Thai activist charged over ‘inappropriate’ royal history post
Facebook (Bloomberg/File) A Thai pro-democracy activist has been charged over an “inappropriate” social media post, police said Tuesday, as authorities use a tough cyberlaw against perceived critics of the powerful monarchy. Police arrested 25-year-old Kan Pongprapapan late Monday and charged him with violating the Computer Crimes Act after a Facebook post touching on the turbulent […]
Thai military files sedition case against opposition leaders, academics
Exiled Thai activist Junya Yimprasert is denouncing Thailand Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, on the first day of the 10th Asia-Europe Meeting in Milan, Italy on Oct. 16, 2014. (Shutterstock.com/Eugenio Marongiu) Thailand’s military has filed a sedition case with police against a group of opposition politicians and academics, accusing them of stirring unrest with talk of […]
Former caregivers charged with stealing life savings from Japanese internment camp survivor
Two former employees of a Lincoln Park nursing home in Chicago were arrested last week for allegedly stealing up to $750,000 in life savings from dementia patient Grace Watanabe, the Chicago Tribune reported. Tameeka Wolfe, 40, was Symphony Residences’ business manager, and Christina Wright, 32, was the activity director. Both were charged with one felony count […]
The history of Filipino organizing in California
8 MINGREATER LA Hosted by Steve Chiotakis Oct. 12, 2019 LOS ANGELES Pilipino Workers Center organizer Randy Magusara stands in a field in Central California.All photos by Paulina Velasco. You’ve probably heard of César Chávez, the Mexican American labor organizer whose activism in Central California led to the creation of the United Farm Workers union. But did you […]
For Chinese-American Conservatives, Race Is a Weapon
On September 30, US District Court Judge Allison Burroughs ruled against the plaintiffs who had challenged Harvard University’s race-conscious admissions program. It was a vindication of Harvard’s effort to admit a diverse student body on all counts—but perhaps a temporary one, as the case will almost certainly make its way to the US Supreme Court, where a […]
U.S. imposes visa restrictions on Chinese officials over Muslim treatment
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has imposed visa restrictions on Chinese government and Communist Party officials it believes responsible for the detention or abuse of Muslim minorities in Xinjiang province, the U.S. State Department said on Tuesday. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo cited the decision of the Commerce Department on Monday to add 28 […]
Stay safe out there, brothers and sisters!
With all the recent controversy going on between China and HK and how the western media has weirdly picked up an intense interest in this issue the anti-chinese sentiments across the west are escalating rapidly. I specifically phrase this as Anti-Chinese rather than anti-china because in practice this is how it will play out. Be absolutely sure that the vast majority […]
Yellow brother spitting facts
I was called an Asian supremacist for posting on this subreddit, then I realized I was talking to a white racist who didn’t know he was racist
So every now and then, I get messages from random white people stating “You are an Asian supremacist for posting on r/aznidentity or r/sino or r/asianmasculinity“. It made no sense to me, because I have never stated I believe Asians are superior to all. Unlike white racists, I don’t use physical characteristics such as height, […]
We Welcome All Points of View on Hong Kong (and Topics Like It)
here have been a number of posts here on the Hong Kong protests. Even though this sub focuses on issues in the West, there are parallels that people see between what’s going on there and here mainly in terms of Asian-white dynamics. HOWEVER, while many here are Chinese-American and many who are not like myself […]