Denver Mayor Michael Hancock and the Asian American and Pacific Islander community removed an anti-Chinese plaque from a street in what used to be the city’s Chinatown earlier this month.
Nafis Sadik, women’s health and rights champion, dies at 92
Nafis Sadik, a Pakistani doctor who championed women’s health and rights and spearheaded the breakthrough action plan adopted by 179 countries at the 1994 United Nations population conference, died four days before her 93rd birthday, her son said.
Salon shooting suspect indicted for anti-Asian hate crime
A man accused of shooting three Asian American women at a hair salon was indicted on Aug. 9 on multiple counts, including committing a hate crime.
Salman Rushdie ‘on the road to recovery,’ agent says
Salman Rushdie is “on the road to recovery,” his agent confirmed, two days after the author of “The Satanic Verses” suffered serious injuries in a stabbing at a lecture in New York.
Thao, Keung sentenced for violating Floyd’s right
The last two former Minneapolis police officers who were convicted of violating George Floyd’s civil rights during his May 2020 killing were sentenced on July 27 in federal court to three and 3 1/2 years—penalties that a judge said reflected their level of culpability in a case that sparked worldwide protests as part of a reckoning over racial injustice.
China cuts off vital US contacts over Pelosi Taiwan visit
China cut off contacts with the United States on vital issues on Aug. 5— including military matters and crucial climate cooperation — as concerns rose that the Communist government’s hostile reaction to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s Taiwan visit could signal a lasting, more aggressive approach toward its U.S. rival and the self-ruled island.
Cambodian ambassador: Looted artworks are ‘souls’ of culture
Cambodia’s ambassador to the United States said that the transfer of 30 antiquities by U.S. law enforcement authorities to his country was a return of the “souls of our culture.”
Fight Asian Hate rally
More than 100 people attended a rally in San Francisco’s Washington Square Park on Aug. 7 to raise awareness and demand change.
Jewish leaders upset over Niou photo
Yuh-Line Niou— a former Seattleite who’s running to represent New York’s 10th Congressional District, which includes two Chinatowns—is coming under fire for a July 14 social media post.
Sudden arena idea angers, unnerves Philadelphia’s Chinatown
Wei Chen wants people who visit Philadelphia’s Chinatown to look through the community’s gateway arch and see the residents chatting in Mandarin on the steps to the apartments above or the vendors selling traditional Chinese food to families walking by, not a giant Philadelphia 76ers arena a block away.
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