailor convicted of spying for China and a Florida man convicted of conspiring to act as an agent of Beijing, it announced on Monday. Jinchao Wei and Ping Li are among 40 people facing denaturalisation actions in what the department described as the largest batch of such filings under the Trump administration. The civil proceedings remain pending, with no determination of liability, the DOJ said. The case... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/diplomacy/article/3369845/us-seeks-revoke-citizenship-two-china-born-men-convicted-beijing-linked-cases https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/diplomacy/article/3369845/us-seeks-revoke-citizenship-two-china-born-men-convicted-beijing-linked-cases Mon, 05 Oct 2026 22:40:59 +0000 Matt Glasby Matt Glasby In 1986, a strange coincidence occurred in Hollywood. Despite the industry having previously shown little interest in the subject, two major Chinese-themed fantasy films were released in the same year: John Carpenter’s Big Trouble in Little China and the Eddie Murphy vehicle The Golden Child. Ever the cynic, Carpenter refused to believe in serendipity. “How many adventure pictures dealing with Chinese mysticism have been released by the major studios in the past 20 years?” he asked Starlog... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3369539/why-john-carpenters-big-trouble-little-china-both-problematic-and-progressive https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3369539/why-john-carpenters-big-trouble-little-china-both-problematic-and-progressive Sat, 03 Oct 2026 11:15:06 +0000 Sam Beltran Sam Beltran Stories of the manananggal, a creature said to split its body in two, and the tiyanak, which takes the form of an infant, are part of the folklore many children grow up hearing in the Philippines. Now, they are among the mythological creatures featured in DreamWorks’ animated film Forgotten Island, which opened in the Philippines on Wednesday and two days later in the United States. The film, described as the first major Hollywood production to showcase Filipino culture and mythology, offers a... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3368924/forgotten-no-more-filipino-folklore-finds-footing-global-stage https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3368924/forgotten-no-more-filipino-folklore-finds-footing-global-stage Sun, 27 Sep 2026 04:00:30 +0000 Sam Beltran Sam Beltran The recent release of classic arcade games on the White House website, which allow players to deport migrants and build a border wall, has stoked more fear and anger among Filipino-Americans, as observers call out the “xenophobic” tactics in US President Donald Trump’s widening immigration crackdown. Analysts and immigrant advocates described the games, unveiled on Thursday, as “frightening”, trivialising the human toll of the policies and normalising hostility towards migrants, particularly... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/week-asia/politics/article/3366520/filipino-americans-rattled-trumps-migrant-chasing-xenophobia-games https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/week-asia/politics/article/3366520/filipino-americans-rattled-trumps-migrant-chasing-xenophobia-games Sun, 06 Sep 2026 04:46:55 +0000 Matt Glasby Matt Glasby As the idealistic 1960s bled into the cynical 70s, Hollywood thrillers became increasingly paranoid. But before post-Watergate efforts such as The Parallax View and The Conversation (both 1974) came The Chairman, a globe-trotting 1969 oddity starring Gregory Peck. Instead of the enemy within, the film rattled with anxieties about communist China’s scientific capabilities. It was hardly the sexiest of subjects for a spy thriller – which was reflected in its poor box office showing – but it... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3366097/how-bizarre-1969-spy-thriller-chairman-pitted-gregory-peck-against-mao-over-ping-pong https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3366097/how-bizarre-1969-spy-thriller-chairman-pitted-gregory-peck-against-mao-over-ping-pong Sat, 05 Sep 2026 11:15:05 +0000 Mark Magnier Mark Magnier The Chinese-American community expressed anger and concern on Thursday over the death of a Chinese national in US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody on US territory. Wei Lianyong, 51, reportedly died in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) on August 23, although the scandal-plagued agency did not disclose the death until this week. “Asian-Americans, Chinese-Americans, should be very concerned about this and very energised to stop what is essentially an attack on... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/diplomacy/article/3366287/chinese-american-community-alarmed-after-chinese-national-dies-ice-custody https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/diplomacy/article/3366287/chinese-american-community-alarmed-after-chinese-national-dies-ice-custody Thu, 03 Sep 2026 23:42:30 +0000 Han Li Han Li Almost five years after the pandemic-era surge in anti-Asian hate in the US, new Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) data shows a downward trend nationally. But advocates say concerns persist amid immigration crackdowns and heightened US-China geopolitical tension. A survey from Stop AAPI Hate, a self-reporting platform formed during the pandemic, paints an even more worrying picture, with almost half of individuals indicating they have been targeted but many decline to report it to... