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· Carl Samson
He fled China’s crackdown on lawyers for America’s rule of law. Now ICE has him
A Chinese human rights lawyer who escaped Beijing’s crackdown on his profession said he came to the U.S. trusting in its rule of law, ahead of a hearing next week that could send him back. “Not criminals” Wu Shaoping, 48, spoke by phone Tuesday to Lancaster Online from the…
· Carl Samson
Trump’s China election data claims draw Beijing denial, stir AAPI fears
President Donald Trump’s accusation that China stole 220 million American voter files to sway the 2020 election drew a sharp denial from Beijing and stirred fresh anxiety among Chinese American leaders, who fear their communities could become political scapegoats ahead of the…
· Carl Samson
Boston seismologist’s family breaks silence after 2 years of secret detention in China
A Boston seismologist has been held in China for nearly two years without a public trial, forcing his family to break their silence last week as Beijing shows no plans to free him. What happened Youlin Chen, 54, was detained by Chinese state security agents in November 2024…
· Carl Samson
Sen. Blackburn’s anti-China ad smashes fortune cookies that aren’t Chinese
Republican U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn, who is running for Tennessee governor, is facing backlash over a campaign ad that saw her crush fortune cookies in a Chinese restaurant while vowing to “stop communist China.” What she’s saying The 30-second ad shows Blackburn seated at the…
· Carl Samson
Pastor freed from China after Trump’s appeal to Xi
Pastor Jin Mingri, the founder of Beijing’s underground Zion Church, has been released after nine months in detention and reunited with family in Los Angeles, less than two months after President Donald Trump raised his case directly with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. How it…
· Carl Samson
San Francisco’s Chinatown opens world’s 1st Chinese queer museum
A new museum in San Francisco’s Chinatown is giving Chinese and Chinese American LGBTQ+ stories a public home for the first time. A new space The OUT Museum, located at 949 Clay St., opened with a rainbow-ribbon cutting ceremony on May 29. Its one-room gallery features…
· Carl Samson
Trump’s crackdown on Chinese researchers is China Initiative 2.0, lawyers say
Immigration attorneys and civil rights advocates believe the Trump administration has quietly built what amounts to a revamped China Initiative, operating without the formal name that drew widespread criticism and was shut down under the Biden administration. What they’re saying…
· Ryan General
China detains US citizen and Myanmar activist Min Zin
For decades, Min Zin stood among Myanmar’s best-known advocates for democratic reform, surviving exile after the military crushed the country’s 1988 pro-democracy uprising and later building a career as a respected scholar and policy analyst. Now the U.S. citizen, University of…
· Ryan General
AAJA condemns China expulsion of NY Times reporter Vivian Wang
The Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) is backing New York Times correspondent Vivian Wang after China expelled the reporter in February over a newspaper event featuring Taiwan President Lai Ching-te, despite Wang having no involvement in the interview. The Times…
· Carl Samson
Man who bludgeoned 4 to death in NYC Chinatown sentenced
A Manhattan judge sentenced the man convicted of fatally beating four unhoused men with a metal bar in Chinatown to 40 years to life in state prison last Thursday. Catch up Randy Santos, 31, was convicted of four counts of first-degree murder in February for the Oct. 5, 2019…
· Carl Samson
Santa Ana unveils memorial for Chinatown destroyed by city-ordered fire
The city of Santa Ana, California, dedicated a memorial monument Saturday to its historic Chinatown, a Chinese immigrant community that the city ordered burned down nearly 120 years earlier. Remembering the community The memorial sits at the northeast corner of 3rd and Bush…
· Carl Samson
China’s STEM push draws Asian, African students as US tightens access
China enrolled 380,000 international students during the 2024-25 academic year, with Asian and African students leading enrollment gains driven by affordable STEM programs and Beijing’s expanding global influence. Growing appeal: Students from 191 countries and regions are…
· Ryan General
Americans’ views on China soften after years of record negativity: survey
Americans’ views of China have become modestly more positive after several years of sharply negative sentiment, according to a March survey by the Pew Research Center. The share of U.S. adults with favorable opinions rose to 27%, up from 21% last year and roughly double the…
