The Robert Chinn Foundation announced on Nov. 19 their appointment of Maki Hsieh as its first Chief Executive Officer. Hsieh will oversee all aspects of the foundation’s operations and community […]
Microsoft’s Harry Shum is leaving
Microsoft said on Nov. 13 that Harry Shum, the executive vice president in charge of its artificial intelligence and research group, is leaving the company in early 2020. Kevin Scott, […]
TAPSgiving
Members of Taiwanese American Professionals – Seattle (TAP-SEA) held their annual TAPSgiving on Nov. 10 — a pre-Thanksgiving celebration. Approximately 50 attendees enjoyed turkey, chicken, pasta, and other delicious foods […]
Zhao Shuzen Oscar buzz
Chinese star Zhao Shuzhen is earning Oscar buzz for her work as the matriarch Nai Nai in “The Farewell” — she plays a grandmother with a terminal cancer diagnosis of […]
Portland elects first Asian City Councilmember
Voters in Portland, Maine elected the first Asian American to serve on the City Council. Tae Chong, 50, emigrated in 1976 from South Korea with his two older brothers and […]
California governor pardons three in bid to block deportations
By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced on Nov. 15 that he is pardoning three men who separately committed crimes when they were […]
Real estate heiress Li acquitted of murder
By JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A San Francisco Bay Area real estate heiress who was under house arrest on $35 million bail for more than two […]
Deadly mass shooting leaves California Hmong community in shock
By TERENCE CHEA and OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ The Associated Press FRESNO — A close-knit Hmong community was in shock after gunmen burst into a California backyard gathering and shot 10 […]
ABC cancels ‘Fresh Off the Boat,’ sets finale for February
By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — ABC’s “Fresh Off the Boat,’’ the first network TV comedy in two decades to focus on an Asian American family, […]
Sen. Mazie Hirono of Hawaii is writing memoir, due in 2021
NEW YORK (AP) — Sen. Mazie Hirono of Hawaii, the Senate’s first Asian American woman and only current immigrant, is working on a memoir. Viking announced on Nov. 12 that […]