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/diplomacy/article/3364614/fewer-anti-asian-hate-crimes-us-immigration-crackdowns-raise-concerns https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/diplomacy/article/3364614/fewer-anti-asian-hate-crimes-us-immigration-crackdowns-raise-concerns Wed, 19 Aug 2026 21:32:37 +0000 Lucy Quaggin Lucy Quaggin The Trump administration announced on Wednesday the establishment of a task force to end birth tourism in the latest push to curtail the practice after the Supreme Court recently rejected US President Donald Trump’s attempt to restrict constitutional birthright citizenship. Working alongside the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the US State Department wrote in a fact sheet that it is “using all available tools to defend the integrity of US citizenship, ensure non-immigrant visas are used... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/us/diplomacy/article/3363833/us-sets-task-force-combat-birth-tourism-revokes-more-600-visas https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/us/diplomacy/article/3363833/us-sets-task-force-combat-birth-tourism-revokes-more-600-visas Wed, 12 Aug 2026 21:30:09 +0000 Teresa Elena Frontado Teresa Elena Frontado US President Donald Trump signed two executive orders on Thursday seeking to narrow birthright citizenship and intensify a crackdown on “birth tourism”, making a new attempt to restrict automatic citizenship after his original policy was rejected by the Supreme Court. Trump announced the measures unexpectedly during a White House event, describing the Supreme Court’s June 30 ruling as “very unfortunate” and arguing that wealthy foreigners had built businesses around securing US citizenship for... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/us/diplomacy/article/3363223/trump-signs-new-orders-targeting-birthright-citizenship-and-birth-tourism https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/us/diplomacy/article/3363223/trump-signs-new-orders-targeting-birthright-citizenship-and-birth-tourism Thu, 06 Aug 2026 21:41:30 +0000 SCMP SCMP We have selected seven of the most interesting and important news stories covering US-China relations from the past few weeks. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Liberation Day 2.0? US slaps fresh wave of tariffs on China, 50-plus economies On July 24, the United States imposed a fresh wave of tariffs against 60 economies, including China, Japan, South Korea, India and European Union member states, hours before a temporary 10 per cent blanket levy... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/us/diplomacy/article/3362449/trump-election-claims-debunked-us-critical-minerals-fears-7-us-china-relations-reads https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/us/diplomacy/article/3362449/trump-election-claims-debunked-us-critical-minerals-fears-7-us-china-relations-reads Mon, 03 Aug 2026 14:00:10 +0000 Lucy Quaggin Lucy Quaggin When the US Supreme Court rejected President Donald Trump’s attempt to restrict birthright citizenship, his attention soon turned from the justices to China, prompting a sarcastic social media post. “I would like to congratulate President Xi, and the Great Country of China, on their massive Birthright Citizenship WIN! President DONALD J. TRUMP,” Trump wrote on social media. In the hours that followed, the Department of Justice instructed federal prosecutors to prioritise investigations of “birth... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/us/politics/article/3361263/trump-turns-china-renewed-birthright-citizenship-push https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/us/politics/article/3361263/trump-turns-china-renewed-birthright-citizenship-push Mon, 20 Jul 2026 20:14:00 +0000 Mark Magnier Mark Magnier Asian-American groups on Friday slammed US President Donald Trump’s speech, delivered this week, as a dangerous threat to citizens of US minority communities that are already facing attacks and hostility during troubled and deeply partisan times, even as China hawks praised its message and tone. On Thursday during a prime-time address from the East Room of the White House, Trump repeated unsubstantiated claims that Beijing was interfering in US elections, citing his suspicion of what he termed... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/diplomacy/article/3361023/asian-american-groups-fear-trumps-escalating-rhetoric-will-fuel-prejudice-racism-us https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/diplomacy/article/3361023/asian-american-groups-fear-trumps-escalating-rhetoric-will-fuel-prejudice-racism-us Fri, 17 Jul 2026 23:14:26 +0000 Han Li,Nayan Seth,William Zheng Han Li,Nayan Seth,William Zheng President Donald Trump’s allegations of US election manipulation by China have triggered concern among Chinese-American community leaders and citizens, some of whom fear they will be targeted as “scapegoats” if the midterm election results are deemed unsatisfactory by the White House. In a fiery prime-time address to the nation on Thursday evening, Trump delivered an unprecedented broadside against China, accusing Beijing of orchestrating the “largest compromise of election data in history” and... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/diplomacy/article/3360909/trumps-china-election-interference-claims-spark-scapegoat-fears-among-asian-americans https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/diplomacy/article/3360909/trumps-china-election-interference-claims-spark-scapegoat-fears-among-asian-americans Fri, 17 Jul 2026 06:18:36 +0000 Chloe Loung Chloe Loung For most Americans, breakfast looks like cereal, bagels, oatmeal, yogurt and fruit smoothies or the classic spread with eggs, bacon and pancakes. For Cindy Lam, a Chicago-born first-generation Cantonese-American entrepreneur, these options felt, in her words, “70-80 per cent” complete – a sentiment captured by the Cantonese phrase “chat chat baat baat” (literally “seven seven, eight eight”), meaning almost there, but not quite. The phrase resonated with her own sense of identity, too: caught... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/lifestyle/food-drink/article/3359914/granola-breakfast-make-it-chinese-american-digs-deep-her-heritage https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/lifestyle/food-drink/article/3359914/granola-breakfast-make-it-chinese-american-digs-deep-her-heritage Sun, 12 Jul 2026 04:45:05 +0000 Tribune News Service Tribune News Service A woman who authorities say married more than a dozen men in Las Vegas to fund her gambling has agreed to plead guilty to two felonies. Jiaying Chen, 33, waived her right to a preliminary hearing during an appearance before Las Vegas Justice of the Peace Rebecca Saxe on Tuesday. Chen’s lawyer, Thomas Wells, said she plans to plead guilty later this week to one count each of bigamy and obtaining money under false pretences more than US$100,000. “It will permit the victims of these crimes to... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3360191/jiaying-chen-who-wed-least-14-men-las-vegas-fraud-scheme-plead-guilty https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3360191/jiaying-chen-who-wed-least-14-men-las-vegas-fraud-scheme-plead-guilty Fri, 10 Jul 2026 18:22:51 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse A California man who swapped a library’s 17th century Chinese manuscript for a fake was sentenced on Wednesday after admitting to stealing a major artwork. Jeffrey Ying used a number of aliases to get access to classic works, some over 600 years old, at the library of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), the Department of Justice said. Ying, 39, would check the works out and return days later with dummy manuscripts. He would frequently travel to China shortly thereafter, officials... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3359900/us-man-jeffrey-ying-jailed-stealing-rare-chinese-manuscript-ucla https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3359900/us-man-jeffrey-ying-jailed-stealing-rare-chinese-manuscript-ucla Wed, 08 Jul 2026 20:23:33 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Martial arts icon Bruce Lee, who was born in San Francisco, will become the first Chinese-American in California history with an annual namesake day. Governor Gavin Newsom signed a law on Tuesday afternoon officially designating May 17 as Bruce Lee Day, according to the office of state Assemblymember Matt Haney, who represents San Francisco. An 18-year-old Lee returned to San Francisco on May 17, 1959, after spending his childhood in Hong Kong. Lee’s daughter, Shannon, who is CEO of the Bruce... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3359086/california-institute-bruce-lee-day-first-chinese-american-state https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3359086/california-institute-bruce-lee-day-first-chinese-american-state Wed, 01 Jul 2026 23:26:45 +0000 Lucy Quaggin Lucy Quaggin In a historic ruling, the US Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down a Trump administration executive order targeting birthright citizenship, preserving a defining principle of what it means to be born an American. The court ruled 6-3 in Trump vs Barbara, holding that children born in the United States to undocumented parents or parents on temporary visas are entitled to US citizenship. While undocumented immigration has long been central to the debate about birthright citizenship, so-called birth... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/us/diplomacy/article/3358939/us-supreme-court-strikes-down-trump-birthright-citizenship-order https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/us/diplomacy/article/3358939/us-supreme-court-strikes-down-trump-birthright-citizenship-order Tue, 30 Jun 2026 14:46:35 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press On one side of the world, activist and artist Xiangqi Chen could be punished for her LGBTQ activism. But on the other, she is lauded as a trailblazer – the architect behind the first-of-its-kind Chinese queer art museum. The irony that she left her home in China and found a public platform for her LGBTQ artistic expression in San Francisco’s Chinatown – the United States’ oldest – is not lost on her. “Here in San Francisco Chinatown, I continued my journey and met so many like-minded community... