SF Chinese group promotes gun ownership after community crime scare
Mayoral candidate Ellen Lee Zhou poses with gun at a gun show at the Cow Palace in March 2019. Zhou is among those calling for the Chinese community in San Francisco to arm themselves. SF Chinese group promotes gun ownership after community crime scare San Franciscans, would you believe there’s a renewed gun rights movement […]
Asian American Parents and Activists Protest Outside Of NYC Schools Chancellor’s Car
On Tuesday, several Asian American protesters held signs outside of NYC School Chancellor Richard Carranza’s car as he left an invitation-only community meeting in Brooklyn, New York Post reports. The protest is just one consequence of the rising tensions between Carranza and members of the Asian American community in New York City. The tension can be traced […]
Disney Goes After Netflix With $13-a-Month Streaming Bundle
Walt Disney Co. is pricing a new bundle of streaming services at a surprisingly low $12.99 a month, challenging Netflix Inc. with a package that includes family programming, live sports and a deep library of television shows. The entertainment giant announced the combined pricing for Disney+, ESPN+ and Hulu on a conference call Tuesday with investors. It will […]
NATO chief says alliance must prepare ‘to address the rise of China’
China’s efforts to establish economic and even military influence far beyond its borders are pushing NATO to develop new plays for the Indo-Pacific, the security bloc’s civilian chief says. “Investing heavily in critical infrastructure in Europe, increased presence in the Arctic, and also increased presence in Africa, and in cyberspace,” NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg […]
First Asian American elected to Boston City Council calls out newspaper’s “insensitive” graphic
Boston City Councilwoman Michelle Wu is blasting a recent front page graphic and headline in the Boston Herald. The image shows a politician standing in a Chinese take out box full of fried rice with the headline Wok Tall. The illustration accompanied a story about House Speaker Robert DeLeo purchasing $5,000 worth of Chinese take […]
China vows response if US deploys missiles in region, arms race feared
A top Chinese military official on Tuesday said Beijing would “not stand idly by” if the U.S. goes forward with deploying intermediate-range missiles in the Indo-Pacific region, raising new fears an arms race. Last weekend, Mark Esper, the U.S. defense secretary, said that he “would like to” place these missiles in Asia, while in Sydney. Australia’s defense minister has […]
Man Showed Off Corpse of Filipino Wife in Freezer Before Committing Suicide
A 66-year-old Texas man’s body was found with a self-inflicted wound and the body of his FIlipino wife inside of his freezer in an apparent murder-suicide. Police reportedly responded to Edward Rogers Jr.’s home on Livermore Drive on Monday morning when a man notified the authorities that the suspect had killed his wife, according to Star-Telegram. Officers found […]
South Korean, Filipino Among First Arrested in Recent Hong Kong Protests
A South Korean restaurant worker and a Filipino Disneyland employee, were among those arrested in Hong Kong recently, in what could be the first cases of foreigners being detained in relation to the ongoing mass protests. Hong Kong police apprehended the two foreigners during a clearing operation of extradition bill protesters in Mong Kok on […]
“On A Scale Of 1-10, It’s An 11” – Wall Street Reacts To China’s Retaliation
One day after China finally snapped, and demonstratively refused to intervene and keep the CNH above 7.00 vs the dollar, escalating the trade war into a currency war, stocks are tumbling and Wall Street analysts – all of whom had been bullish until now – are scrambling to adjust their narrative. With the S&P dropping […]
Niall Ferguson: Trump’s China stance ‘woke America up’ to potential ‘Cold War II’
President Trump’s tough stance against China and the Sino-American trade imbalance has alerted the American public to the fledgling stages of a second Cold War, according to historian Niall Ferguson. In the half-century since former National Security Adviser Henry Kissinger opened relations with China through a visit with then-Premier Zhou Enlai, Beijing has stepped up its competition with the U.S., […]