https://www.scmp.com/rss/330303/feed News, features and videos about Americans of Asian descent, including Chinese-Americans of all backgrounds. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Sam Beltran Sam Beltran Lea Albritton’s mornings belong to the repair shop. Her afternoons belong to the camera. The 40-year-old from Leyte in the central Philippines has lived in the US state of Georgia since 2019 with her 62-year-old American husband, Timothy, running a recreational vehicle repair shop in the mornings. After lunch, she produces videos about Filipino food, migration advice for couples stuck in the fiancée visa queue and glimpses of domestic life for the 250,000 followers of her page, Pinay sa America... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3350549/meet-filipino-vloggers-finding-financial-freedom-and-defying-stereotypes-abroad?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3350549/meet-filipino-vloggers-finding-financial-freedom-and-defying-stereotypes-abroad?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 19 Apr 2026 07:00:10 +0000 Lucy Quaggin Lucy Quaggin Six years ago, Chinese-American playwright Alex Lin was pursuing a career in tech, doing what she called “the stable thing” and promising herself she’d write when there was more time. The pandemic gave her that time – and with it the chance to change lanes. Success came relatively quickly. In the past year alone, she premiered not one but two plays off-Broadway in New York City and landed on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list, which highlights people who are making a significant impact in their... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3349568/chinese-american-playwright-alex-lin-channels-family-tensions-breakout-new-york-works?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3349568/chinese-american-playwright-alex-lin-channels-family-tensions-breakout-new-york-works?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 09 Apr 2026 18:03:24 +0000 Lucy Quaggin Lucy Quaggin China has emerged as a focal point in the debate over US birthright citizenship, as the nation’s Supreme Court appeared sceptical of oral arguments on Wednesday in a landmark case driven by President Donald Trump’s push to restrict the practice. Birthright citizenship “has spawned a sprawling industry of birth tourism”, said Solicitor General D. John Sauer, Trump’s top litigator, in his opening remarks before the highest court in the country. “Uncounted thousands of foreigners from potentially... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3348722/china-targeted-birthright-citizenship-debate-supreme-court-justices-sceptical?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3348722/china-targeted-birthright-citizenship-debate-supreme-court-justices-sceptical?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 01 Apr 2026 21:21:48 +0000 Lucy Quaggin Lucy Quaggin The US Supreme Court will hear arguments on Wednesday on birthright citizenship, with Chinese nationals at the centre of disputed claims of abuse amplified by US President Donald Trump’s immigration campaign. “Birthright Citizenship is not about rich people from China, and the rest of the World, who want their children, and hundreds of thousands more, FOR PAY, to ridiculously become citizens of the United States of America. It is about the BABIES OF SLAVES!” Trump wrote on social media on... https://www.scmp.com/news/us/diplomacy/article/3348460/born-usa-china-targeted-americas-birthright-citizenship-fight?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/us/diplomacy/article/3348460/born-usa-china-targeted-americas-birthright-citizenship-fight?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 30 Mar 2026 21:55:09 +0000 Mark Magnier Mark Magnier Like many Asian-Americans, US-born Tiffany Chin has faced her share of slights, including being treated as “other” or “foreign” and judged at times by her race rather than her accomplishments. Growing up outside Chicago, she recalls that in primary school her musical talents were attributed to her “Chinese genes”, and she was told, “you’re probably so good at maths because you’re Asian”. And as an adult on a family trip to Florida, people gave her nasty looks when she went jogging, wondering... https://www.scmp.com/news/us/society-culture/article/3347918/asian-americans-say-they-are-still-seen-foreign-study-finds?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/us/society-culture/article/3347918/asian-americans-say-they-are-still-seen-foreign-study-finds?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 25 Mar 2026 20:50:58 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press A New York businesswoman was sentenced on Friday to nine years in federal prison over a financial scheme that ripped off more than US$30 million from foreign investors and funnelled some of the stolen money into American political campaigns, including a fundraiser for US President Donald Trump. Sherry Xue Li was also ordered to forfeit US$31.5 million, as well as property at three locations, and to make restitution to her victims. The 54-year-old Oyster Bay resident, who has been detained since... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3344944/sherry-xue-jailed-funnelling-chinese-investor-funds-trump-campaign?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3344944/sherry-xue-jailed-funnelling-chinese-investor-funds-trump-campaign?