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/lifestyle/arts/article/3358270/worlds-first-chinese-lgbtq-museum-spotlights-overlooked-community https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/lifestyle/arts/article/3358270/worlds-first-chinese-lgbtq-museum-spotlights-overlooked-community Sat, 27 Jun 2026 09:15:04 +0000 Mark Magnier Mark Magnier The United States has been asleep for decades as China undercut US economic strength by stealing ideas, technologies and, more recently, artificial intelligence advances, with the Chinese military first in line to benefit, according to testimony heard by a congressional committee on Thursday. The hearing by the House Select Committee on China, which focused on economic espionage and Chinese efforts to exert influence at state and local levels, was held amid mounting bilateral tension over export... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/us/article/3358403/us-hearing-warns-chinese-economic-espionage-now-targets-ai https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/us/article/3358403/us-hearing-warns-chinese-economic-espionage-now-targets-ai Thu, 25 Jun 2026 20:17:21 +0000 Nayan Seth Nayan Seth Leading immigration lawyers and activists say the US government has intensified its crackdown on Chinese scientists and researchers – a campaign they argue is even more aggressive than the controversial “China Initiative” launched during US President Donald Trump’s first term. “I think now we are clearly in an era of China Initiative 2.0,” said Robert Fisher, a former Assistant US Attorney and a partner at Nixon Peabody, a Boston-based international law firm. The initiative, launched by the... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/diplomacy/article/3358117/china-initiative-20-us-crackdown-chinese-scholars-intensifies https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/diplomacy/article/3358117/china-initiative-20-us-crackdown-chinese-scholars-intensifies Tue, 23 Jun 2026 23:11:47 +0000 Lucy Quaggin Lucy Quaggin Most Asian-American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) adults believe the United States used to be a great place for immigrants but no longer is, according to a survey released on Monday ahead of the 250th anniversary of American independence next month. “Forty-one per cent of AAPI adults say they have started carrying proof of immigration status or citizenship, or know someone who has, and 34 per cent say the same about changing travel plans because of immigration status,” according to the Associated... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/us/article/3357218/aapi-survey-finds-fading-faith-us-destination-immigrants https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/us/article/3357218/aapi-survey-finds-fading-faith-us-destination-immigrants Mon, 15 Jun 2026 21:31:11 +0000 Teresa Elena Frontado Teresa Elena Frontado The Trump administration is stepping up efforts to revoke the citizenship of naturalised Americans, with the US Justice Department on Monday filing lawsuits against 17 people accused of obtaining citizenship through fraud or concealing serious crimes. Among those targeted is a Chinese-born resident of the state of Georgia who prosecutors say hid a prior deportation order and immigration history under a different identity before becoming a US citizen in 2006. The announcement was accompanied by... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/us/diplomacy/article/3356422/chinese-national-targeted-trumps-denaturalisation-campaign-ramps https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/us/diplomacy/article/3356422/chinese-national-targeted-trumps-denaturalisation-campaign-ramps Mon, 08 Jun 2026 19:07:27 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press A former Southern California mayor pleaded guilty on Friday to acting as an illegal agent of the Chinese government. Eileen Wang, who stepped down as the mayor of Arcadia earlier this month, was charged in April with one count of acting in the US as an illegal agent of a foreign government. She pleaded guilty to doing the bidding of Chinese officials by sharing articles favourable to Beijing, without prior notification to the US government as required by law. The 56-year-old was elected in... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3355386/ex-california-mayor-eileen-wang-pleads-guilty-acting-china-agent https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3355386/ex-california-mayor-eileen-wang-pleads-guilty-acting-china-agent Fri, 29 May 2026 21:10:57 +0000 Matt Glasby Matt Glasby This is the latest instalment in a feature series reflecting on instances of East meets West in world cinema, including China-US co-productions. Hoping to replicate the success of his 1961 smash hit El Cid, Hollywood producer Samuel Bronston turned to the events of the Boxer rebellion, which took place in China from 1899 to 1901. Named after a crucial siege, the ensuing epic, 55 Days at Peking (1963), would star Charlton Heston and David Niven, and be shot on huge sets in rural Spain. Bronston... