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Film & TV
Hollywood could gain $4 billion if API representation improved, study suggests
The film and television industry in the U.S. holds immense potential for increased revenue by improving the representation and authenticity ...
Michelle De Pacina
Crime
10% of hate crimes occur at schools, FBI report reveals
Schools or college campuses are the third most common location of hate crimes, according to a new FBI report. Key findings: The report, rele...
Bryan Ke
Government
Georgia voting laws disproportionately affect AAPI voters: report
The Georgia legislature’s new restrictions on absentee voting are disproportionately affecting the Asian American and Pacific Islander...
Japan
Japan demographic crisis: 1 in 10 residents are aged 80 or older
The country’s death rate has consistently surpassed its birth rate for over a decade, making it a pressing concern for local leaders ...
Ryan General
Education
Chinese children significantly outperform their white British peers across education, career: report
A government report by the U.K.’s Social Mobility Commission revealed that children of Chinese descent in the U.K. significantly outpe...
Economy
API households have highest housing payment burdens, report finds
The report urges policymakers to recognize the increased discrimination and barriers that API households face and ensure progress toward hou...
Business
Tesla, Nissan, Kia among worst-ranked car brands in new consumer privacy report
Nissan and Kia were notable for explicitly mentioning that they collect information related to users’ sexual activity in their privacy...
Issues & Racism
Human Rights Watch study finds prevalence of anti-Black racist content on Chinese social media
“Beijing should recognize that undertaking investments in Africa and embracing China-Africa friendship won’t undo the harm caused by unaddre...
News
Nearly 75% of Chinese Americans experienced racial discrimination in past year, survey reveals
A recent study has revealed that nearly 75% of Chinese Americans have experienced some form of racial discrimination at least once in the pa...
Ana Yoo
Price of plane tickets to China have gone up as much as 1,000% since pre-pandemic, report reveals
Travelers interested in visiting China may have to spend thousands of dollars on economy-class plane tickets, according to a new report pub...
Editorial Staff
AAPIs mark the largest increase among new immigrants in state legislatures since 2020, report finds
There are 27 newly-elected Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) in the 2022 legislative session, the largest gain among groups of ...
Carl Samson
POC employees at New York Times get lower performance evaluation scores: report
The NewsGuild released a report on Tuesday highlighting the racial disparities in the New York Times’ performance evaluations for its staff...
Explicit photos, videos of South Asian women traded in Reddit forum, report reveals
BBC Panorama’s investigative report uncovered a subreddit where thousands of users would allegedly trade and sell leaked explicit material ...
China
Chinese NGO accuses ‘warmongering’ US of violating human rights in the Middle East
The China Society for Human Rights Studies (CSHRS), a Chinese NGO, accused the United States of committing human rights violations in a rep...
Report: Over 11,000 anti-Asian hate incidents reported since March 2020
Stop AAPI Hate, a national coalition that tracks anti-Asian attacks, has documented nearly 11,500 hate incidents against Asian Americans an...
Study
Anti-Asian hate crimes up by 342% in 2021, new data shows
New York saw the highest number of anti-Asian hate crimes in 2021, according to data from the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism in...
Food
Report: Vancouver is the world’s most ‘sushi-crazed’ city outside Japan
Based on Google Trends data, Vancouver is the most “sushi-crazed” city in the world outside Japan. The Canadian city, whose metropolitan a...
Report: A third of Asians in San Gabriel Valley experienced anti-Asian hate during the pandemic
About a third of Asian Americans in California’s San Gabriel Valley said they or their family members have experienced anti-Asian hate duri...
Jiselle Lee
Health
New York Health Department releases its first-ever AAPI health report
The New York Health Department released its first-ever Asian American and Pacific Islander health report on Dec. 10. New report: The NY Heal...
Asia
Report: Asia’s civic rights under attack, Taiwan the only territory ‘open’
Attacks against civic freedoms in Asia have been rife over the past year, with Taiwan being the only territory that can be considered open, ...
#StopAAPIHate report: 1 in 5 AAPIs experienced a hate incident over the past year
Attacks against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders have steadily increased through the third quarter of the year, according to the latest...
‘Being Taiwanese isn’t a political choice’: Backlash causes Pew to reverse Taiwanese-as-Chinese decision
Pew Research Center has corrected its April demographic report on the number of Taiwanese people living in the United States after receiving...
Entertainment
Asian-Americans Went to Movie Theaters More Than Any Other Ethnic Group in 2016
Asian-Americans were the biggest moviegoers in 2016 compared to any other ethnic group in the country in terms of per capita ticket buying, ...
Khier Casino
Silicon Valley is No Longer the Hottest Area for Startups
According to the latest annual Kauffman Index report, which measures entrepreneurship across the country, Silicon Valley has been dethroned ...
Jacob Wagner
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