https://www.scmp.com/rss/509674/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse US President Donald Trump reposted a video and comments from a conservative pundit calling India a “hellhole”, prompting the South Asian country on Thursday to criticise the remarks as “inappropriate”. The comments come ahead of a planned visit next month to India by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who would seek to turn the page on recent tensions between the normally friendly powers. Trump late on Wednesday reposted on social media a video and a screed apparently written by someone else... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3351218/china-or-india-or-some-other-hellhole-trump-reposts-anti-immigrant-rant?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3351218/china-or-india-or-some-other-hellhole-trump-reposts-anti-immigrant-rant?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 23 Apr 2026 22:07:44 +0000 SCMP’s Asia desk SCMP’s Asia desk Distrust in Australian police among Queensland’s Indian diaspora is set to deepen after an officer was caught on body camera hurling expletives at an Uber driver, leading the victim to sue the force in federal court. The officer said, “f*****g Indians, mate, they are a bunch of f*****g perverts” to a colleague in 2023, before they charged the man with committing an indecent act for allegedly masturbating in public, court records showed. A court later quashed the charges because two witnesses... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3347022/australian-police-officers-pervert-remark-against-indian-driver-sparks-outrage?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3347022/australian-police-officers-pervert-remark-against-indian-driver-sparks-outrage?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 18 Mar 2026 08:50:45 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse A star of the massively popular Canadian show Heated Rivalry has hit back against an avalanche of hateful online posts, with the hockey drama’s success stirring up a frenzy online. The show about the budding careers and secret relationship of two young male hockey stars – one Canadian, one Russian – over a series of years, has become a global phenomenon. But it has also inspired particularly intense fan engagement across social media, including homophobic and racist comments. Lead actor Hudson... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3346146/heated-rivalry-star-hudson-williams-condemns-racist-and-homophobic-fan-comments?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3346146/heated-rivalry-star-hudson-williams-condemns-racist-and-homophobic-fan-comments?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 10 Mar 2026 17:36:20 +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 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 Kyodo Kyodo Japan’s top government spokesman on Thursday expressed concern over images posted online of the winner of a beauty pageant and some lawmakers in Finland showing them pulling back the corners of their eyes, a gesture widely regarded as racially offensive to Asian people. Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara also said at a press conference that Japan expects the Finnish government to “appropriately respond” to the matter, which has been dubbed the “slanted eyes” scandal by Finnish media. Kihara... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3336883/japan-demands-response-finland-over-beauty-queens-slanted-eyes-photos?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3336883/japan-demands-response-finland-over-beauty-queens-slanted-eyes-photos?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 18 Dec 2025 07:04:14 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Finland’s prime minister apologised on Wednesday to citizens of Japan, China and South Korea after MPs sparked outrage by posting pictures of themselves making derogatory squinting gestures. The parliamentarians from the populist Finns Party, which is part of the right-wing coalition government, posted images on social media where they pulled back the corners of their eyes – widely seen as a racist gesture targeting East Asian people. They claimed to have shared the pictures in support of the... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3336814/miss-finland-scandal-finnish-pm-apologises-east-asia-mps-racist-gestures?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3336814/miss-finland-scandal-finnish-pm-apologises-east-asia-mps-racist-gestures?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 17 Dec 2025 13:20:31 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo said on Tuesday that a racism scandal that saw the country’s Miss Finland being stripped of her crown and several politicians posting derogatory images was damaging his country’s image. “Yesterday, during a debate in parliament, I said that this has caused damage to our country. That is certainly the case,” Orpo told reporters on Tuesday at the sidelines of a summit gathering leaders of European countries near or bordering Russia. “Personally, I do not accept... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3336681/miss-finland-anti-chinese-racism-scandal-damaging-country-pm-says?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3336681/miss-finland-anti-chinese-racism-scandal-damaging-country-pm-says?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 16 Dec 2025 18:09:25 +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 dpa dpa The reigning Miss Finland, Sarah Dzafce, has lost her title and crown due to a racism scandal, the organisers of the beauty pageant announced. They said at a press conference on Thursday that they accepted no form of racism or discriminatory behaviour and apologised for the incident in a statement. Tara Lehtonen, who finished in second place in the competition, has already been chosen as the new Miss Finland. “I promise to carry this title with pride and deep respect,” the woman from Helsinki... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3336295/miss-finland-loses-her-crown-due-anti-chinese-racism-scandal?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3336295/miss-finland-loses-her-crown-due-anti-chinese-racism-scandal?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 12 Dec 2025 17:26:16 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg Toronto-Dominion Bank was sued by a group of former employees who claim they were improperly fired from their jobs amid disclosure of widespread criminal money laundering through bank branches. Five Chinese and Chinese-American former employees sued Toronto-Dominion claiming they were dismissed from branches in New York as part of the bank’s effort to crack down on money laundering. At least 22 people were fired from four Chinatown branches in the city’s Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens boroughs,... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3333460/td-bank-sued-chinese-staff-us-who-say-they-were-fired-illegally?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3333460/td-bank-sued-chinese-staff-us-who-say-they-were-fired-illegally?