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3352437/how-hollywoods-55-days-peking-turned-chinas-boxer-rebellion-racist-western https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3352437/how-hollywoods-55-days-peking-turned-chinas-boxer-rebellion-racist-western Fri, 15 May 2026 04:15:07 +0000 Sumnima Kandangwa Sumnima Kandangwa London-based luxury menswear label Lu’u Dan has never been subtle. On April 27, the brand, whose Puffa shorts sold out within hours after Justin Bieber wore them during his Coachella set in April, posted on Instagram in bold red type: “We’ve already said it. We’re not toning it down.” The message, paired with founder Hung La’s declaration of pride in his Vietnamese-American identity, framed the brand’s stance plainly: Lu’u Dan is not interested in restraint. “AAPI [Asian American and Pacific... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/magazines/style/fashion/fashion-news/article/3353433/luu-dan-x-bruce-lee-collab-celebrating-asian-masculinity-and-dangerous-men https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/magazines/style/fashion/fashion-news/article/3353433/luu-dan-x-bruce-lee-collab-celebrating-asian-masculinity-and-dangerous-men Thu, 14 May 2026 06:00:09 +0000 Mark Magnier Mark Magnier A Chinese-American was found guilty on Wednesday of acting as a Chinese agent in a case involving a Chinese police station set up in New York’s Chinatown. The week-long trial of Lu “Harry” Jianwang, 64, was seen as a test of Washington’s ability to counter what prosecutors said were efforts by Beijing to expand its influence and intimidate Chinese communities well beyond its shores. On the three charges Lu faced in the US Eastern District Court of New York, he was found guilty of acting as an... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/us/article/3353484/chinese-american-found-guilty-new-york-overseas-police-station-case https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/us/article/3353484/chinese-american-found-guilty-new-york-overseas-police-station-case Wed, 13 May 2026 22:00:53 +0000 Mark Magnier Mark Magnier A US government witness in a trial of an alleged illegal Chinese police station in New York testified on Monday that he was harassed after holding a protest against establishing the Fuzhou-directed facility, one of several that China purportedly set up overseas. The US government has charged Lu Jianwang, 64, with acting as an unauthorised agent of China; conspiracy to act as a foreign agent and obstruction of justice. Prosecutors argue that it is part of a pattern that underscores China’s bid to... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/diplomacy/article/3353201/us-trial-hears-witness-claims-harassment-over-chinese-secret-police-station https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/diplomacy/article/3353201/us-trial-hears-witness-claims-harassment-over-chinese-secret-police-station Mon, 11 May 2026 23:00:37 +0000 Kavita Daswani Kavita Daswani The first time Ray Kayan stepped up to a fitness pole, he thought he had it covered. He was a regular at the gym, had taken part in bodybuilding competitions and had even played hockey. He assumed adding pole for fitness would be straightforward. “I can do this easily,” he remembers thinking. He discovered a much more challenging reality. “Gym strength does not translate into pole strength,” the 58-year-old says. “Not at all. You’re bruised all over your legs, your body aches and you can’t even... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/lifestyle/health-wellness/article/3352754/how-pole-keeps-58-year-old-former-bodybuilder-top-shape-mentally-and-physically https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/lifestyle/health-wellness/article/3352754/how-pole-keeps-58-year-old-former-bodybuilder-top-shape-mentally-and-physically Fri, 08 May 2026 23:15:05 +0000 Mark Magnier Mark Magnier A trial of a US citizen of Chinese descent accused of creating a covert police station in Manhattan opened on Wednesday, considering evidence of what the US government says is part of Beijing’s bid to expand its influence well beyond Chinese shores. Lu Jianwang, 64, faces three charges in the US Eastern District Court of New York: acting as an unauthorised agent of China; conspiracy to act as a foreign agent; and obstruction of justice. He is accused of using the fourth floor of a building in... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/diplomacy/article/3352677/us-trial-opens-over-alleged-chinese-secret-police-station-new-york https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/diplomacy/article/3352677/us-trial-opens-over-alleged-chinese-secret-police-station-new-york Wed, 06 May 2026 23:40:42 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg Thai food around the world is undergoing its biggest changes in decades, especially in the US. There are still plenty of curries and noodles to go around, but a new generation of restaurants and cafes is looking beyond the classics to put unique twists on everything from chicken tenders and banana pudding to barbecue, cheesesteaks and cheesecake. “I don’t know what happened in the last year, but there was some sort of crazy explosion,” says Ann Redding, sitting with her husband and fellow chef... