Chinese-American News

"Tiger Writing" by Cambridge writer Gish Jen is a fascinating book; part autobiography, part Asian American love letter and wholly about culture's impact on identity.

In May 2000, during a celebration of Asian American Heritage Month, I was asked by the US Army Corps of Engineers to talk on "The Asian American Experience" . In the talk, I briefly reviewed the history of legislation against Chinese Americans and Chinese immigration.

North Korea's authorities have opened the border town of Sinuiju to Western tourists, Chinese-based travel agencies said, despite international tensions over Pyongyang's nuclear test in February.

NSW Opposition Leader John Robertson is being asked to explain why Labor has recruited a man with reported links to Eddie Obeid.

Researchers from the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center have found that qigong, an ancient Chinese mind-body practice, reduces symptoms and improves quality of life in women undergoing radiotherapy for breast cancer.

China's first lady, Peng Liyuan, has quickly captivated the nation of 1.3 billion after just two months of taking on the role, when her husband Xi Jinping officially took the helm as president in March.

Next Thursday the Prince George Public Library will formally thank delegates from the Chinese Consulate General in Vancouver for the donation of more than 200 books for the local collection.

A recent survey of over 35,500 single ladies in China offers some insight into Chinese women's attitudes towards men and marriage.

Sinh Lam mans an overflowing grill Sunday in Old Sacramento, preparing his San Jose company's Thai Kabobs.

Chen Guangcheng is a blind self-taught lawyer and famous human rights activist in China.

June will begin with a diverse variety of opportunities for serious listening. For those interested in talent of the future, the 28th annual Irving M. Klein String Competition will take place on June 8 and 9. I plan to write about that in greater detail in the near future, but the other concert activities of that weekend are likely to be just as ... (more)

Instead of a "national reconciliation" pronounced by the Prime Minister on the night of election, what we are witnessing today is the "national aggravation" of race-relations by all UMNO and BN-related machinery, particularly the Umno-owned Utusan Malaysia and Umno's team of bloggers and cyber-troopers. The situation, with absolutely no restraint ... (more)

Barisan Nasional politicians are still absolutely clueless, retaining their foggy ideas about democracy as practiced in the past and failing to realize that Malaysians no longer want to play by the rules of the past.

If Mohammad Rahro, 91, had gone to just any senior center in Maryland, chances are he would not have encountered someone who remembered the headmaster with four wives who rode to school each day on a beloved white donkey.

Wong Chin Foo did not manage to hold on to his celebrity posthumously: most Chinese Americans would not recognise his name today.

Was there an agreement before the general election? Did Chinese Malaysians actually promise the BN their votes ahead of time, asks P Ramakrishnan .

One of the smaller entities in the transformation of 14th and Union into an island of food and drink activity is closing its doors after one last night of service - and delivery.

Three middle-aged women posing as psychics stole $2,000 from a superstitious Manhattan resident during a classic "bait-and-switch" and cops believe they might have committed similar crimes, sources told The Post today.

Sally is a young Hong Kong Chinese woman. She is bright, attractive, likeable - and transsexual.

By sticking to its vow not to accept government posts after a dismal electoral showing, the Malaysian Chinese Association may have hurt itself more than the wider Chinese community, analysts said.