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 27 Feb 2026 22:03:17 +0000 Aidan Jones Aidan Jones The tattoo on his arm reads “buc Lao” (Laos boy) but Kham Paneboun is not a Laotian citizen. In fact, he’s not really from anywhere. In February last year, US Homeland Security detained him for a felony committed as a teenager, revoked his work permit and – after decades of legal residence – deported him to Laos, a country he had never set foot in. Kham, 43, was torn from his wife and four children, aged three to 12, who remain in Texas – a family now paying for a “bad mistake” he made in his... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3342712/southeast-asian-refugees-cast-out-trumps-us-face-exile-unknown-lands?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3342712/southeast-asian-refugees-cast-out-trumps-us-face-exile-unknown-lands?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 08 Feb 2026 00:00:08 +0000 Mark Magnier Mark Magnier Most Americans favour cooperation with China in spite of Washington’s tougher stance on visas, research collaboration and tariffs, according to a new survey by the Committee of 100 (C100) civic group. The results of the polling, conducted in June 2025 shortly after US President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariff onslaught and released this month, found relatively broad support for greater cooperation between Washington and Beijing on “diplomatic issues and policies that affect both... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3341469/us-china-cooperation-backed-most-americans-new-national-survey-reveals?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3341469/us-china-cooperation-backed-most-americans-new-national-survey-reveals?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 27 Jan 2026 20:44:44 +0000 Matt Glasby Matt Glasby This is the latest instalment in a feature series reflecting on instances of East meets West in world cinema, including China-US co-productions. Anna May Wong was an anomaly in 1930s Los Angeles. Born Wong Liu-tsong to second-generation Taishanese Chinese-American parents in 1905, she rose to become Hollywood’s pre-eminent Asian star, appearing in classics like The Thief of Bagdad (1924) and Shanghai Express (1932). Often, however, the material did not live up to her abilities. Across a career... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3340506/how-anna-may-wong-fought-stereotypes-1937s-people-smuggling-drama-daughter-shanghai?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3340506/how-anna-may-wong-fought-stereotypes-1937s-people-smuggling-drama-daughter-shanghai?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 23 Jan 2026 11:15:08 +0000 The Korea Times The Korea Times For the Korean American community, the first year of US President Donald Trump’s return to power has been defined by a sense of “pure fear”. According to Kim Dong-seok, head of the non-profit Korean American Grassroots Conference (KAGC), the institutional tolerance that once protected immigrants has vanished, replaced by a political environment that views non-citizens with a presumption of criminality. “Even though the US government says it distinguishes between lawful and unlawful immigrants,... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3340542/korean-americans-face-pure-fear-under-trumps-immigration-policies-activist-says?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3340542/korean-americans-face-pure-fear-under-trumps-immigration-policies-activist-says?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 20 Jan 2026 08:51:22 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press A man has been found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the death of an elderly Thai man whose 2021 killing in San Francisco helped spark a national movement against anti-Asian-American violence. A jury did not find Antoine Watson, 24, guilty of murder when it returned a verdict on Thursday for the January 2021 attack on Vicha Ratanapakdee, 84. Jurors found Watson guilty on the lesser charges of involuntary manslaughter and assault. The office of San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3340234/man-found-guilty-involuntary-manslaughter-san-francisco-thai-grandfather?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3340234/man-found-guilty-involuntary-manslaughter-san-francisco-thai-grandfather?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 16 Jan 2026 23:51:32 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press A former US Navy sailor convicted of selling technical and operating manuals for ships and operating systems to an intelligence officer working for China was sentenced Monday to more than 16 years in prison, prosecutors said. A federal judge in San Diego sentenced Jinchao Wei, 25, to 200 months. A federal jury convicted Wei in August of six crimes, including espionage. He was paid more than US$12,000 for the information he sold, the US Department of Justice said in a statement. Wei, an engineer... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3339702/former-us-navy-sailor-jailed-16-years-selling-ship-secrets-chinese-contact?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3339702/former-us-navy-sailor-jailed-16-years-selling-ship-secrets-chinese-contact?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 13 Jan 2026 06:15:03 +0000 Bochen Han Bochen Han When Arthur Sze translates classical Tang dynasty poetry into English, he writes Chinese characters by hand, slowing himself to the pace of brush strokes and gaps. This deliberate resistance to speed is central to the craft of the US’ 25th poet laureate, and reflective of his belief that poetry must be treated with care if it is to cross borders with depth intact. Sze only translates poems he loves; by his count, he’s done just 75 translations over a five-decade-long career. “I don’t work on... https://www.scmp.com/news/us/article/3338219/us-poet-laureate-arthur-sze-slowing-down-translate-poetry-across-cultures?