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/lifestyle/food-drink/article/3352326/theres-thai-food-revolution-going-chefs-think-outside-box https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/lifestyle/food-drink/article/3352326/theres-thai-food-revolution-going-chefs-think-outside-box Tue, 05 May 2026 20:15:04 +0000 Kavita Daswani Kavita Daswani At April’s San Francisco Art Fair at the Fort Mason Centre’s Festival Pavilion, artists, curators and gallerists made a strong engagement with Asian and Asian-American identity at a moment when anti-immigrant rhetoric continues to divide the US. In a city where close to 35 per cent of the population identifies as Asian, the 14th edition of the annual fair became a space where Asian-American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) voices were not only vocal, but central, said fair director Kelly Freeman. “We... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/lifestyle/arts/article/3352309/asian-american-artists-shine-san-francisco-art-fair-amid-ongoing-anti-immigrant-rhetoric https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/lifestyle/arts/article/3352309/asian-american-artists-shine-san-francisco-art-fair-amid-ongoing-anti-immigrant-rhetoric Mon, 04 May 2026 04:15:06 +0000 Mark Magnier Mark Magnier Matt King, a 34-year-old graphic designer living in New York, has long grappled with his identity as the son of a Canadian-Chinese mother and white father. Despite being born in the US and raised in Los Angeles, he is aware that mainstream US society does not always see him as a bona fide US citizen. “You’ll always get … a sprinkling of this ‘you’re not truly American’,” the 34-year-old resident of Brooklyn, New York, said, prompting him to claim his own definition. “To me, being an American is... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/us/article/3352088/many-asian-americans-feel-excluded-true-us-identity-survey-finds https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/us/article/3352088/many-asian-americans-feel-excluded-true-us-identity-survey-finds Fri, 01 May 2026 04:00:12 +0000 Lucy Quaggin Lucy Quaggin Yoyo Yue has spent much of her life navigating the complex US immigration system. The 31-year-old Chinese content creator moved from China to a US boarding school, went to university, secured an H-1B visa and later a “green card” – a path long considered the “gold standard” for skilled foreign workers. Now, she said, that path felt far less certain. “The H-1B path today comes with significant uncertainty, not just around job stability, but also around long-term prospects,” Yue said. US President... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/us/diplomacy/article/3351544/why-tougher-us-visa-rules-skilled-foreign-workers-may-end-exodus-asia-europe https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/us/diplomacy/article/3351544/why-tougher-us-visa-rules-skilled-foreign-workers-may-end-exodus-asia-europe Mon, 27 Apr 2026 15:00:10 +0000 Sam Beltran Sam Beltran Lea Albritton’s mornings belong to the repair shop. Her afternoons belong to the camera. The 40-year-old from Leyte in the central Philippines has lived in the US state of Georgia since 2019 with her 62-year-old American husband, Timothy, running a recreational vehicle repair shop in the mornings. After lunch, she produces videos about Filipino food, migration advice for couples stuck in the fiancée visa queue and glimpses of domestic life for the 250,000 followers of her page, Pinay sa America... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3350549/meet-filipino-vloggers-finding-financial-freedom-and-defying-stereotypes-abroad https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3350549/meet-filipino-vloggers-finding-financial-freedom-and-defying-stereotypes-abroad Sun, 19 Apr 2026 07:00:10 +0000 Lucy Quaggin Lucy Quaggin Six years ago, Chinese-American playwright Alex Lin was pursuing a career in tech, doing what she called “the stable thing” and promising herself she’d write when there was more time. The pandemic gave her that time – and with it the chance to change lanes. Success came relatively quickly. In the past year alone, she premiered not one but two plays off-Broadway in New York City and landed on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list, which highlights people who are making a significant impact in their... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/article/3349568/chinese-american-playwright-alex-lin-channels-family-tensions-breakout-new-york-works https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/article/3349568/chinese-american-playwright-alex-lin-channels-family-tensions-breakout-new-york-works Thu, 09 Apr 2026 18:03:24 +0000 Lucy Quaggin Lucy Quaggin China has emerged as a focal point in the debate over US birthright citizenship, as the nation’s Supreme Court appeared sceptical of oral arguments on Wednesday in a landmark case driven by President Donald Trump’s push to restrict the practice. Birthright citizenship “has spawned a sprawling industry of birth tourism”, said Solicitor General D. John Sauer, Trump’s top litigator, in his opening remarks before the highest court in the country. “Uncounted thousands of foreigners from potentially... