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· Bryan Ke
Chicago police release pictures and videos of man wanted for shooting in Chinatown
Chicago Police on Saturday released pictures and surveillance videos on Saturday of the man involved in a shooting in the 2200 block of South Wentworth Avenue near a karaoke bar on July 1 that left one woman dead and two people injured. Chicago police identified the man as a…
· Michelle De Pacina
Chicago Chinatown residents push for karaoke bar to close after shooting kills woman, wounds 2
Chicago police responded to a shooting in Chicago’s Chinatown at around 10:50 p.m. on Friday. The gun fight left a woman dead and two others wounded, including the 38-year-old offender who fired shots. Area One detectives are currently investigating and searching for the other…
· Michelle De Pacina
Chinese restaurant waiters captured on video wrestling a dine-and-dasher in Adelaide’s Chinatown
Three men and a woman were captured on video trying to detain a diner who allegedly refused to pay his bill worth hundreds of dollars in a Chinatown restaurant in Adelaide, Australia, on Wednesday. The 33-year-old man has been charged with theft. He is expected to appear in…
· Bryan Ke
American food YouTuber goes to Singapore’s Chinatown Complex to try ‘exotic Asian meats’
American YouTuber Sonny Side, whose real name is Will Sonbuchner, recently went to Singapore’s Chinatown Complex to try local hawker dishes, including pig’s trotter and fallopian tubes. The 38-year-old food vlogger uploaded a video on June 11 titled “Exotic Asian Meats!!…
· Michelle De Pacina
Man in his 60s dragged along the street during carjacking incident in Oakland’s Chinatown
An Asian man aged in his 60s was dragged in the street during a carjacking in Oakland, California’s Chinatown. The unidentified victim drove up to the Won Kee Supermarket and stepped out of his car, leaving his door wide open as he went to pick up a bag of rice. In a matter of…
· Michelle De Pacina
Bystander chases down stranger who randomly punched Asian American woman in DC Chinatown
Catherine Xu was allegedly punched in the face by a stranger while waiting to cross the street in Washington, D.C.’s Chinatown. A bystander immediately jumped in and chased after the attacker to help her, according to Xu. Xu reportedly visited urgent care after the incident.…
· Michelle De Pacina
Man injures three women in two separate attacks at Chicago Chinatown train station
A man who injured three women in two separate attacks at CTA Red Line platforms on Wednesday was taken into custody and was brought to the Jackson Park Hospital for a mental health evaluation. The 29-year-old suspect stabbed a 22-year-old woman in the face with a sharp object…
· Carl Samson
Vancouver Chinatown community ‘disheartened’ after mural is vandalized weeks after being created
“Fu Lu Shou Xi,” a mural in Vancouver’s Chinatown, was vandalized with bubble graffiti on Sunday morning. The artwork, located on the Ten Ren Tea and Ginseng Company building, was completed just five weeks ago by artist Carolyn Wong. The mural was commissioned by the Vancouver…
· Jane Nam
Rent prices tripling in an LA Chinatown apartment building means residents face possible homelessness
The Los Angeles City Council is scheduled to vote today on plans to buy a 124-unit Hillside Villa apartment building in Chinatown amid huge rent hikes. Hillside was previously under an affordability covenant that kept its rent low for the past 30 years, but it expired and owners…
· Bryan Ke
87-year-old man bear-sprayed in the face in Vancouver Chinatown racist attack
The Vancouver Police Department (VPD) is searching for a man who reportedly bear-sprayed an 84-year-old victim in Vancouver’s Chinatown on Friday at around 11:40 a.m. The victim was standing at the bus stop near Pender Street and Columbia Street when the suspect "came up to him,…
· Michelle De Pacina
Father who was beaten and ‘left for dead’ near Chicago Chinatown wakes up from coma
Jin Yut Lew recently woke up from his coma after being brutally beaten and “left for dead” near Chinatown in Chicago on April 7. The Chinese father was transferred to a long-term care center, according to his family. While his memory and speech are not back, Lew can now follow…
· Michelle De Pacina
Suspect in two deadly assaults in Edmonton’s Chinatown is arrested
Police arrested a 36-year-old man believed by homicide detectives to be involved in two separate deaths in Chinatown in Edmonton, Canada, on Wednesday. Officers responded to an aggravated assault report at an auto body shop around 4 p.m. and found a 64-year-old man with…
· Michelle De Pacina
Boston Chinatown sexual assault suspect may be linked to another attack on Boston University campus
Edwin Fantauzzi, a man accused of sexually assaulting a woman on Boston’s Harrison Avenue on Saturday, was arrested on Wednesday after a woman riding the T train recognized him and called the police. He reportedly claimed to be an Uber driver and asked to use a bathroom inside a…
· Michelle De Pacina
Philadelphia police searching for suspects who stole Chinatown church van
Philadelphia police are searching for the suspects who stole a 15-passenger van from the Chinese Christian Church & Center located on 11th and Vine streets on Monday night. Surveillance footage captured two suspects stealing and driving away with the stolen white van that has a…
· Khier Casino
‘Fight the Virus, NOT the People’ banner from SF Chinatown march to be donated to Smithsonian
A 20-foot, red banner with the words “Fight the Virus, NOT the People” will be donated to the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C., in honor of San Francisco’s Chinese community. The banner was used by the San Francisco Chinese Consolidated…
· Carl Samson
San Francisco Chinatown mural defaced with profanity, ‘your mom’ jokes
A popular mural in San Francisco’s Chinatown fell victim to vandalism last week. The mural, known as the Tiger Dragon, was painted on the side of a store located at the corner of Commercial Street and Grant Avenue. Taggers vandalized the artwork with profanity, inappropriate…
· Michelle De Pacina
Pregnant Chinatown store owner uses air horn to thwart attempted robbery
A pregnant store owner in Oakland’s Chinatown used an air horn to prevent a man from stealing from her business. Eva Liu, the owner of Yuda International Logistics, was working at her family’s store when a man entered and attempted to steal customer packages at around 1:50 p.m.…
· Michelle De Pacina
Santa Ana to formally apologize for burning down its Chinatown in 1906
Officials in Santa Ana, California are drafting a formal apology for the burning of the city’s Chinatown in 1906. As part of their atonement, the city will be naming previous officials as responsible for the destruction, which they described as an act of “fundamental injustice,…
· Michelle De Pacina
Meet the 12 AAPI heroes featured in Chinatown San Francisco’s new mural
The “AAPI Community Heroes Mural” created by the Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco has been unveiled in the city’s Chinatown. The mural was created in collaboration with the Wells Fargo Community Mural Program and honors 12 Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI)…
· Michelle De Pacina
Chinatown residents protest proposed casino site in downtown Chicago
Chinatown residents gathered on Sunday to protest against one of three proposed sites for downtown Chicago’s first integrated casino resort. A Chinatown health organization said that a poll indicated most residents do not want a casino in their neighborhood. Chicago Mayor Lori…