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/us/article/3338219/us-poet-laureate-arthur-sze-slowing-down-translate-poetry-across-cultures?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 02 Jan 2026 15:00:12 +0000 Matt Glasby Matt Glasby This is the latest instalment in a feature series reflecting on instances of East meets West in world cinema, including China-US co-productions. When Wayne Wang’s The Joy Luck Club was released in 1993, it stood as only the second Hollywood film ever to tell a contemporary story with a majority Asian cast – the first, Flower Drum Song, had arrived 32 years prior. Based on the bestselling 1989 novel by Amy Tan, it tells of four Chinese mothers and their daughters in San Francisco. They play a... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3337472/how-joy-luck-club-paved-way-asian-representation-long-crazy-rich-asians?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3337472/how-joy-luck-club-paved-way-asian-representation-long-crazy-rich-asians?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 25 Dec 2025 23:15:08 +0000 Mark Magnier Mark Magnier A mistrial was declared on Monday in the closely watched case of a former senior New York official charged with acting as a Chinese agent after the jury was unable to reach a verdict. The jury remained deadlocked on all 19 counts after several days of deliberation in the case of Linda Sun, a former aide to New York governors Kathy Hochul and Andrew Cuomo, on charges of violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act (Fara). She and her husband and co-defendant Chris Hu were also charged with... https://www.scmp.com/news/us/diplomacy/article/3337399/mistrial-case-ex-top-aide-new-york-governor-charged-working-china-agent?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/us/diplomacy/article/3337399/mistrial-case-ex-top-aide-new-york-governor-charged-working-china-agent?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 22 Dec 2025 22:13:56 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press When high school students in the West Hartford Public Schools district study World War II in the coming year, they will learn about more than just the typical hallmarks like Japanese-American detention camps. They will also hear about Sadao Munemori, a soldier who died protecting comrades from a grenade. The 22-year-old posthumously became the first Japanese-American awarded the Medal of Honour. Lessons like this that delve beyond places have left teachers “humbled”, said Jessica Blitzer, the... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3336301/us-schools-embrace-asian-american-history-new-curriculum?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3336301/us-schools-embrace-asian-american-history-new-curriculum?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 13 Dec 2025 00:33:54 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Christine Choy, a trailblazer for Asian-Americans in independent film and whose documentary on the fatal beating of Vincent Chin was nominated for an Academy Award, has died. She was 73. Choy died on Sunday, according to a statement from JT Takagi, executive director of Third World Newsreel, a filmmaking collective Choy helped establish in the 1970s. No cause of death was given. “She was a prolific filmmaker who made significant films that helped form our Asian-American and American film... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3336300/christine-choy-who-made-documentary-killing-vincent-chin-dies-73?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3336300/christine-choy-who-made-documentary-killing-vincent-chin-dies-73?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 12 Dec 2025 23:07:40 +0000 The Korea Times The Korea Times A story about Hotel Shilla CEO Lee Boo-jin’s son nearly acing South Korea’s national college entrance exam has already made headlines in the country, but the buzz did not stop there. The news quickly leapt across the Pacific and began circulating among Korean mothers in the United States, where parents are reacting with equal parts envy and fascination. Parents abroad said they were struck by how a Samsung scion managed to excel within South Korea’s intensely competitive school system. Many... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3335305/samsung-scion-aces-seouls-tough-csat-sparking-envy-among-korean-american-mums?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3335305/samsung-scion-aces-seouls-tough-csat-sparking-envy-among-korean-american-mums?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 05 Dec 2025 06:32:38 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Alice Wong, a disability rights activist and author whose independence and writing inspired others, has died. She was 51. Wong died on Friday because of an infection at a hospital in San Francisco, said Sandy Ho, a close friend who has been in touch with Wong’s family. Ho called her friend a “luminary of the disability justice movement” who wanted to see a world where people with disabilities, especially those from marginalised demographics who were people of colour, LGBTQ and immigrants, could... