https://www.scmp.com/rss/329683/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com https://www.scmp.com/infographics/world/article/3280814/rise-asian-american-voters-us-elections-visual-explainer?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/infographics/world/article/3280814/rise-asian-american-voters-us-elections-visual-explainer?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 03 Oct 2024 11:00:16 +0000 Returning to bring music fans and festivalgoers from around the world together, Coachella just wrapped up the end of two hectic weekends in the Colorado Desert. It’s perhaps a given that the likes of Harry Styles, The Weeknd and Billie Eilish would all wow the crowd with their solid performances, but several Asian artists have also been making their mark at the popular Californian music festival this year too – including Hong Kong-born K-pop idol Jackson Wang. The all-Asian artist... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3175824/why-jackson-wangs-coachella-performance-made-history-hong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3175824/why-jackson-wangs-coachella-performance-made-history-hong?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 30 Apr 2022 00:00:23 +0000 People of Japanese descent are gearing up for their first-ever parade in New York City, taking their place among the line-up of groups that celebrate their heritage with marches through the United States’ most populous city. Set for May 14, the Japan Day parade comes amid activism following a wave of anti-Asian attacks during the coronavirus pandemic, and solidarity is part of the parade’s message. But planning began well before the emergence of Covid-19. Organisers initially aimed to coincide... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3175795/asian-americans-are-vital-new-york-city-host-first-ever-parade?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3175795/asian-americans-are-vital-new-york-city-host-first-ever-parade?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 28 Apr 2022 05:02:22 +0000 The biggest food delivery service in the United States is DoorDash. Co-founded in 2012 by a bright group of Stanford University students, the successful food ordering and delivery platform went public in December 2020. Today it boasts more than a 50 per cent market share and has over 6,000 employees. At the end of 2021, the company’s reported revenue earnings for that year clocked in at over US$4.8 billion. One of DoorDash’s co-founders, Tony Xu, also serves as its CEO and holds a roughly five... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3175218/meet-tony-xu-co-founder-and-ceo-doordash-chinese-american?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3175218/meet-tony-xu-co-founder-and-ceo-doordash-chinese-american?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 25 Apr 2022 00:00:21 +0000 Disney has done the frozen Nordic princess, the Chinese warrior princess and many others in between. But a Korean princess? Not so much. Harvard University student Julia Riew has set out to fix that. The 22-year-old Korean- American wrote Shimcheong: A Folktale – a full-length musical inspired by a Korean folktale with a decidedly Disney movie vibe – as her final-year thesis. She’s been releasing snippets of it on TikTok since January, and has quickly amassed a passionate following with the... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3169662/korean-princess-musical-launched-tiktok-has-its-author?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3169662/korean-princess-musical-launched-tiktok-has-its-author?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 10 Mar 2022 10:15:08 +0000 Golden Globe winner and Marvel actor Awkwafina – born Nora Lum – recently quit Twitter after being called out for misappropriating a “blaccent”, or black accent, throughout her career. However, this was not the first time fans and internet users alike have brought up the issue to The Farewell star. She was already getting criticised when she first launched her career with the hit NSFW parody rap song, My Vag. She then struggled to respond to a reporter’s question about the criticism during last... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3166518/has-awkwafina-been-cancelled-inside-shang-chi-stars?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3166518/has-awkwafina-been-cancelled-inside-shang-chi-stars?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 10 Feb 2022 11:00:16 +0000 Fiona and Jane by Jean Chen Ho, pub. Viking At its best, this collection of related stories is a searching consideration of fractured lives. Though it focuses primarily on protagonists Fiona and Jane, all of the characters are burdened in some way: with nagging questions of identity (cultural, sexual or otherwise); with a weighty sense of familial responsibility; or with the after-effects of psychological trauma. Whether we encounter a mother who has not told her daughter the truth about her... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/books/article/3165440/asian-american-coming-age-tale-set-la-fiona-and-jane?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/books/article/3165440/asian-american-coming-age-tale-set-la-fiona-and-jane?