· Ryan General
LA Chinatown seniors settle lawsuit after years of unsafe apartment conditions
Nearly 200 elderly residents of Cathay Manor, a subsidized 16-story apartment complex in Los Angeles’ Chinatown, have reached a formal settlement after years of battling unsafe living conditions. The lawsuit was filed in September 2021 in Los Angeles County Superior Court after…
· Ryan General
Eileen Gu says she was assaulted at Stanford amid China decision backlash
Freestyle skier Eileen Gu said she was “physically assaulted on the street” while on campus at Sanford University during her time as a student. “The police were called,” the 22-year-old Olympic gold medalist told The Athletic. “I’ve had death threats. I’ve had my dorm robbed.”…
· Ryan General
Hundreds of rescued LA Chinatown film prints return to the silver screen
Nearly 600 original 35 mm Chinese-language film prints recovered from Los Angeles’ former Sing Lee Theatre are now returning to public exhibition through the UCLA Film & Television Archive. The films, produced between 1960 and 1988 and originally screened in Chinatown, include…
· Carl Samson
How Draco Malfoy became China’s luck symbol for the Year of the Horse
As China welcomes the Year of the Horse, an unexpected blonde wizard from the “Harry Potter” franchise has emerged as the nation’s unofficial symbol of luck. Why Malfoy: The latest viral sensation originated from a linguistic pun regarding the Mandarin transliteration of the…
· Ryan General
Nashville’s Chinatown development opens its 1st Asian supermarket
The largest Asian supermarket in the Nashville area opened Friday morning in Antioch as part of the Tennessee Nashville Chinatown development. Pan Asia’s new flagship store at 5255 Hickory Hollow Parkway carries more than 10,000 Asian food and household products and serves as…
· Carl Samson
Man gets 65 years for fatal shooting of Chicago Chinatown grandfather
A man has been sentenced to 65 years in prison for the daylight killing of 71-year-old Woom Sing Tse in Chicago’s Chinatown nearly four years ago. Catch up: Alphonso Joyner, now 27, fatally shot Tse in the 200 block of West 23rd Street on Dec. 7, 2021, as the elderly man made…
· Carl Samson
2019 NYC Chinatown rampage suspect says he heard voices ordering him to kill
A transient man on trial for bludgeoning four sleeping men to death in Manhattan’s Chinatown in 2019 asserted an insanity defense last week, with his lawyer arguing he heard voices commanding him to kill 40 people or die himself. Catch up: Randy Santos, now 31, is charged with…
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Anta turned a fading Italian tennis label into China's premium athleisure crown jewel by keeping FILA's ~2,000-store footprint flat and instead tripling productivity per store — proof that in China, brand cachet and retail discipline beat raw expansion.
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Company · China · HKEX:2020
Anta Sports
Anta is China's largest sportswear group — it out-sells rivals at home and owns FILA China plus Arc'teryx and Salomon, turning national-brand pride into a global portfolio.
Company · China · HKEX:2331
Li Ning
Li Ning is the face of 'guochao' — the national-pride streetwear wave that made Chinese consumers choose a homegrown label over Nike and Adidas.
Company · China · NYSE:BABA
Alibaba
Alibaba is China's commerce-and-entertainment backbone — Taobao and Tmall shopping habits fund Youku streaming and Alibaba Pictures, tying online spending to what China watches.
Company · China · NASDAQ:BILI
Bilibili
Bilibili is where China's Gen-Z lives online — anime, gaming, and creator culture, with a fandom so loyal it powers a wildly popular New Year gala.
Company · China · NASDAQ:IQ
iQIYI
iQIYI is the 'Netflix of China' — the subscription streamer whose original C-dramas, variety shows, and donghua set what a billion-plus viewers binge.
Company · China · HKEX:1024
Kuaishou
Kuaishou is China's number-two short-video platform, where livestream selling turned everyday creators into a shopping channel and rewired how goods get sold.
Company · China · NYSE:MNSO
Miniso
Miniso turned character-IP collabs and blind-box impulse buys into a global store network — Sanrio, Disney, and Chiikawa merch you didn't plan to buy, plus its own TOP TOY chain.
Company · China · HKEX:9999
NetEase
NetEase helps explain gaming, music streaming, and online entertainment habits in Chinese consumer culture.
Alibaba · Platforms · NYSE:BABA
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Alibaba is China's commerce-and-entertainment backbone — Taobao and Tmall shopping habits fund Youku streaming and Alibaba Pictures, tying online spending to what China watches.