By Christopher Bodeen and Wang Shanshan The Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Chinese e-commerce tycoon Jack Ma has long been an example of how the power of big dreams, strong […]
Thailand says U.S. man’s seasteading home violates sovereignty
By Grant Peck The Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Thai authorities have raided a floating home in the Andaman Sea belonging to an American man and his Thai partner who […]
India’s chief justice accused of sexual harassment
NEW DELHI (AP) — A former employee of India’s Supreme Court has accused the country’s chief justice of sexual harassment, an accusation that was vehemently denied by the judge, the […]
Protesters in Bangladesh demand justice after girl is burned to death
By Julhas Alam The Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Dozens of protesters gathered in Bangladesh’s capital on April 19 to demand justice for an 18-year-old woman who died after […]
Paul Ryan says the rest of the world should be more like Taiwan
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The former speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Paul Ryan, said on April 15 that the United States wants the rest of the world to […]
White-owned NYC Chinese eatery heats up cultural appropriation debate
A New York City restaurant owner who touted her “clean” American Chinese cuisine and derided Chinese dishes as swimming in “globs of processed butter,” sodium and MSG is renewing the long-simmering debate about stereotyping and cultural appropriation in the restaurant world.
See history: Chinese Exclusion Act case files available on web
The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was passed in order to limit the number of Chinese laborers entering the United States and prevent the Chinese already here from becoming naturalized citizens. When the Act was renewed 10 years later, it required the Chinese to register and obtain a certificate of residency or identity as proof of their right to be in the United States. This created voluminous amounts of paperwork.
NWAW’s book recs: Sisters doin’ it for themselves
In Andover, superpowers are commonplace. And as the daughter of the city’s two dedicated superheroes, Smasher and Shockwave, it’s easy to assume Jessica Tran would also have superpowers.
Years after Duck crash, Wash. legislature updates century-old law
By Tom James The Associated Press OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The Washington Legislature approved an update to the state’s wrongful death law on April 15, the latest reverberation from a […]
ECCC labor laws workshops seeks more engagement from community
For the past month, the Ethnic Chambers of Commerce Coalition (ECCC) has been hosting and organizing workshops and meet and greets, with the goal of engaging the local Asian and Pacific Islander (API) American communities with their workshops. In ECCC workshops, ECCC representatives and subject matter experts go to API-owned businesses to inform owners and managers of sustainable business practices and labor laws.
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