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A couple hugs near the scene of the Vancouver attack. Photo: AP
Canada

Prosecutors charge suspect with murder after car attack at Vancouver festival

Suspect, identified as Kai-Ji Adam Lo, 30, of Vancouver, was charged with eight counts of second-degree murder.

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Food and Drinks

MasterChef Italia’s first ethnically Chinese winner on food and identity

Food and Drinks

Meet the world’s first Michelin-starred woman sushi chef

Chinese culture

Discover the rich history and modern revival of Bangkok’s Chinatown

Thailand’s capital boasts what is one of the largest Chinatowns in the world. We examine its growth from the late 1700s to today.

Food hawker stalls serve customers during Chinese New Year in Bangkok’s Chinatown in Thailand. Photo: Getty Images
Chinese culture

Chinatowns around the world

Chinatowns are often portrayed as gritty underworlds riddled with prostitution, gambling and drug trafficking. Some of this is rooted in truth, but that unfair depiction is largely the result of rampant xenophobia and cultural ignorance, especially in the West.  

Profile

Stand-up star Jiaoying Summers on comedy and growing up ‘ugly’

The Los Angeles-based comedian tells how her American dream came true.

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Chinese culture

The turbulent history of San Francisco’s Chinatown, North America’s oldest

From the Chinese Exclusion Act and 1906 earthquake to sex-trafficking rings and ‘paper son’ system, this Chinatown’s story is a bumpy one.

Large crowds fill Grant Avenue in San Francisco’s Chinatown in the US state of California for the annual Mid-Autumn Festival. Photo: Hearst Newspapers via Getty Images
Women and gender

Being Chinese | I identify as a Chinese auntie, cheapskate and busybody. Anyone else?

I revel in low prices and awkward questions. I’m finding that being a Chinese auntie overseas also means being part of an Asian sisterhood.

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TV shows and streaming video

Profile | At 87, The Joy Luck Club star Kieu Chinh has no plans to slow down

The Vietnamese-American actress has been busy recently, appearing in TV series Dope Thief on Apple TV+ and movie Control Freak on Disney+.

Food and Drinks

Vancouver cafe’s gluten-free Hong Kong treats bring back memories

At Saan Saan Cafe, Hong Kong milk tea, chicken wings and fish balls feature on a ‘very nostalgic’ menu catering to diners with dietary needs.

Menu items at Saan Saan Cafe in Vancouver. Photo: Saan Saan Cafe
Science

FBI raids on Chinese-American scientist revives China Initiative fears

Two Indiana homes of cybersecurity researcher and professor raided by FBI and Homeland Security but no reason cited, local media report.

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Wang Xiaofeng, who was named a distinguished member by the Association for Computing Machinery in 2021, joined Indiana University Bloomington as an assistant professor in 2004 after receiving his PhD in computer engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. Photo: Handout
Chinese culture

50 years of growth and cultural change in London’s Chinatown

Early Chinatown was a place of restaurants, underground gambling dens and brothels, but it has grown more affluent and diverse over time.

Food and Drinks

Profile | Chinese-Canadian chef impresses Dubai with ‘third culture’, ‘borderless’ cooking

At Jun’s in Dubai, Kelvin Cheung’s ‘borderless’ cooking draws on influences from the Philippines to India for ‘completely original’ dishes.

Espionage

As US Justice Department cuts focus on foreign agents, will China cases ease?

US Attorney General Pam Bondi disbands a task force and cuts back on foreign registration cases, but analysts say any relief may be limited.

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Food and Drinks

Chinese cuisine in the Yukon answers the call of the wild

Swapping urban China for the Yukon in Canada’s far north allowed Matthew Bossons to hunt and harvest the abundant bounty of the region, and adapt the cuisine of his Chinese wife’s homeland to their new surroundings.

Matthew Bossons’ northern Canada take on Lanzhou lamian, featuring meat from a bull moose hunted and harvested by Bossons and friend Jim Elliot. Photo: Crystal Schick
Hong Kong

The colourful Indian festival lighting up Hong Kong

Head to Hong Kong’s famous nightlife district of Lan Kwai Fong for a celebration of the subcontinent’s food, film and dance culture.

Food and Drinks

Profile | Bruce Lee was her aunt’s dishwasher. Chef Angie Mar on a life in food

A Chinese-American chef who ‘can’t really cook Chinese food’, Angie Mar of New York’s Le B on her roots in food and not cooking for critics.

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History

Chinese stories of California gold rush told in Hong Kong exhibition

Sojourning in Gold Mountain at Hong Kong Museum of History shines a light on migrants’ journeys from China to San Francisco in the 1800s.

A rattan suitcase from the Sojourning in Gold Mountain exhibition in Hong Kong.
Hong Kong society

Hong Kong singer-songwriter Khalil Fong dies at 41 after long battle with illness

Fu Music says Fong ‘left the world peacefully’ on February 21 after five years of fighting illness with a ‘positive attitude’.

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Old Hong Kong

Then & Now | How reverse migration turned pigeon into a culinary staple in Hong Kong

Often considered ‘rats of the sky’, pigeons became a popular choice for food in Hong Kong in the early 20th century because of their easy breeding.

US-China relations

Will Donald Trump’s immigration ‘gold cards’ appeal to China’s ultra-rich?

The president is offering green cards in return for investments of US$5 million, but prospective applicants may prefer to wait and see.

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The scheme could offer a new path to residency in the US. Photo: TNS
Profile

‘We’re on the world’s longest vacation’: author tells mum’s immigrant story

Connie Wang, author of the memoir Oh My Mother!, on growing up in America’s Midwest, telling her mum’s story, and working at Refinery29.

Connie Wang talks about being one of many Connies, finding style stories around the world, and her mother’s sense of adventure. Photo: Chris Buck
Profile

This rising star DJ’s secret sonic ingredients

Hong Kong DJ Gia Fu first discovered Latin music in Chinese culture while working for Wong Kar-wai’s production company – since then, she’s played Glastonbury and opened for Marc Anthony.

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Music

Playing at Coachella, EDM stars Indo Warehouse spotlight South Asian culture

In Hong Kong last month, the Indian-American DJs behind Indo Warehouse talk about weaving their cultural heritage into their music.

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Profile

Hong Kong singer-songwriter Kiri T on her own brand of Cantopop

The artist on being Asian in America and coming back to the home of Cantopop and her Hong Kong roots.

Singer-songwriter Kiri T. Photo: Jocelyn Tam
Food and Drinks

Opinion | How a Chinese takeaway kid grew to appreciate her family’s sacrifices

For Ginny Wong, the older and the further away from takeaway life she has got, the more she has realised what her family gave up for her.

(From left) Writer Ginny Wong’s cousin, younger brother and uncle pose for a photo at her uncle’s takeaway in England in 2017. Photo: Courtesy of the Wong family
Food and Drinks

Profile | Rising Hong Kong chef in France who just scored a huge competition win

Jesse Summer Wong, recent winner of a French pâté en croûte contest, plans to open a fine-dining French restaurant with flavours of home.

Lessons from China's history

Reflections | Why world doesn’t know about Malaysian and Singaporean food

Malaysia and Singapore are tiny compared to other Southeast Asian countries, let alone China, whose foods are ubiquitous around the world.

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