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 04 Feb 2022 10:45:12 +0000 Jingping “JP” Lai was working for the US State Department as a diplomat, assigned to locations in Malaysia, Canada and Vietnam, when he decided to turn his passion project, the English-language web novel site Wuxiaworld, into his full-time career. “There was a lot of money flowing in and out of China and I realised eventually either I leave or [the State Department] was going to kick me out, and it wasn’t going to be a pleasant kick-out,” Lai says. The founder and now CEO of Wuxiaworld, which he... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3163784/how-web-novel-site-wuxiaworld-born-asian-american?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3163784/how-web-novel-site-wuxiaworld-born-asian-american?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 22 Jan 2022 05:15:18 +0000 More members of minorities are showing up in mainstream US entertainment, from films and TV to music, as audiences demand stories that reflect the world’s diversity – showing that inclusion is good business – industry executives say. “Our industry has caught up with reality. The majority of the world is actually Asian,” says Bing Chen, president of Gold House, a non-profit collective that promotes Asian Pacific Islander voices. “Audiences are craving things they’ve never seen, never heard... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3158407/us-audiences-demand-content-reflects-worlds-diversity-and?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3158407/us-audiences-demand-content-reflects-worlds-diversity-and?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 04 Dec 2021 01:15:13 +0000 Daniel Dae Kim is easily one of the hardest working Asian actors in Hollywood – starring in Netflix’s upcoming live-action series, Avatar: The Last Airbender, executive producing the hit ABC series, The Good Doctor (based on the 2013 South Korean series) and recently guest starring on FX’s The Premise. How does he manage to juggle it all? “It can be challenging,” acknowledged Kim. “I’ve put my fair share of frequent flyer miles on this body and I have the bags under my eyes to prove it! But it’s... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3158238/daniel-dae-kim-starring-netflix-series-avatar-last?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3158238/daniel-dae-kim-starring-netflix-series-avatar-last?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 02 Dec 2021 22:00:12 +0000 One of the hottest “clubs” in Hollywood is run by Crazy Rich Asians actor Jimmy O. Yang and his producing partners. There’s no DJ or bottle service – but if you gain entry, you had better know how to eat a Dungeness crab. Yang, whose holiday romantic comedy Love Hard is streaming on Netflix, has turned Crab Club, the production company he operates alongside Jessica Gao and Ken Cheng, into a real Hollywood force. Why Crab Club? The name comes from their regular crab dinners with other... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3155544/crab-club-crazy-rich-asians-jimmy-o-yangs-hollywood?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3155544/crab-club-crazy-rich-asians-jimmy-o-yangs-hollywood?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 12 Nov 2021 21:15:18 +0000 Christine Chiu has been one busy woman, running her plastic surgery business, hanging out with Kathy Hilton, shooting season two of popular Netflix reality series Bling Empire, and rediscovering her love of dance on ABC’s Dancing with the Stars. Oh, and being a loving mum to Baby G, of course. In an exclusive interview with STYLE, we chat to her about everything she has been up to these past few months. 4 times Ambani heiress Isha looked a million dollars What’s happening with Bling... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3154458/bling-empires-christine-chiu-heart-evangelista-dorothy?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3154458/bling-empires-christine-chiu-heart-evangelista-dorothy?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 01 Nov 2021 22:00:20 +0000 In second grade, Fiona Rene was cast as a rainbow-coloured zebra for a school play. It was a moment the Los Angeles-based actress says helped her decide “this is what I want to do for the rest of my life”. Her passion for performing has led her to the biggest role of her career – as a series regular on I Know What You Did Last Summer. The series, a serial adaptation of the 1997 horror movie, is now streaming globally on Amazon Prime Video. “To get to be part of such an iconic horror franchise is... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3152832/asian-american-actress-fiona-rene-her-favourite-movie-genre?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3152832/asian-american-actress-fiona-rene-her-favourite-movie-genre?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 19 Oct 2021 23:15:14 +0000 Asian actors have made a major impact in Hollywood blockbusters this year, playing heroic roles and destroying stereotypes along the way. They are taking the baton from pioneers such as Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan and raising the status of Asian actors to the next level. The protagonists in some of the year’s biggest films come from diverse career backgrounds, such as hair styling and architecture, before they were sucked into the acting vortex and emerged as globally recognised stars. But who... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3152895/5-asian-actors-dominating-hollywood-how-shang-chis-simu?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3152895/5-asian-actors-dominating-hollywood-how-shang-chis-simu?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 19 Oct 2021 22:00:23 +0000 He may not have received an Emmy last weekend, but Bowen Yang has won in so many other ways, with numerous accomplishments under his belt. The charming comedian is the very first Chinese-American cast member on the sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live, and he is also among the cast’s first openly gay men. He has become famous for his hilarious portrayals of former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang, Chinese trade representative “Trade Daddy” and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. He... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3149997/meet-bowen-yang-emmy-nominated-comedian-saturday-night?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3149997/meet-bowen-yang-emmy-nominated-comedian-saturday-night?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 26 Sep 2021 00:00:35 +0000 Tony Leung (Xu Wenwu) and Simu Liu (Shang-Chi) might be the talk of the town since the release of Shang-Chi, but Fala Chen, who plays the titular character’s mother Ying Li, has an impressive story of her own. Born in Mainland China and raised in the US, Fala Chen is a Chinese-American actress who speaks fluent Mandarin, English, Cantonese and Japanese. 5 Chinese celebrities with foreign citizenships … but which 2 gave them up? Before she got into the film industry, she was a student of... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3149766/fala-chens-career-shang-chi-hong-kong-tv-shows-and-beauty?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3149766/fala-chens-career-shang-chi-hong-kong-tv-shows-and-beauty?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 23 Sep 2021 04:27:53 +0000 From the To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before film series starring Lana Condor to the more recent Never Have I Ever, which features a heavy Asian cast, Asian representation in TV and film has been on the rise in the US – especially over at Netflix. Here are the latest Asian-led shows and films to make a splash on the streaming giant this year. Cameo’s most requested television stars of 2021, from Big Ed to Lindsay Lohan Ensemble cast in Ankahi Kahaniya – September release From blockbuster... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3149134/asian-actors-rule-netflix-5-new-tv-shows-and-films-watch?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3149134/asian-actors-rule-netflix-5-new-tv-shows-and-films-watch?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 18 Sep 2021 22:00:24 +0000 With the horrific rise in hate crimes against people of Asian descent in the US amid the coronavirus pandemic, Daniel Wu has committed to fighting racism by working with a small group of notable AAPI (an acronym that stands for Asian-American and Pacific Islander) leaders from journalism, fashion, politics and entertainment to bring awareness to the issue. The veteran actor has started a movement with actor Daniel Dae Kim and other prominent Asian-Americans, such as reporter Lisa Ling, the... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3147430/daniel-wus-most-important-job-yet-besides-acting?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3147430/daniel-wus-most-important-job-yet-besides-acting?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 05 Sep 2021 23:00:16 +0000 NiK Kacy had felt for a long time that they didn’t quite fit in, but never more so until they went out shopping for shoes. “Every time I wanted to buy a pair of shoes that fit my identity, I was told I was in the wrong section,” said Kacy, a Hong Kong-born, Los Angeles-based designer, entrepreneur and activist. “I love men’s shoes, but was always told to go to the women’s section because of the size of my feet. It was so humiliating.” So Kacy, who identifies as gender-fluid, queer and... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/fashion-beauty/article/3137805/nik-kacy-had-nowhere-buy-gender-neutral-shoes-so-they?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/fashion-beauty/article/3137805/nik-kacy-had-nowhere-buy-gender-neutral-shoes-so-they?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 20 Jun 2021 23:15:00 +0000 What happens when a Chinese-American restaurant opens in China? Nom Wah Tea Parlor is one of New York’s oldest Chinese restaurants, serving Chinese-American dim sum classics like deep-fried egg rolls and giant roast pork buns. In 2019, they opened their first store in China, with the hope of introducing Chinese-American food to Chinese people. https://www.scmp.com/food/these-guys-are-bringing-new-york-chinatown-food-china/article/3134899?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/food/these-guys-are-bringing-new-york-chinatown-food-china/article/3134899?