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3332957/us-disability-rights-activist-and-author-alice-wong-dies-51?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3332957/us-disability-rights-activist-and-author-alice-wong-dies-51?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 15 Nov 2025 23:02:47 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press A former aide to two New York governors went on trial on Wednesday on charges she sold her influence to the Chinese government and illegally profited from the state’s bulk purchase of face masks during the Covid-19 pandemic. Linda Sun and her husband, Chris Hu, were arrested last year during a US crackdown on alleged Chinese secret agents. They were charged again in June as part of the government’s efforts to root out pandemic fraud. “Linda Sun was for sale,” prosecutor Amanda Shami told jurors... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3332560/ex-ny-governors-aide-linda-sun-trial-acting-chinese-agent?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3332560/ex-ny-governors-aide-linda-sun-trial-acting-chinese-agent?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 12 Nov 2025 22:59:55 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Indians lit up social media on Wednesday to celebrate Zohran Mamdani’s election win as New York mayor after he thanked his Indian-born parents, quoted a historic speech by India’s first prime minister and turned the victory rally into a Bollywood-style street party. “We are proud of him. He has done a great job,” Mamdani’s maternal uncle Vikram Nair said. He said he was flooded with requests from friends and family to throw celebratory parties. “We will plan it soon,” he said, adding that the... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/3331694/india-celebration-zohran-mamdanis-new-york-mayoral-win-and-his-roots?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/3331694/india-celebration-zohran-mamdanis-new-york-mayoral-win-and-his-roots?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 05 Nov 2025 20:12:18 +0000 Bochen Han Bochen Han A US federal appeal court has paved the way for Florida to enforce a law restricting real estate purchases by Chinese citizens, rejecting arguments that it conflicts with federal law or is discriminatory. The 2-1 ruling by the 11th US Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta on Tuesday could embolden other states to enact similar laws, which critics say mirror early 20th century “alien land” laws that restricted property ownership by Chinese and Japanese nationals. Six states are currently... https://www.scmp.com/news/us/politics/article/3331544/us-court-says-florida-can-ban-chinese-citizens-buying-property?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/us/politics/article/3331544/us-court-says-florida-can-ban-chinese-citizens-buying-property?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 04 Nov 2025 19:23:31 +0000 Khushboo Razdan Khushboo Razdan Ashley Tellis, a prominent Indian-American national security expert and long-time US adviser, has been accused of hoarding classified documents and repeatedly meeting Chinese officials, stirring concern over possible Beijing ties and jolting Washington’s foreign policy circles. An affidavit dated October 13 in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia said more than a thousand pages of classified materials – several marked “Top Secret” and “Secret” – were recovered from various... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3329035/us-national-security-expert-arrested-over-classified-files-china-ties-probed?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3329035/us-national-security-expert-arrested-over-classified-files-china-ties-probed?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 14 Oct 2025 21:10:38 +0000 Bochen Han,Khushboo Razdan Bochen Han,Khushboo Razdan Businesses owned by Asian-Americans are struggling with mounting costs as a result of US President Donald Trump’s tariffs, with some potentially being forced to shut down, a group of Democratic lawmakers warned on Thursday as they urged the administration to reverse the duties. The warning, reflecting growing national discontent regarding Trump’s tariffs, coincided with a media briefing in front of the US Supreme Court where a group representing over a hundred small business owners pressed their... https://www.scmp.com/news/us/article/3326050/asian-american-businesses-are-being-decimated-trump-tariffs-democratic-lawmakers-warn?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/us/article/3326050/asian-american-businesses-are-being-decimated-trump-tariffs-democratic-lawmakers-warn?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 18 Sep 2025 20:33:46 +0000 Sam Beltran Sam Beltran The Trump administration’s widening immigration enforcement in the United States has led to gruelling grilling and mass deportations of Filipino seafarers over unproven child pornography accusations, sparking calls for transparency and justice from labour advocacy groups. Marcelo Morales was resting in his cabin on the cruise ship Carnival Sunshine docked at Norfolk, Virginia, when two armed agents of the US Customs and Border Protection picked him up for an “interview” on June 28. “I spent... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3325472/total-injustice-filipino-seafarers-left-adrift-mass-us-deportations?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3325472/total-injustice-filipino-seafarers-left-adrift-mass-us-deportations?