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Chinese diaspora

Chinese diaspora
The latest news, analysis and opinion on Chinese diaspora. In-depth analysis, industry insights and expert opinion.
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Asian diaspora

Opinion | China is leveraging its diaspora to boost the economy, unlike India

While Beijing has turned its diaspora into an extension of its domestic economy, New Delhi has largely allowed its diaspora to strengthen other economies.

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US midterm elections 2026

The surprising gender gap now redefining the Chinese-American electorate

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Food and Drinks

Video | Hong Kong bakeries 101

Food and Drinks

Video | The evolution of sweet and sour pork

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Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM)

Flagging libido? Can’t conceive? How TCM treats sexual problems

Traditional Chinese medicine may help with a number of sexual health concerns, say experts. In women, these include infertility issues. In men, TCM can help with erectile dysfunction and sexual anxiety.

Thailand

Opinion | Language barrier, stereotypes frustrate new Chinese migrants to Thailand

Unlike earlier Chinese migrants to Thailand, many ‘xin yimin’ report finding social interactions with local Thais challenging – and often turn to their compatriots instead.

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Chinese overseas

Is the sun setting on San Francisco’s Six Companies?

Once a de facto embassy for Chinese immigrants in the US, the Chinatown association faces declines in membership, finances and influence, eclipsed by other service organisations.

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San Francisco’s Chinatown. The Six Companies association was once a key agency for residents there, but has declined in influence. Photo: Getty
Chinese cuisine

‘Nostalgia is my favourite ingredient’: new Cantonese cuisine in America

For many Chinese-Americans, eating Cantonese food was a way to connect with their heritage. Young Chinese-American chefs and bakers are taking foods from their childhood and giving them a modern spin.

China’s soft power

Letters | China’s soft power goals hardly served by brash media drives

Interpersonal relationships might be one of the most effective mechanisms for shaping China’s image. Even if those relationships are made through Chinese individuals critical of their own government, China might benefit in the long term.

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Chinese history

‘They had no English and no power’: life in London’s Chinatown

The first Chinese to arrive in Britain in the late 18th century set themselves up in Limehouse, East London, where they built a thriving community, despite the lurid image painted of them by the gutter press.

Two men smoke cigarettes as they sit at a table in Chinatown, London, in this undated photograph. Photo: Getty Images
Academy Awards

Chloé Zhao on fangirling, storytelling and how Nomadland came to be

Zhao made history as the first Asian woman to win the Oscar for best director, but how exactly did she conceive of her award-winning film, and how did she get where she is today?

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Chinese director and producer Chloe Zhao poses with one of her Oscars awards for best picture and director for Nomadland, at the press room of the 93rd Oscars Academy Awards at Union Station in Los Angeles on April 25, 2021. Photo: AMPAS/PA Media/DPA
Racism and other prejudice

Slant-eyed gestures, Chinese accent: Italian TV sketch launches racism debate

Hosts Michelle Hunziker and Gerry Scotti apologise, saying they have received death threats in a ‘wave of hatred’.

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Hong Kong

Say you are a Hongkonger, not only Chinese, Canada census campaigners urge

The “I Am Hong Konger” campaign aims to boost recognition of an identity that organisers say is under threat of erasure.

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Racism and other prejudice

Biden picks liaison to Asian community amid rise in racist violence

The appointment of Erika Moritsugu follows complaints by Asian-American lawmakers over lack of representation in the cabinet, with some threatening to block nominees.

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Protesters rally against anti-Asian hate crimes in New York on April 4. Photo: Xinhua
Chinese overseas

The racism, trauma and humour of growing up in a Chinese takeaway

Sue Cheung’s humorous book Chinglish has received critical acclaim, but writing it meant revisiting the often unpleasant experience of growing up in her family’s Chinese takeaway in the UK, and the brutal violence meted out by her otherwise uncommunicative father.

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Author Sue Cheung. Photo: Sue Cheung
Gun violence in the US

Interpol warrant issued for suspect in Yale student Kevin Jiang’s murder

The ‘red notice’ seeks the arrest of Shanghai-born US citizen Qinxuan Pan for the fatal shooting in New Haven, Connecticut in February.

Chinese overseas

Remains in Missouri identified as missing Chinese woman Mengqi Ji

Ji’s husband, Joseph Elledge, was charged in February 2020 with first-degree murder in her death.

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US-China relations

US judge tosses claims by Chinese-born professor over FBI arrest

Temple University academic Xi Xiaoxing, his wife and young daughters were handcuffed at their home after he was accused of giving trade secrets to China, but the charges were later dropped.

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Xi Xiaoxing, chair of the Physics Department at Temple University, speaks about the dropped spying charges during a press conference in Washington in September 2015. Photo: AFP
Crime

Shocking video shows Asian-American woman kicked, stomped on in New York

The 65-year-old woman was walking in midtown Manhattan on Monday afternoon when a man came up to her and kicked her in the stomach, knocking her to the ground.

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Art

If Bruce Lee could do it so could she: Hong Kong inspires artists abroad

A dance trio from Hong Kong watched their city in turmoil but could not get a sense of how it felt until they returned and gained fresh inspiration. An illustrator looked to its most famous son for inspiration.

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Chinese overseas

From Canada to Peru, how the Chinese diaspora has made its mark

Whether in Victoria, Canada or England’s rain-soaked Manchester, descendants of Chinese immigrants have made their mark far beyond the realm of restaurants. 

Lan Yuan, the Chinese garden in Dunedin, New Zealand. Photo: Shutterstock
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