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· Carl Samson
Las Vegas man sentenced for shooting Chinatown waiter 11 times
Rashawn Gaston-Anderson, 24, was sentenced on Monday to seven-to-18 years in prison for shooting Las Vegas Chinatown restaurant worker Chengyan Wang on Dec. 20, 2021. Wang, a Chinese migrant worker, was deep-cleaning Shanghai Taste in the 4200 block of Spring Mountain Road when…
· Michelle De Pacina
Coalition warns Philadelphia 76ers’ new arena plan could spell ‘the demise of Chinatown’
A Sixers arena will be built at the nearby Philadelphia Fashion District at 10th and Market Streets in Chinatown and is scheduled to open in 2030. In light of the new plan, four broad-based Chinatown groups have united to create a committee that is dedicated to reviewing how the…
· Carl Samson
2 men charged in deadly shooting at Houston Chinatown restaurant
A pair of men have been charged with capital murder in connection with a fatal shooting of two other men at an Asian restaurant in Houston last month. Bich Xuan Dang, 49, and Hieu Trong Nguyen, 49, were arrested for the deaths of Hahn Minh Nguyen, 63, and Long Nguyen, 51, police…
· Iris Jung
‘Big Fight in Little Chinatown’ documentary reveals devastating effects of gentrification
The trailer for “Big Fight in Little Chinatown,” which documents the story of Chinatowns across North America, was released on Tuesday. Directed by Karen Cho, a Chinese Canadian documentary filmmaker in Montreal, “Big Fight in Little Chinatown” is described as a “story of…
· Michelle De Pacina
Boyfriend charged with murder of missing pregnant woman from Chicago Chinatown
Bilian Fang, the 40-year-old pregnant woman who was reported missing last month in Chicago, was allegedly murdered by Yaer Shen, the 46-year-old father of her unborn child. According to prosecutors, the couple got into a physical fight about finances while inside Shen’s car,…
· William Yuk
Nike pays homage to San Francisco’s Chinatown with Air Force 1 colorway
Nike is set to release an Air Force 1 Low that pays homage to San Francisco’s historic Chinatown community. In celebration of the iconic shoe silhouette’s 40th anniversary, Nike is set to release a colorway adorned with pink gradients on both its signature Swoosh and midsole.…
· Carl Samson
Robber gives motive for stealing Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh! cards on his way out of Seattle Chinatown store
Pink Gorilla Games, a 17-year-old video game store in Seattle’s Chinatown International District, fell victim to an armed robbery on Monday afternoon. Staff member Jordan Carson, who was behind the register, said he believed the suspect, whose “hands [were] in his pocket the…
· Ryan General
Plan to expand homeless shelter near Seattle’s Chinatown dropped after protests
Chinatown-International District residents cheered the Friday announcement that King County, Seattle, will no longer pursue the planned expansion of the homeless shelter in the SODO neighborhood. The proposal to increase the Salvation Army's Lighthouse Shelter’s capacity to…
· William Yuk
Jimmy O. Yang to star in ‘Interior Chinatown’ series directed by Taika Watiti for Hulu
Hulu has ordered a miniseries adaptation of the novel “Interior Chinatown” to be directed by Taika Waititi and starring Jimmy O. Yang. Yang will play Willis Wu, a background character in a police procedural who is suddenly thrust into the spotlight after witnessing a crime and…
· Michelle De Pacina
93-year-old man suffers broken hip from unprovoked assault by stranger in Vancouver Chinatown
A 93-year-old man suffered a broken hip in an unprovoked attack in Vancouver’s Chinatown on Oct. 11. The Vancouver Police Department has released surveillance footage of the incident. Investigators have not yet identified the suspect. Vancouver Police are searching for a suspect…
· Michelle De Pacina
Police call on public’s help for missing pregnant woman from Chicago Chinatown
Chicago police have called on the public’s help in locating Bilian Fang, a missing pregnant woman from Chinatown. Fang, 40, is of Asian descent and described as having a light complexion, black hair and brown eyes. She is nine months pregnant and married with two children.…
· Ryan General
Displaced residents of fire-damaged NYC Chinatown apartment building frustrated by delayed repairs
A fire that started in a building owned by Eighty Mulberry Realty Corp. on Mulberry Street in New York City’s Chinatown back in April left two people dead and 37 tenants displaced. The displaced residents are now expressing their frustration with the building’s delayed repairs.…
· Michelle De Pacina
‘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 Saturday. Protestors called for heightened police presence, stricter laws and tougher penalties to keep offenders behind bars. Leaders also…
· Khier Casino
NYPD asks for help after man follows woman into Chinatown apartment building and sexually assaults her
Surveillance footage showed a man sexually assaulting a woman in her New York City Chinatown apartment building. The attacker followed the 27-year-old woman into her building near Market Street and Madison Street on Sept. 24, the New York Police Department said. In the video,…
· Carl Samson
Teen denied bail in attempted murder of Chicago Chinatown chef
Termaine Patterson, 18, has been charged with eight felonies in connection with a brutal carjacking in Chicago’s Chinatown on April 7. Jin Lew, 61, a prominent chef in the neighborhood, was robbed, beaten and “left for dead” in the vicious attack near 25th Place and South…
· Michelle De Pacina
Man shot dead in Seattle’s Chinatown-International District
A 35-year-old man was shot dead at the intersection of 13th Ave. South and South Lane Street in Seattle’s Chinatown-International District on Thursday. Seattle police are currently investigating the incident and searching for the perpetrator, who fled the scene. Police have not…
· Carl Samson
Man arrested for unprovoked attack on Asian woman in San Francisco Chinatown
Alejandro Garcia, 30, was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly shoving a 53-year-old Asian woman in San Francisco’s Chinatown. The victim, who fell and hit her head on the ground, reported the unprovoked attack herself and was taken to a hospital with minor injuries. Garcia was…
· Michelle De Pacina
Suspect who stabbed Afghan refugee in Vancouver’s Chinatown charged in 2nd attack on stranger
Dennis Prasad, the suspect arrested and charged for stabbing an Afghan refugee in Vancouver’s Chinatown, has been charged in a second unprovoked attack. On Sept. 10, Prasad allegedly attacked a 55-year-old man and left him with life-altering injuries. On Sept. 11, Prasad…
· Michelle De Pacina
Man shot in the chest with arrow in Honolulu Chinatown
A man in his 50s was reportedly shot in the chest “with some kind of arrow” on Wednesday in Honolulu’s Chinatown. The victim was transported to a trauma hospital in serious condition. No arrests have been made, as of press time. An attempted murder investigation is underway…
· Michelle De Pacina
Afghan refugee stabbed in the throat in unprovoked attack in Vancouver’s Chinatown
An Afghan refugee was stabbed in the throat and chest in an unprovoked attack in Vancouver’s Chinatown. The 22-year-old victim was locking his bicycle to a street pole on Gore Avenue near East Pender Street at around 6 p.m. local time on Sunday when a man approached him from…