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 14 Sep 2025 09:00:10 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press South Korea on Friday expressed “concern and regret” over a major US immigration raid at a sprawling Georgia site where South Korean auto company Hyundai manufactures electric vehicles. Some 475 people were detained during the raid, according to a Homeland Security official. Steven Schrank, Special Agent in Charge, Homeland Security Investigations, said at a news briefing on Friday that the majority of the people detained were from South Korea. “This operation underscores our commitment to jobs... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3324560/seoul-expresses-concern-over-us-immigration-raid-hyundais-georgia-plant?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3324560/seoul-expresses-concern-over-us-immigration-raid-hyundais-georgia-plant?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 05 Sep 2025 13:25:00 +0000 Tribune News Service Tribune News Service All five people killed in a tour bus crash in upstate New York on Friday afternoon have been identified, authorities said on Saturday. The victims include a Columbia University student, three New Jersey residents and one Indian national, according to New York State Police. They were identified as Xie Hongzhuo, a 22-year-old Columbia student originally from Beijing; Pinki Changrani, 60, of East Brunswick, New Jersey; Zhang Xiaolan, 55, and Jian Mingli, 56, both from Jersey City; and Shankar Kumar... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3322949/columbia-student-xie-hongzhuo-beijing-among-5-killed-new-york-tour-bus-crash?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3322949/columbia-student-xie-hongzhuo-beijing-among-5-killed-new-york-tour-bus-crash?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 23 Aug 2025 23:53:22 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse A US Navy sailor has been convicted of espionage for selling military secrets to China for US$12,000, the US Justice Department said on Thursday. Jinchao Wei was found guilty by a federal jury in California on Wednesday after a five-day trial, the department said in a statement. Wei, a machinist’s mate on the amphibious assault ship USS Essex, and another sailor, Wenheng Zhao, were arrested in August 2023 and charged with spying for China. Zhao pleaded guilty and was sentenced in January of last... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3322714/us-navy-sailor-jinchao-wei-convicted-spying-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3322714/us-navy-sailor-jinchao-wei-convicted-spying-china?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 21 Aug 2025 18:25:29 +0000 Sam Beltran Sam Beltran United States immigration officers have detained and are mulling over the deportation of a Filipino green card holder over an old drug charge for which he was already sentenced, amid a worrying trend of American immigrants targeted for the slightest infractions. Sonny Lasquite was returning home from a holiday in the Bahamas on July 28 when US Customs and Border Protection detained him at Charlotte Douglas International Airport in North Carolina. He is now under the custody of the Immigration... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3321918/filipino-green-card-holders-detention-us-sparks-concerns-about-scapegoating-migrants?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3321918/filipino-green-card-holders-detention-us-sparks-concerns-about-scapegoating-migrants?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 15 Aug 2025 00:01:30 +0000 Ling Xin Ling Xin On a Friday in March 2021, as Gee-Kung Chang began his day as usual at 5am, there was no hint that his life was about to change forever. As the Georgia Institute of Technology chair professor – a pioneer in the networks behind 5G and 6G – prepped for lectures and set up a thesis defence for a PhD student, a thunderous knock at the door shattered the quiet. On the other side were nine US federal agents – seven from the FBI and two from Homeland Security. They stormed in, handcuffed Chang – who... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3320024/6g-expert-gk-chang-counts-costs-after-winning-4-year-fight-china-initiative-case?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3320024/6g-expert-gk-chang-counts-costs-after-winning-4-year-fight-china-initiative-case?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 29 Jul 2025 13:00:15 +0000 Ling Xin Ling Xin The US House is poised to advance a key spending bill that could revive the controversial “China Initiative” – a programme that unfairly targeted Chinese-American researchers, derailed careers and devastated lives long after it was ended in 2022. The Fiscal Year 2026 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies (CJS) appropriations bill does not name the programme directly, but language in the accompanying report calls for its re-establishment to “maintain America’s competitive edge” and... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3319623/us-house-looks-revive-china-initiative-maintain-americas-competitive-edge?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3319623/us-house-looks-revive-china-initiative-maintain-americas-competitive-edge?