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Basketball star Jeremy Lin has been fined by the Chinese Basketball Association for criticizing the league’s COVID-19 facilities.

 

Lin, who currently plays for the Guangzhou Loong Lions in the Chinese Basketball Association, was fined 10,000 Chinese Yuan, or $1,400, for “inappropriate remarks about quarantine hotel-related facilities.” The athlete posted a now-deleted video remarking, “Can you believe this is a weight room? What kind of garbage is this?”
 

His comments came as protests rage in China over their restrictive “zero-COVID” lockdown policies. China has deployed police to quell the protests and have worked to prevent and scrub any social media photos and videos of the protests.  

Jeremy Lin 
Credit: Global Silicon Valley
Spotlight đź’ˇ
  • Half-Filipino hockey star Jason Robertson of the Dallas Stars is the National Hockey League’s top goal scorer at the moment. Robertson has 22 goals to his name.   
Jason Robertson
Credit: SPORTSNET
Race in America 🌎
  • Filipinos and Alzheimer’s: Local Filipino American doctors in Hampton Roads, Virginia are teaming up with the Alzheimer’s Association to lead an Alzheimer and dementia education program for the Filipino community in the area. The program will take place on Wednesday Dec. 7 at 7:00 p.m. over Zoom.  

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  • Ousted CEO files discrimination lawsuit: Justin Zhu, co-founder and former CEO of Iterable, has filed a federal lawsuit against the company over anti-Asian discrimination. The company alleges Zhu, who was terminated in 2021, was fired because of a 2019 incident where he allegedly took LSD before a meeting. Zhu, however, claims anti-Asian experiences at the company such as being told he didn’t look like a CEO, he was “not passionate enough” and “not forceful enough” were all stereotypes about Asian Americans that were the actual reason for his firing.   
In Other Asian News đź—ž
  • No sex til marriage: Indonesia’s parliament is set to pass a new law banning sex outside of marriage. The penalty for violating the law is one year in jail and prohibiting cohabitation between unmarried couples. Insulting the president will also be outlawed.  

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  • More Chinese police stations: A human rights group has revealed the existence of 48 more secret Chinese police stations across the globe, bringing the total to more than 100. Italy hosts 11 stations, the most out of any country according to the human rights group.
Entertainment đź“ş
  • Japan and South Korea’s game: Japan and South Korea are the two remaining Asian countries competing in the World Cup. South Korea is facing off against Brazil today, with the latter being the favorite to win. Japan lost to Croatia on a penalty kick today. 

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  • “Little Shop of Horrors” in S.F.’s Chinatown: A new production of the musical “Little Shop of Horrors” reimagines the show taking place in San Francisco Chinatown. Phil Wong stars as the main character, the flower shop assistant Seymour.
Phil Wong as Seymour in "Little Shop of Horrors"
Credit: TheatreWorksSV
What else is on our minds? 🧠
  • A Massachusetts man is facing charges for hitting an Asian man with his car and also yelling “Go back to China” after the victim confronted him about his reckless driving. 
     
  • Samsung Electronics has appointed Lee Young-hee as their first female president in the company’s 53-year history.  
     
  • Cho Gue-sung, a forward for Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors FC, has become a fan-favorite at the World Cup. 
     
  • Student Vivek Gurav wants to help pick up waste and trash in 30 different cities in 30 days across the U.K. 
     
  • Japan’s Hajime Asaoka is a master craftsman and makes watches entirely by hand.

Have you ever seen Little Shop of Horrors?

I have. I’ve seen a production of it in Seattle and my high school choir performed some of the songs once.

Sincerely, 

Daniel Anderson

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