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 26 May 2021 08:05:27 +0000 Korean-American “Tiger Cub” investor Bill Hwang was once known as “the greatest trader you had never heard of”. Ironically you’re more likely to have heard of him since March – when his US$20 billion net worth was reportedly wiped out in 10 days. The sudden collapse of Hwang’s New York-based Archegos Capital Management has been called the fastest single loss by an individual in history. It also imposed huge losses on his bankers Nomura and Credit Suisse, raising fears of another global banking... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/luxury/article/3134631/bill-hwang-wall-street-investor-who-lost-us20-billion-days?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/luxury/article/3134631/bill-hwang-wall-street-investor-who-lost-us20-billion-days?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 24 May 2021 08:37:39 +0000 A lot of thought goes into being Asian-American these days. For me, this starts with a somewhat frenzied search for identity. Even before the Atlanta shootings on March 16, I was struggling with an identity crisis. I have had multiple identities – swimmer, writer, journalist, daughter, sister, single person, woman who identifies with the pronouns she/her/hers. I am an ABC, an American-born Chinese, and the daughter of first-generation immigrants. That said, for the first time in my life, I have... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3130341/racism-and-hate-crime-surges-being-asian-american-woman-living-bell?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3130341/racism-and-hate-crime-surges-being-asian-american-woman-living-bell?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 21 Apr 2021 19:30:13 +0000 Asians living in America are under assault. Rarely a day passes without a report about someone of Chinese, Filipino, Thai or Indonesian descent being attacked or even killed. Legislation meant to address the onslaught is moving through Congress. And US President Joe Biden has set up a task force, warning that “we have to act” to stem the tide of violence. Chinese, Japanese and other East Asians, seen as part of these communities, have suffered discrimination and violence in the United States... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3130357/aapi-grows-label-us-pacific-islanders-point-out-uniqueness-their?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3130357/aapi-grows-label-us-pacific-islanders-point-out-uniqueness-their?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 20 Apr 2021 15:22:20 +0000 US congressional staffer Mark Akpaninyie, an African-American, had clumps of his hair hoarded as souvenirs. Think tank analyst Bryce Barros was told his skin was too dark to be an American. Technology expert Shirley Hargis was asked if she was Beyoncé.  Black people living in China faced their share of jarring interactions, whether motivated by prejudice, racism or ignorance.  Hargis, deputy manager of the China Technology Transfer & Emerging Technologies at civic group CRDF Global, said that... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3130194/growing-number-african-american-china-experts-work-gain-recognition?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3130194/growing-number-african-american-china-experts-work-gain-recognition?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 19 Apr 2021 16:25:26 +0000 The pilot script of Kung Fu was written more than a year ago, but its premiere couldn’t be more timely, says star Olivia Liang. The series, which started airing on American television network The CW on April 7, follows a young Chinese-American woman, Nicky Shen, as she returns home to San Francisco after three years at a remote monastery in China, only to find her family has moved on without her. 5 Asian actresses who made it in Hollywood “She has to reconcile the new Nicky with the Nicky she... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3129526/kung-fu-star-olivia-liang-ready-show-world-asian-women?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3129526/kung-fu-star-olivia-liang-ready-show-world-asian-women?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 15 Apr 2021 00:00:23 +0000 My wife and I recently moved to a bigger flat. We are expecting our first child in August and our old one-bedroom place was just not big enough. Our new home overlooks New York Harbour and the Statue of Liberty, a symbol of America that I have loved since I was a child. My dad was a Jewish refugee who fled Germany during World War II, and my wife is a recent immigrant from Harbin, a lovely but cold city in northern China. I grew up believing the United States welcomed “the world’s huddled masses... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3129341/or-without-trump-racist-rhetoric-china-making-us-unsafe-asian?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3129341/or-without-trump-racist-rhetoric-china-making-us-unsafe-asian?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 13 Apr 2021 19:30:10 +0000 The shootings in Atlanta that left eight people dead, including six women of Asian descent, have saddened many people. The Asian-American community has experienced heightened vulnerability during the past year, with nearly 3,800 incidents of anti-Asian bias reported. In 2020, reports of hate crimes against Asian-Americans in 16 US cities jumped by nearly 150 per cent from the previous year. To phrase the nuanced sentiments as “Asian hate” can be misleading, though. This current wave of... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3128861/atlanta-shootings-stopping-asian-hate-requires-getting-root-wests?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3128861/atlanta-shootings-stopping-asian-hate-requires-getting-root-wests?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 10 Apr 2021 03:00:08 +0000 Last month, in the wake of the killing of six Asian women at a spa in Atlanta, Georgia, the United States woke up to the hostility Asian-Americans have lived with since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.  As people grappled with the shocking surge in verbal and physical attacks targeting Asians, some major news outlets attributed the slow emergence of the worsening situation to the quiet nature of Asian people. But that story was incomplete and inaccurate. What had prevented these incidents... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3128372/racist-attacks-must-spur-asian-americans-unite-and-end-timid?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3128372/racist-attacks-must-spur-asian-americans-unite-and-end-timid?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 05 Apr 2021 17:00:15 +0000 When I first interviewed photographer Andria Lo and writer Valerie Luu, founders of the blog Chinatown Pretty, in 2018, their Instagram account had 11,000 followers and they were four years into their mission of documenting the outfits worn by the elderly denizens of Chinatowns across North America. Lo and Luu, who are based in the San Francisco Bay Area, founded the blog in 2014 to “celebrate the street style of seniors living (and grocery shopping) in Chinatown”. They started shooting in the... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/fashion-beauty/article/3128025/chinatowns-north-america-and-their-stylish-seniors?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/fashion-beauty/article/3128025/chinatowns-north-america-and-their-stylish-seniors?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 04 Apr 2021 10:15:07 +0000 Following the groundbreaking triumph of Bong Joon-ho and Parasite at the Oscars last year (best picture, best director, best international feature film and best original screenplay), many of us might be wondering how long we have to wait for the Academy to honour more Asians in film. This March, six Asian talents received coveted Oscars 2021 nods. Out of the historic nine actors of colour to receive nominations across all acting categories, three are Asians. In a season of many firsts, three... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/leisure/article/3127970/oscars-2021-meet-6-asian-nominees-nomadland-director-chloe?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/leisure/article/3127970/oscars-2021-meet-6-asian-nominees-nomadland-director-chloe?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 04 Apr 2021 00:00:15 +0000 New York police were on Tuesday searching for a man who violently attacked an Asian-American woman as witnesses seemingly looked on without intervening, the latest incident of anti-Asian violence in the United States. The attack, which took place on a pavement in broad daylight in Midtown Manhattan on Monday, was caught on CCTV footage from inside an adjacent building. In the video, posted online by police, the man can be seen walking up to the 65-year-old woman and kicking her in the stomach,... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3127662/shocking-video-shows-asian-american-woman-kicked-stomped-street?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3127662/shocking-video-shows-asian-american-woman-kicked-stomped-street?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 30 Mar 2021 12:36:49 +0000 Prosecutors in Seattle and San Francisco have charged men with hate crimes in separate incidents that authorities say targeted people of Asian descent amid a wave of high-profile and sometimes deadly violence which has spiked since the coronavirus pandemic began. Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Los Angeles and throughout the San Francisco Bay Area on Saturday, the latest in a series of rallies in response what many said has become a troubling surge of anti-Asian sentiments. “We can... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3127301/two-men-charged-asian-hate-crimes-separate?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3127301/two-men-charged-asian-hate-crimes-separate?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 27 Mar 2021 23:51:07 +0000 Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in Koreatown on Saturday for a unity rally and march down Olympic Boulevard to demand an end to the surge in anti-Asian hate and violence, including the Atlanta-area killings earlier this month that have stoked fear and outrage in the community. Drums and chants filled the air as demonstrators marched and lifted signs saying, “#Stop Asian Hate” and “Enough is enough.” The event was part of a national day of action promoted by the ANSWER coalition, with similar... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3127295/hundreds-march-los-angeles-koreatown-part-stop?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3127295/hundreds-march-los-angeles-koreatown-part-stop?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 27 Mar 2021 21:59:16 +0000 On March 16, eight people were shot and killed at three massage parlours in Atlanta, Georgia. Six of the eight victims were women of Asian descent.  In the wake of the shootings, I found myself shifting between hope and sadness. The hope came from the voices that surfaced in the multitude of protests in communities and cities across the country. It emerged from the messages sent out by various organisations and companies. I had not seen such a public outcry for Asian-Americans previously.  The... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3126393/after-atlanta-shootings-how-asian-americans-can-help-stop-hatred?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3126393/after-atlanta-shootings-how-asian-americans-can-help-stop-hatred?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 22 Mar 2021 19:30:13 +0000 Eddie Huang can lay claim to a number of accomplish­ments: he has written a couple of bestsellers – one of which spawned a hit television show – owned restaurants, designed clothing and helmed an edgy, investigative TV series, an episode of which saw him tossed into an Italian jail cell. But Huang says he can count on one hand the number of times he has felt any degree of autonomy. “Three,” says Huang, 39, who lives in Los Angeles, in the United States. “There are only three things I’ve ever... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/3125138/eddie-huang-racism-domestic-violence-and-defying?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/3125138/eddie-huang-racism-domestic-violence-and-defying?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 12 Mar 2021 18:30:10 +0000 The Hidden Girl and Other Stories by Ken Liu, Head of Zeus Third-culture kids will chortle at the observations of William, in “Ghost Days”, one of Ken Liu’s short stories in his latest collection. Educated in Britain, the put-upon son wants to be seen as a “proper Englishman”, and flinches when his Cantonese-speaking father insists on using his child’s Chinese name. In perpetual disagreement with his own heritage, William piles on contempt for the old ways, lamenting to himself: “It’s the first... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/books/article/3120752/three-books-immigrant-experience-ken-liu-younghill?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/books/article/3120752/three-books-immigrant-experience-ken-liu-younghill?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 08 Feb 2021 12:15:07 +0000 This hotel room in West Hollywood, dimly lit with the curtains drawn, shows no signs of film-star excess. No half-full bottles of flat champagne, no overflowing ashtrays. No powder-flecked mirrors on the countertops. No cracks in the plasma television.  Just some fresh clothes folded neatly over a chair and, on the table in front of us, a Nintendo Switch and a big bag of sour candies. And anyway, its occupant isn’t exactly a film star. At least not yet. Thirty-year-old Simu Liu clears off a spot... https://www.scmp.com/society/meet-simu-liu-actor-playing-marvels-first-asian-superhero-shang-chi-battling-global-stereotypes/article/3041206?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/society/meet-simu-liu-actor-playing-marvels-first-asian-superhero-shang-chi-battling-global-stereotypes/article/3041206?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 09 Dec 2019 10:26:46 +0000 An exclusive Facebook group for lovelorn Asians around the world has become the population’s answer to Tinder. Subtle Asian Dating, where members can “auction off” their single friends to others in the closed group, has taken off since its inception last November and developed a life of its own. Members have touted meeting beaus by “shooting their shots,” that is messaging strangers after seeing their “auction” profiles, which often read like résumés with a laundry list of achievements—an... https://www.scmp.com/culture/can-you-really-find-love-subtle-asian-dating/article/3001542?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/culture/can-you-really-find-love-subtle-asian-dating/article/3001542?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 13 Mar 2019 10:17:26 +0000 For many Chinese kids growing up on the West Coast of the United States, grocery shopping has always meant one thing: a trip to 99 Ranch Market. The supermarket chain is ubiquitous in America’s largest Asian communities. Sure, there are plenty of stores that sell Asian groceries, but 99 Ranch (not Ranch 99, by the way) stands out for its sheer size: 51 stores across seven states, making it the largest Chinese supermarket chain in the United States. (By comparison, the largest Asian-American... https://www.scmp.com/food/how-99-ranch-market-became-biggest-chinese-grocery-chain-us/article/3001368?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/food/how-99-ranch-market-became-biggest-chinese-grocery-chain-us/article/3001368?