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 25 Jul 2025 14:00:11 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press A small but fast-growing group in the United States has soured somewhat on President Donald Trump this year, as they worry about high costs and fear that new tariff policies will further raise their personal expenses, a new poll finds. The percentage of Asian-American, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders with an unfavourable opinion of Trump rose to 71 per cent in July, from 60 per cent in December, according to a national survey by AAPI Data and the Associated Press-NORC Centre for Public... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3319298/trumps-unpopularity-rises-among-asian-americans-pacific-islanders-poll-finds?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3319298/trumps-unpopularity-rises-among-asian-americans-pacific-islanders-poll-finds?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 23 Jul 2025 16:00:08 +0000 Sam Beltran Sam Beltran Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr is facing a wave of criticism from migrant advocates and Filipino-Americans over what they see as his failure to defend overseas workers caught in the widening immigration crackdown by US President Donald Trump’s administration. Marcos is in Washington for a three-day state visit culminating in high-stakes trade and security talks with Trump on Tuesday. He and his entourage were met by more than 100 protesters on Sunday and Monday, gathered outside both... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3319187/marcos-slammed-inexcusable-snub-filipino-american-community-during-us-visit?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3319187/marcos-slammed-inexcusable-snub-filipino-american-community-during-us-visit?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 22 Jul 2025 14:22:34 +0000 Sam Beltran Sam Beltran A new tax on international remittances introduced under US President Donald Trump’s sweeping economic reform bill is drawing criticism from Filipino-American communities, who say the measure will hit working-class migrants hardest and threaten the livelihoods of their families in the Philippines. Under the new law, green card holders and migrant workers will be charged a 3.5 per cent levy on overseas money transfers starting on January 1 – a move that analysts warn will carry far-reaching... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3318324/filipino-americans-alarmed-trumps-remittance-tax-lament-state-extortion?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3318324/filipino-americans-alarmed-trumps-remittance-tax-lament-state-extortion?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 15 Jul 2025 11:26:18 +0000 Tribune News Service Tribune News Service Days before California’s Oakland was expected to give its approval for a large homeless shelter to be built in Chinatown, the proposed deal is dead. Local non-profit organisation Cardea Health was lined up to run the “interim housing” site at the Courtyard Marriott on Broadway, a US$20 million real estate deal that would convert the hotel into 150 shelter beds for those experiencing homelessness. The hotel was sold last year for US$10.6 million, a value that took a nosedive in recent years amid... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3318018/plan-homeless-shelter-oaklands-chinatown-dropped-after-pushback?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3318018/plan-homeless-shelter-oaklands-chinatown-dropped-after-pushback?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 13 Jul 2025 03:07:07 +0000 Bochen Han Bochen Han US President Donald Trump’s administration is expanding scrutiny of Chinese and other foreign ownership of American farmland and starting to cancel agricultural contracts with entities from “countries of concern” amid apprehension over the national security risks of such foreign involvement. As part of a new seven-part National Farm Security Action Plan, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins told reporters on Tuesday that “swift legislative and executive action” would be taken at “every level of... https://www.scmp.com/news/us/diplomacy/article/3317456/trump-admin-restricts-foreign-ownership-us-farmland-amid-china-tensions?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/us/diplomacy/article/3317456/trump-admin-restricts-foreign-ownership-us-farmland-amid-china-tensions?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 08 Jul 2025 17:16:25 +0000 Tribune News Service Tribune News Service As federal immigration raids continue to upend life in Los Angeles, Asian-American leaders were rallying their communities to raise their voices in support of Latinos, who have been the primary targets of the enforcement sweeps, warning that neighbourhoods frequented by Asian immigrants could be next. Organisers say many Asian immigrants have already been affected by the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigrants working in the country without documentation. Dozens of Southeast Asian... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3316054/los-angeles-asian-americans-call-solidarity-latinos-against-ice-raids?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3316054/los-angeles-asian-americans-call-solidarity-latinos-against-ice-raids?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 27 Jun 2025 05:19:26 +0000 Bochen Han Bochen Han A bill to restrict property ownership in Texas by Chinese citizens has become law, more than two years after it was first introduced, setting up what could be a prolonged legal and political battle as critics plan to file a suit challenging it. Governor Greg Abbott, a Republican, announced on Saturday that he had signed the bill, which also targets nationals from Iran, North Korea and Russia, into law. Abbott expressed support for the bill in February, writing on social media that the... