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· Ryan General
Chinese-American Virologist Who Helped Identify the Cause of AIDS Dies at Age 73
World-renowned scientist Dr. Flossie Wong-Staal passed away due to pneumonia at the Jacobs Medical Center in La Jolla, San Diego on July 8, La Jolla Light reported. The life of a hero: The 73-year-old Chinese American virologist and molecular biologist, who saved countless lives…
· Bryan Ke
Chinese-American Man Yells ‘Trump Save Me’ After Throwing Wife Off Stairs at Taiwan Airport
A Chinese American man was arrested for throwing his wife off a stairway at an airport in Taiwan, and witnesses reportedly overheard him yelling for Trump to save him. The incident happened on March 18 at around 12:30 a.m. when the husband, only identified as Wan, threw his…
· Bryan Ke
Chinese-American ‘Abandoned’ 13 Years Ago Reunites with Birth Parents Thanks to the Internet
A Chinese-American teenager has been reunited with her biological parents after beleiving she was abandoned for more than a decade in China, and it is all thanks to the power of the internet. Kylee Fengmin Bowers, or Liang Jinglang, her birth name, was accompanied by her…
· Editorial Staff
Meet an Ex-Member of One of the Most Violent Chinese-American Gangs in the U.S.
China Mac is a Chinese-American, Brooklyn-born rapper and former gang member who was released from jail last year after serving an 11-year prison sentence for shooting — and partially paralyzing — fellow rapper Christopher Louie back in 2003. Mac, whose real name is Raymond Yu,…
· Heather Johnson Yu
Mom Reveals 37 Awful Things People Have Said About Her Adopted Chinese-American Daughters
Asian-American adoptees are, unfortunately, used to ignorant questions. “Where are you from?” or “Who are your real parents?” are constant queries that these people hear, from adoption to adulthood, and it can be a depressing, “othering” experience. One mother and photographer,…
· Max Chang
Chinese-American Trump Supporter Blasted on Twitter After Declining to Try On a Hijab
On Thursday, Muslim American students at the University of Central Florida held a “Try a Hijab” event to celebrate World Hijab Day on campus. Kathy Zhu, known as “Political Kathy” online for her conservative views and student at UCF, happened to walk by. One of the students…
· Carl Samson
Meet the Chinese-American Marine Who Single-handedly Saved 8,000 Men in the Korean War
Nearly four years after passing at his home in Washington, Kurt Chew-Een Lee and his valor in the Korean War lives on in grateful memory. Lee, a Chinese-American Marine, is remembered by many for single-handedly driving Chinese attackers away during the Battle of Inchon in 1950.
· Carl Samson
Meet the Chinese-American Woman Behind the Very First Oscar-Winning Documentary
Documentaries have been winning Oscars since 1942. At the time, 25 films were nominated for the inaugural category, which later branched into feature and short films. However, their history of recognition dates back to the year before, when one received an Honorary Academy Award…
· Bryan Ke
Chinese-American Family Demands Answers After ‘Tough’ Marine Daughter Allegedly Commits Suicide
The family of Miriam Elizabeth Liu, the Chinese-American marine who was found dead at a military base in Yuma, Arizona, on September 24, is not entirely convinced that their daughter died of suicide. The autopsy report, which was conducted by authorities independent of the…
· Carl Samson
Chinese-American Astronaut Reveals What Asian Kids Must to Do Achieve Their Dreams
Like many of us, Leroy Chiao, 57, looked up to the stars as a child and dreamed of reaching outer space one day. But unlike most people, he managed to turn what seemed like wishful thinking into reality — and more.
· Heather Johnson Yu
Chinese-American Man Dies One Month After Brutal Assault Over iPhone in Brooklyn
New details have recently emerged surrounding the death of Huiping Wu, a 50-year-old home health attendant from Brooklyn who was the victim of a fatal mugging. On June 24th, 2017, Wu was accosted by an unknown person who tried to steal his iPhone 7. Wu refused to give it to the…
· Carl Samson
Meet The Chinese-American Who Made $500 Million For His Startup Last Year
Kenneth Lin, founder and CEO of Credit Karma, has announced that the personal finance company increased revenues by about 50% to $500 million last year. It was 2007 when Lin started Credit Karma as a means of helping people make financial progress. Five years later, the company…
· Khier Casino
Chinese-American Designer Featured in People Magazine’s ‘World’s Most Beautiful’ Issue
Celebrity designer Vern Yip, who has appeared on TLC’s “Trading Spaces”, has been featured in People Magazine’s 2017 “World’s Most Beautiful” along with husband Craig Koch and their two children. Yip, 48, and Koch love to travel together, and they bring their 6-year-old daughter…
· Khier Casino
Chinese-American Author Mocked at Texas High School, Calls Students Out Online
Highland Park High School administrators have issued an apology to best-selling author Jamie Ford after the student assembly suddenly burst into applause while he spoke about Japanese internment camps. Ford, author of “Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet,” visited the high…
· Khier Casino
Chinese-Americans are Getting More Involved in Politics Now That Trump is President
Chinese-Americans who supported Donald Trump in the 2016 election anxiously await his next move as the newly sworn-in president threatens a trade war with China and establishes ties with Taiwan. David Tian Wang, 33, a businessman originally from Beijing, founded “Chinese…
· Carl Samson
Why Donald Trump’s Chinese-American Supporters Are Suddenly Disappearing
Following the controversial call between Donald Trump and Taiwan’s Tsai Ing-wen, some of the former’s Chinese-American supporters began expressing their doubts. The call, the first between a U.S. president or president-elect since 1979, broke the “One China” policy. Trump…
· Khier Casino
Why More Chinese-Americans Are Marrying Within Their Race
More American-born Chinese (ABC) people are marrying within their race and it might be due to two key factors: China’s improving reputation and the more recent influx of Chinese emigrants.
· Editorial Staff
Meet the Chinese-American Teen Who’s Donald Trump’s Biggest Fan
This post has been updated. Donald Trump is not popular among Asian-American voters. Only 19% of Asian-American voters see the Republican presidential nominee in a positive light, according to Politico. However, one Chinese-American teenager in Florida is trying to change that…
· Editorial Staff
Chinese People Are Calling the Only Chinese-American Woman in Miss America 2016 Ugly
Chinese netizens are criticizing the looks of Miss Michigan, the only Chinese-American woman to compete in Miss America. Arianna Quan, 23, is the newly crowned Miss Michigan who will be competing in this year’s upcoming Miss America contest in September. She will be the only…
· Editorial Staff
Photographer Reveals What It’s Really Like to Live as a Chinese-American
What is it like being a Chinese-American living in the United States? Wenjun Chen and Yanmei Jiang from Guangzhou, China, set out to find the answer to that question via a road trip that took them through the US visiting Chinese-American families and documenting their everyday…