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Asia
Bangladesh parliament dissolved after prime minister flees to India
Bangladesh’s political landscape faces a seismic shift after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled to India following weeks of inte...
Carl Samson
Home
NYC Chinese community rallies against planned homeless shelter
Thousands from the Chinese communities of Brooklyn, Queens and Manhattan protested on Sunday, starting at Foley Square and marching to Cadma...
Michelle De Pacina
Crime
NYC councilwoman arrested for biting NYPD chief
Brooklyn City Councilwoman Susan Zhuang, 38, was arrested on Wednesday during a protest against a proposed men’s shelter in Bensonhurs...
Education
Harvard probed over alleged harassment of students during anti-CCP protest
House officials initiated a probe into Harvard University after students protesting a speech by Chinese Ambassador Xie Feng on April 20 were...
Government
Why around 9,000 doctors in South Korea have walked off their jobs in protest
Thousands of doctors in South Korea protested in Seoul against the government’s plan to increase medical school admissions and its per...
Conservative journalist Andy Ngo wins $300,000 from 2019 milkshake attackers
Three defendants have been ordered to pay conservative journalist Andy Ngo $300,000 for their role in the infamous milkshake attack that lef...
Environmental
Native Hawaiians ask UN to help stop construction of $2.65 billion telescope on sacred mountain
Native Hawaiians have turned to the United Nations to help them stop the construction of a gargantuan $2.65 billion telescope on the sacred ...
Economy
Major Chinatown organization announces opposition to Philadelphia 76ers’ arena plan
The Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation (PCDC) announced its formal opposition to the 76ers’s proposed arena near the city’s Chin...
Family of Hmong war hero killed by Minnesota police demands charges
Family members and community protesters are demanding criminal charges against the St. Paul police officer who shot and killed Yia Xiong, a ...
Business
Philadelphia community creates ‘Wrecking Ball’ music video parody to oppose 76ers’ arena plan
The “No Arena in Chinatown Solidarity (NACS)” affinity group gathered over the weekend to create a music video to encourage public oppositio...
Harvard students stage walkout in front of professor accused of sexual harassment
Over 100 students marched out of a Harvard classroom on Tuesday to protest the first lecture of professor John L. Comaroff this year. Comar...
Ryan General
China
Chinese woman claims to be detained by police in secret location after Beijing protest
Before you read: Twitter users find porn after searching about COVID protests in China Physics equations, white papers, alpacas: a guide to ...
Tesla owners across China denounce recent price cuts on Model 3, Model Y
Tesla’s recent move to cut its prices in China has been met with protests among Tesla owners who felt their cars have been devalued. Aiming...
S. Korea considers plan to pay reparations to WWII forced labor victims instead of Japan
Despite initial demands for Japanese reparations, South Korea has proposed a plan to compensate Koreans who were victims of forced labo...
Iris Jung
Health
Filipino American nurses join massive strike against NYC hospitals
Filipino American nurses who participated in the Monday walkout of over 7,000 nurses in New York City have earned the support of the city...
Taraneh Alidoosti: Iran releases actor jailed for condemning execution of protestor
Prominent Iranian actor Taraneh Alidoosti was recently released on bail after being detained for criticizing the Iranian government, her law...
Bryan Ke
China removes diplomats involved in Manchester consulate violence, UK says
Two months after a violent brawl involving protesters, China removed six diplomats from its consulate in Manchester, England, including Con...
China vows crackdown on ‘hostile forces’ amid continued protests
Amid continuous protests across China, the Chinese Communist Party’s top law enforcement body has issued a warning against purported “hosti...
Hundreds across US hold up blank sheets of paper while protesting in solidarity with Chinese citizens
Advocates in the U.S. are staging their own protests against the Chinese government in solidarity with the protesters in China who have bee...
Woman dubbed ‘new tank man’ for defiantly facing police during violent protest dispersal in China
A Chinese protestor who held her ground against riot police has earned the moniker “new tank man,” in reference to the defiant protester wh...
Physics equations, white papers, alpacas: a guide to the symbols of China’s COVID protests
Physics equations, blank white sheets of paper, alpacas — these are just some of the symbols protesters in China are using to show dissent ...
Khier Casino
Chinese nationals hold anti-Xi protest in NYC on Halloween
Around 30 protesters marched in Manhattan on Halloween night on Monday to oppose the Chinese government and Chinese President Xi Jinping’s ...
‘He abused my country, my leader’: Chinese diplomat says pulling Hong Kong protester’s hair was his ‘duty’
Chinese Consul-General Zheng Xiyuan admitted to pulling the hair of Hong Kong protester Bob Chan during the scuffle that ensued at the Chin...
Videos emerge of Hong Kong protester dragged into Chinese consulate in UK and beaten
A Hong Kong pro-democracy protester, only identified as Bob, was beaten up at the Chinese consulate in Manchester, England, on Sunday after...
Editorial Staff
Chicago
‘Why should we fear for our life?’: Chicago Chinatown residents demand justice after recent crimes
Leaders, neighborhood organizations and residents in Chicago’s Chinatown held a rally to protest against crime in the neighborhood on Satur...
NYC bail reform slammed after repeat offender makes 42nd attack
Robert Kelley, vice president of New York City’s Transport Union, slammed the city’s bail reform on “Fox & Friends First” on Monday in ...
News
Thai protester sentenced to 2 years in prison for mocking queen with fashion show
A court in Thailand finalized the sentencing for Jatuporn “New” Saeoueng, a pro-democracy protester, on Monday. Jatuporn was charged with ...
Indian women protest release of Hindu men who sexually assaulted pregnant Muslim woman
Dozens of women protested in New Delhi, India, on Thursday after a court ordered the release of 11 Hindu men who gang-raped a pregnant Musl...
New York
Protestors gather outside Yuh-Line Niou’s office, accuse her of siding with ‘sweatshop bosses’
Chinatown worker groups protested outside the office of New York State Assemblymember Yuh-Line Niou (D-Lower Manhattan) on Wednesday, urgin...
Chinese authorities violently stop peaceful protestors demanding their life savings back from banks
More than 1,000 bank depositors in China gathered in front of the People’s Bank of China building in the city of Zhengzhou in Henan provinc...
Democratic Rep. Judy Chu among 181 arrested during peaceful abortion rights protest at Capitol
Rep. Judy Chu (D, CA-27) was arrested and issued a citation during a peaceful abortion rights demonstration at an intersection between the ...
Hundreds gather in NYC Chinatown to protest the development of a new 24-hour homeless shelter
Hundreds gathered in New York City’s Chinatown last Thursday to protest the development of a new 24-hour homeless shelter. Four shelters hav...
Maina Chen
GuiYing Ma: Protestors rally over death of fourth Asian in New York City due to violence in two months
The New York Asian American community recently held a rally in the city’s Chinatown in protest of the latest incident of violent crimes tar...
Protester interrupts Boston press conference by heckling Asian American woman he mistook for Mayor Wu
An unidentified protester interrupted Monday’s Boston Common press conference by heckling executive director of the Massachusetts Voter Tab...
International
Tibetans protest ‘Beijing Olympics: genocide Games’ outside IOC headquarters and Dalai Llama exile home
Tibetans in different parts of the world held protests against the Beijing Winter Olympics ahead of its commencement on Friday. The larges...
Protests & Demonstrations
‘Asian Lives Matter’: Protest against anti-Asian attacks erupts in NYC Chinatown after Michelle Go vigil
More than 100 protesters reportedly gathered in Chinatown to denounce the rise in anti-Asian attacks. While Michelle Go’s death is current...
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