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3315411/texas-governor-signs-bill-banning-chinese-citizens-buying-property-state?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3315411/texas-governor-signs-bill-banning-chinese-citizens-buying-property-state?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 22 Jun 2025 15:40:14 +0000 Sam Beltran Sam Beltran The Asian community in the United States, including Filipinos, is reporting an atmosphere of “agitation, fear and pain” as protesters in Los Angeles continue to rally against raids by immigration agents amid US President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. “What we’ve witnessed are military-style raids where Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), along with other federal agencies and the military, are going to the communities with their faces covered, armed and taking people from their... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3314557/meet-asians-front-lines-trumps-immigration-crackdown-los-angeles?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3314557/meet-asians-front-lines-trumps-immigration-crackdown-los-angeles?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 16 Jun 2025 04:07:23 +0000 The Korea Times The Korea Times A wave of immigration raids in Los Angeles’ Fashion District, commonly known as “The Santee Alley” or “Java Market”, has sparked anxiety and economic disruption among Korean-American merchants, with many shuttering their stores in fear of further crackdowns. Last Friday, the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) conducted coordinated raids across the district, detaining more than 40 undocumented immigrants, including over 20 workers at a Korean-owned wholesale clothing business. The raids... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3313958/korean-american-merchants-los-angeles-fear-devastation-ice-raids-protests-deepen?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3313958/korean-american-merchants-los-angeles-fear-devastation-ice-raids-protests-deepen?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 11 Jun 2025 05:01:05 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press It did not occur to Ben Wang right away that in taking on Karate Kid: Legends, he would be the franchise’s first Asian-American “Kid”. And that gives him a lot of optimism. “At first I didn’t even think about that,” Wang says. “That feels like a very cool and actually privileged position that I get to be in.” His casting happened, he says, in “a world where that’s normal enough”. Karate Kid: Legends unites original actor Ralph Macchio’s Daniel and Jackie Chan’s Mr. Han from the 2010 reboot to... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3313126/why-so-few-asian-americans-karate-kid-series-how-new-movie-legends-addresses?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3313126/why-so-few-asian-americans-karate-kid-series-how-new-movie-legends-addresses?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 07 Jun 2025 03:15:08 +0000 Sam Beltran Sam Beltran The release of a Philippines-born green card holder as ordered by a US judge after she was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has spurred calls for stronger support from Manila amid fears of the roll-out of the largest deportation programme in American history. Lewelyn Dixon spent three months at an ICE detention centre in Tacoma, Washington state, after being apprehended on February 28 while returning to her home in Seattle following a trip to the Philippines. Dixon’s lawyer,... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3312645/us-deportations-how-safe-are-filipinos-and-what-can-manila-do?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3312645/us-deportations-how-safe-are-filipinos-and-what-can-manila-do?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 02 Jun 2025 03:00:08 +0000 Khushboo Razdan Khushboo Razdan Few Americans knew of Norman Wong, a 75-year-old retired carpenter living quietly in Brentwood, California, until a presidential executive order transformed him into an unlikely symbol of a new national battle over a core constitutional issue: who is an American? His face has appeared across major American news organisations in recent days. When the South China Morning Post interviewed Wong via video, a television crew was en route to his home, and a calendar in the background overflowed with... https://www.scmp.com/news/us/society-culture/article/3311597/his-chinese-american-ancestor-fought-enshrine-birthright-citizenship-now-he-fights-preserve-it?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/us/society-culture/article/3311597/his-chinese-american-ancestor-fought-enshrine-birthright-citizenship-now-he-fights-preserve-it?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 23 May 2025 15:00:08 +0000 Bochen Han Bochen Han A Republican bill to restrict property ownership in Texas by citizens of China passed the state’s House of Representatives on Friday, gaining new momentum after failing to become law two years ago. The Texas House voted to advance the bill, which currently also targets nationals from Iran, North Korea and Russia – countries identified by US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard as national security threats – after adding a provision on Thursday to give the state’s governor broad powers... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3309828/republican-backed-bill-limit-chinese-property-ownership-gains-ground-texas?