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/diplomacy/article/3348722/china-targeted-birthright-citizenship-debate-supreme-court-justices-sceptical https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/diplomacy/article/3348722/china-targeted-birthright-citizenship-debate-supreme-court-justices-sceptical Wed, 01 Apr 2026 21:21:48 +0000 Lucy Quaggin Lucy Quaggin The US Supreme Court will hear arguments on Wednesday on birthright citizenship, with Chinese nationals at the centre of disputed claims of abuse amplified by US President Donald Trump’s immigration campaign. “Birthright Citizenship is not about rich people from China, and the rest of the World, who want their children, and hundreds of thousands more, FOR PAY, to ridiculously become citizens of the United States of America. It is about the BABIES OF SLAVES!” Trump wrote on social media on... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/us/diplomacy/article/3348460/born-usa-china-targeted-americas-birthright-citizenship-fight https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/us/diplomacy/article/3348460/born-usa-china-targeted-americas-birthright-citizenship-fight Mon, 30 Mar 2026 21:55:09 +0000 Mark Magnier Mark Magnier Like many Asian-Americans, US-born Tiffany Chin has faced her share of slights, including being treated as “other” or “foreign” and judged at times by her race rather than her accomplishments. Growing up outside Chicago, she recalls that in primary school her musical talents were attributed to her “Chinese genes”, and she was told, “you’re probably so good at maths because you’re Asian”. And as an adult on a family trip to Florida, people gave her nasty looks when she went jogging, wondering... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/us/society-culture/article/3347918/asian-americans-say-they-are-still-seen-foreign-study-finds https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/us/society-culture/article/3347918/asian-americans-say-they-are-still-seen-foreign-study-finds Wed, 25 Mar 2026 20:50:58 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press A New York businesswoman was sentenced on Friday to nine years in federal prison over a financial scheme that ripped off more than US$30 million from foreign investors and funnelled some of the stolen money into American political campaigns, including a fundraiser for US President Donald Trump. Sherry Xue Li was also ordered to forfeit US$31.5 million, as well as property at three locations, and to make restitution to her victims. The 54-year-old Oyster Bay resident, who has been detained since... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3344944/sherry-xue-jailed-funnelling-chinese-investor-funds-trump-campaign https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3344944/sherry-xue-jailed-funnelling-chinese-investor-funds-trump-campaign Fri, 27 Feb 2026 22:03:17 +0000 Aidan Jones Aidan Jones The tattoo on his arm reads “buc Lao” (Laos boy) but Kham Paneboun is not a Laotian citizen. In fact, he’s not really from anywhere. In February last year, US Homeland Security detained him for a felony committed as a teenager, revoked his work permit and – after decades of legal residence – deported him to Laos, a country he had never set foot in. Kham, 43, was torn from his wife and four children, aged three to 12, who remain in Texas – a family now paying for a “bad mistake” he made in his... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/week-asia/people/article/3342712/southeast-asian-refugees-cast-out-trumps-us-face-exile-unknown-lands https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/week-asia/people/article/3342712/southeast-asian-refugees-cast-out-trumps-us-face-exile-unknown-lands Sun, 08 Feb 2026 00:00:08 +0000 Mark Magnier Mark Magnier Most Americans favour cooperation with China in spite of Washington’s tougher stance on visas, research collaboration and tariffs, according to a new survey by the Committee of 100 (C100) civic group. The results of the polling, conducted in June 2025 shortly after US President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariff onslaught and released this month, found relatively broad support for greater cooperation between Washington and Beijing on “diplomatic issues and policies that affect both... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/diplomacy/article/3341469/us-china-cooperation-backed-most-americans-new-national-survey-reveals https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/diplomacy/article/3341469/us-china-cooperation-backed-most-americans-new-national-survey-reveals Tue, 27 Jan 2026 20:44:44 +0000 Matt Glasby Matt Glasby This is the latest instalment in a feature series reflecting on instances of East meets West in world cinema, including China-US co-productions. Anna May Wong was an anomaly in 1930s Los Angeles. Born Wong Liu-tsong to second-generation Taishanese Chinese-American parents in 1905, she rose to become Hollywood’s pre-eminent Asian star, appearing in classics like The Thief of Bagdad (1924) and Shanghai Express (1932). Often, however, the material did not live up to her abilities. Across a career... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3340506/how-anna-may-wong-fought-stereotypes-1937s-people-smuggling-drama-daughter-shanghai https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3340506/how-anna-may-wong-fought-stereotypes-1937s-people-smuggling-drama-daughter-shanghai Fri, 23 Jan 2026 11:15:08 +0000 The Korea Times The Korea Times For the Korean American community, the first year of US President Donald Trump’s return to power has been defined by a sense of “pure fear”. According to Kim Dong-seok, head of the non-profit Korean American Grassroots Conference (KAGC), the institutional tolerance that once protected immigrants has vanished, replaced by a political environment that views non-citizens with a presumption of criminality. “Even though the US government says it distinguishes between lawful and unlawful immigrants,... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/east-asia/article/3340542/korean-americans-face-pure-fear-under-trumps-immigration-policies-activist-says https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/east-asia/article/3340542/korean-americans-face-pure-fear-under-trumps-immigration-policies-activist-says Tue, 20 Jan 2026 08:51:22 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press A man has been found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the death of an elderly Thai man whose 2021 killing in San Francisco helped spark a national movement against anti-Asian-American violence. A jury did not find Antoine Watson, 24, guilty of murder when it returned a verdict on Thursday for the January 2021 attack on Vicha Ratanapakdee, 84. Jurors found Watson guilty on the lesser charges of involuntary manslaughter and assault. The office of San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3340234/man-found-guilty-involuntary-manslaughter-san-francisco-thai-grandfather https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3340234/man-found-guilty-involuntary-manslaughter-san-francisco-thai-grandfather Fri, 16 Jan 2026 23:51:32 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press A former US Navy sailor convicted of selling technical and operating manuals for ships and operating systems to an intelligence officer working for China was sentenced Monday to more than 16 years in prison, prosecutors said. A federal judge in San Diego sentenced Jinchao Wei, 25, to 200 months. A federal jury convicted Wei in August of six crimes, including espionage. He was paid more than US$12,000 for the information he sold, the US Department of Justice said in a statement. Wei, an engineer... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3339702/former-us-navy-sailor-jailed-16-years-selling-ship-secrets-chinese-contact https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3339702/former-us-navy-sailor-jailed-16-years-selling-ship-secrets-chinese-contact Tue, 13 Jan 2026 06:15:03 +0000 Bochen Han Bochen Han When Arthur Sze translates classical Tang dynasty poetry into English, he writes Chinese characters by hand, slowing himself to the pace of brush strokes and gaps. This deliberate resistance to speed is central to the craft of the US’ 25th poet laureate, and reflective of his belief that poetry must be treated with care if it is to cross borders with depth intact. Sze only translates poems he loves; by his count, he’s done just 75 translations over a five-decade-long career. “I don’t work on... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/us/article/3338219/us-poet-laureate-arthur-sze-slowing-down-translate-poetry-across-cultures https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/us/article/3338219/us-poet-laureate-arthur-sze-slowing-down-translate-poetry-across-cultures Fri, 02 Jan 2026 15:00:12 +0000 Matt Glasby Matt Glasby This is the latest instalment in a feature series reflecting on instances of East meets West in world cinema, including China-US co-productions. When Wayne Wang’s The Joy Luck Club was released in 1993, it stood as only the second Hollywood film ever to tell a contemporary story with a majority Asian cast – the first, Flower Drum Song, had arrived 32 years prior. Based on the bestselling 1989 novel by Amy Tan, it tells of four Chinese mothers and their daughters in San Francisco. They play a... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3337472/how-joy-luck-club-paved-way-asian-representation-long-crazy-rich-asians https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3337472/how-joy-luck-club-paved-way-asian-representation-long-crazy-rich-asians Thu, 25 Dec 2025 23:15:08 +0000 Mark Magnier Mark Magnier A mistrial was declared on Monday in the closely watched case of a former senior New York official charged with acting as a Chinese agent after the jury was unable to reach a verdict. The jury remained deadlocked on all 19 counts after several days of deliberation in the case of Linda Sun, a former aide to New York governors Kathy Hochul and Andrew Cuomo, on charges of violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act (Fara). She and her husband and co-defendant Chris Hu were also charged with... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/us/diplomacy/article/3337399/mistrial-case-ex-top-aide-new-york-governor-charged-working-china-agent https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/us/diplomacy/article/3337399/mistrial-case-ex-top-aide-new-york-governor-charged-working-china-agent Mon, 22 Dec 2025 22:13:56 +0000