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 12 Mar 2019 11:17:39 +0000 Miss Chinatown USA is one of the oldest beauty pageants of its kind. We went behind the scenes of this annual tradition in San Francisco. https://www.scmp.com/story/becoming-miss-chinatown/article/3001005?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/story/becoming-miss-chinatown/article/3001005?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 28 Feb 2019 17:31:49 +0000 Jenny Dorsey is a New York City-based chef who conceived a course-meal experience that tells her story of becoming a chef as an Asian in America, from the subtle dismissals of Chinese food she faced in culinary school to the pigeonholing she experienced in the industry afterward. The experience, being staged this week at the Museum of Chinese in America in New York City, is based off an essay she wrote about coming to terms with her identity through food. The essay, originally published in... https://www.scmp.com/identity/growing-chinese-american-expressed-3-course-meal/article/3000844?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/identity/growing-chinese-american-expressed-3-course-meal/article/3000844?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 18 Feb 2019 08:46:40 +0000 As a second-generation Asian-American teenager growing up in southern California, I spent a lot of time on the internet. My friends and I sought out the internet as a space to consume content created by other Asian-Americans. We gushed over K-pop fan fiction on Tumblr, related to our favorite YouTubers like KevJumba, and got our trends from influencers like Michelle Phan. The vast majority of entertainment that we consumed was detached from white mainstream content. Instead, it came from these... https://www.scmp.com/identity/we-have-talk-about-subtle-asian-traits/article/3000350?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/identity/we-have-talk-about-subtle-asian-traits/article/3000350?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 21 Dec 2018 09:55:01 +0000 An Asian superhero is finally going to kick some ass in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The latest news that Marvel Studios is fast-tracking a film centered on Shang-Chi, a Bruce Lee-inspired kung fu master, comes on the heels of Black Panther and Crazy Rich Asians blowing up at the box office. It also comes as China has grown to become Marvel’s No. 1 overseas market. But before the studio can make cinematic history with Shang-Chi, it must reckon with the character’s origin story—and tackle an... https://www.scmp.com/culture/marvel-wants-do-asian-superhero-movie-it-has-reckon-his-racist-past/article/3000296?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/culture/marvel-wants-do-asian-superhero-movie-it-has-reckon-his-racist-past/article/3000296?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 10 Dec 2018 11:06:15 +0000 The romantic comedy Crazy Rich Asians might have been a box-office hit in the United States, but in mainland China, it was a big flop when it opened this weekend. From Friday to Sunday, the movie made barely 8 million yuan ($1.2 million), according to box-office tracker Ent Group, putting it in a dismal eighth place behind other Hollywood films like Venom and Ralph Breaks the Internet. And while Crazy Rich Asians, based off Kevin Kwan’s novel of the same name, has been hailed in Hollywood as a... https://www.scmp.com/culture/crazy-rich-asians-opens-china-offended-audience/article/3000285?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/culture/crazy-rich-asians-opens-china-offended-audience/article/3000285?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 03 Dec 2018 12:08:29 +0000 Calm and reticence are highly prized in Confucian culture, but these traits may hurt the job prospects of ethnic Asians in the US. That’s because American employers are more likely to prefer candidates who demonstrate excitement and enthusiasm, according to a new study by Stanford University.   Psychology professor Jeanne Tsai, one of the co-authors of the study, believes the findings might help explain the phenomenon of the “bamboo ceiling”, the underrepresentation of Asian Americans in... https://www.scmp.com/society/us-employers-emotional-preferences-could-put-asian-americans-disadvantage/article/2157962?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/society/us-employers-emotional-preferences-could-put-asian-americans-disadvantage/article/2157962?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 02 Aug 2018 09:15:30 +0000 Accusations of alleged discrimination and bias against Asian American applicants at Harvard University have stirred debate in China about its own education system. With 540,000 Chinese students studying abroad in 2016, the country is the world’s biggest source of international students, and Harvard has a particular cachet with the millions of Chinese students aspiring to study abroad. Last week, documents unveiled as part of a lawsuit by a group representing Asian American students accused... https://www.scmp.com/education/our-own-harvards-discriminate-too-say-chinese-netizens/article/2151317?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/education/our-own-harvards-discriminate-too-say-chinese-netizens/article/2151317?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 18 Jun 2018 10:30:15 +0000