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3309828/republican-backed-bill-limit-chinese-property-ownership-gains-ground-texas?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 09 May 2025 21:51:25 +0000 Mark Magnier Mark Magnier One in four Americans regard Chinese-Americans as a potential threat, especially related to national security, while four in 10 fear that Asian-Americans have greater allegiance to their countries of origin than to the United States, according to a poll released on Thursday. The results from a survey by the Asian American Foundation come as US-China relations plummet and add to concerns in the diverse community about the ability to assimilate at a time of growing social tension. “The poll... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3308608/poll-finds-quarter-non-asian-americans-consider-chinese-americans-possible-threat?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3308608/poll-finds-quarter-non-asian-americans-consider-chinese-americans-possible-threat?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 01 May 2025 04:01:07 +0000 In Ang Lee’s 1993 film The Wedding Banquet, a bisexual man tries to hide his boyfriend from his parents by marrying a Chinese immigrant who needs a green card. In Andrew Ahn’s new remake of the film, which opens in cinemas in the United States on April 18, the stakes have been doubled, with two gay couples whose differing needs and goals have led them to the brink of breaking up. That is before their families get involved. Director and co-writer Ahn assembled a stellar cast for the movie,... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3306710/wedding-banquets-youn-yuh-jung-channelling-her-past-play-gay-mans-grandmother?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3306710/wedding-banquets-youn-yuh-jung-channelling-her-past-play-gay-mans-grandmother?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 16 Apr 2025 10:15:07 +0000 When a coalition of federal and local law enforcement agents swarmed a Bartow county flooring manufacturer in the US state of Georgia late last month, some workers picked up and ran, mistakenly thinking an immigration raid was taking place. The authorities’ arrival at Wellmade Industries in Cartersville, roughly 64km (40 miles) north of Atlanta, was the culmination of what an official described as a “massive” labour trafficking investigation. At an April 4 news conference, Steven Schrank,... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3306317/chinese-nationals-rescued-horrific-forced-labour-during-us-factory-raid?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3306317/chinese-nationals-rescued-horrific-forced-labour-during-us-factory-raid?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 13 Apr 2025 01:32:12 +0000 Holly Chik,Dannie Peng Holly Chik,Dannie Peng Security raids on the homes of a noted Chinese-American cybersecurity researcher have reignited fears of racial profiling in Trump-led America, under what some are calling a de facto “China Initiative 2.0”. According to local media, officers from the US Federal Bureau of Investigation and Department of Homeland Security on Friday searched two homes owned by Wang Xiaofeng, a professor at Indiana University Bloomington. The searches in the cities of Bloomington and Carmel were carried out under a... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3304619/china-initiative-20-raids-scientist-wang-xiaofeng-revive-spectre-first-trump-era?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3304619/china-initiative-20-raids-scientist-wang-xiaofeng-revive-spectre-first-trump-era?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 31 Mar 2025 14:03:07 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Washington’s Smithsonian is a sprawling chain of museums dedicated to both celebrating and scrutinising the American story. It is also the latest cultural institution targeted by President Donald Trump’s bid to quash diversity efforts. His recent executive order to excavate “divisive ideology” from the famed visitor attraction and research complex follows a wave of efforts to keep culture and history defined on his terms, including his takeover of the national capital’s prestigious performing... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts/article/3304534/trumps-arrogant-and-appalling-executive-order-targeting-smithsonian-comes-under-fire?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts/article/3304534/trumps-arrogant-and-appalling-executive-order-targeting-smithsonian-comes-under-fire?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 31 Mar 2025 11:15:07 +0000 An American woman freed by the Taliban in Afghanistan celebrated her release, in a video shared Saturday by US President Donald Trump, in which she thanked him for helping secure her freedom. In a video shared on Trump’s Truth Social account, Faye Hall is seen smiling and in apparently good health, saying: “Thank you for bringing me home.” Hall, a British couple and their Afghan translator were detained on February 1 as they travelled to central Bamiyan province. Washington’s former envoy to... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3304440/chinese-american-woman-thanks-trump-after-being-released-taliban-afghanistan?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3304440/chinese-american-woman-thanks-trump-after-being-released-taliban-afghanistan?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 29 Mar 2025 20:19:14 +0000