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 19 Nov 2025 20:55:38 +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 The Korea Times The Korea Times South Korean singer Soyou, 34, formerly of girl group Sistar, has denied online claims that she was drunk on a US flight where she said she experienced racial discrimination, clarifying that the incident stemmed from a language misunderstanding rather than alcohol consumption. In a social media post on Monday, Soyou said she only had “a small amount of alcohol served with a meal” at the airport lounge before boarding. “I was not intoxicated, and I boarded without any issue or restriction,” she... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3329740/singer-soyou-denies-intoxication-says-she-suffered-racial-prejudice-us-flight?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3329740/singer-soyou-denies-intoxication-says-she-suffered-racial-prejudice-us-flight?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 21 Oct 2025 04:01:44 +0000 Sohail Akhtar Sohail Akhtar It is sometimes argued that democracy suffers when autocrats manipulate legal frameworks or when institutions are weakened. Yet in liberal democracies such as Australia, a quieter but similarly corrosive danger is emerging: the normalisation of street-level hostility. This hostility, particularly towards migrants from the Indo-Pacific region, is an early warning signal of democratic erosion. In late August, thousands joined coordinated rallies across major Australian cities under the banner of... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3325677/australias-anti-immigrant-rage-sign-democratic-erosion?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3325677/australias-anti-immigrant-rage-sign-democratic-erosion?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 17 Sep 2025 21:30:08 +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 Ralph Jennings Ralph Jennings Oakland Chinatown, one of the oldest in the United States, almost feels as lively as Hong Kong on a busy afternoon. Shoppers squeeze along narrow pavements lined with hanging lanterns and sacks of oranges, while a variety store welcomes customers with racks of clothing and slippers. While many of the shoppers are Chinese, a considerable number could come from anywhere – a sign that Chinatown draws people from the wider San Francisco Bay Area. Despite signs of a recovery since the Covid-19... https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3319564/landmark-us-chinatown-survived-covid-anti-asian-violence-tariffs-pose-new-threat?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3319564/landmark-us-chinatown-survived-covid-anti-asian-violence-tariffs-pose-new-threat?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 27 Jul 2025 12:00:09 +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 Ling Xin Ling Xin The family of late neurology professor Jane Wu has filed a civil complaint against a US university, saying the university’s actions became “a decisive factor in her decision to end her life”. In a civil complaint filed last week in Cook County Circuit Court, Wu’s family – acting through her legal estate – accused Northwestern University of discrimination and isolation. Wu took her own life in July 2024 after years of China-related investigations in the US. According to the filing, the university... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3316534/family-china-born-neuroscientist-jane-wu-files-death-related-civil-complaint?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3316534/family-china-born-neuroscientist-jane-wu-files-death-related-civil-complaint?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 01 Jul 2025 15:55:07 +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 Reuters Reuters An association of Korean-Americans in Los Angeles has criticised Donald Trump Jnr, the son of the US president, for “reckless” comments he made on social media and urged him not to exploit a riot that devastated their community 33 years ago. The Korean American Federation of Los Angeles also said an operation by the US administration to round up suspected undocumented immigrants lacked “due legal procedures”. Donald Trump Jnr posted a photograph of a man with a rifle on a rooftop on social media... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3313892/trump-jnr-slammed-korean-americans-exploiting-1992-la-riots-reckless-post?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3313892/trump-jnr-slammed-korean-americans-exploiting-1992-la-riots-reckless-post?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 10 Jun 2025 12:04:26 +0000 Sarah Keenlyside Sarah Keenlyside It was 2013 when Kiran Dhingra-Smith decided she’d had enough. Opening the sports cupboard at her local football club, she cast her eyes around for anything the girls’ squad she was coaching could practise with. For the umpteenth time that season, barely anything remained after the boys’ teams had picked it clean. Naturally, they’d been given an earlier slot on the pitches. “Sometimes I would email and be like, ‘Can we at least make sure we have balls?’” she recalls. “And it would just get... https://www.scmp.com/postmag/culture/article/3313193/finally-london-football-club-asian-women-and-non-binary-and-trans-folks?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/postmag/culture/article/3313193/finally-london-football-club-asian-women-and-non-binary-and-trans-folks?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 08 Jun 2025 07:00:08 +0000 Mark Magnier Mark Magnier US President Donald Trump has unleashed a blizzard of executive orders on the world in recent months, ranging from those as trivial as ending paper straw mandates to those as consequential as creating Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency and restoring the death penalty. One of the more innocuous-seeming edicts was one from March 1 making English the official language of the United States. This marks the first time the United States has designated an official language at the federal... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3312732/trumps-english-only-order-does-irreparable-harm-us-and-its-people?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3312732/trumps-english-only-order-does-irreparable-harm-us-and-its-people?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 02 Jun 2025 12:30:08 +0000 Lee Seung-ku Lee Seung-ku As South Korea gears up for a high-stakes snap presidential election, many Chinese nationals and ethnic Korean-Chinese residents in Seoul say they are experiencing a disturbing rise in discrimination – fuelled by political rhetoric, social media hate speech, and street-level harassment. “We don’t want to speak about it. As a foreign national, I could be targeted,” said the owner of a Chinese restaurant in eastern Seoul, declining to share her name out of fear for her safety. In April, a protest... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3311266/south-korea-election-nears-chinese-residents-seoul-stay-quiet-amid-rising-hostility?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3311266/south-korea-election-nears-chinese-residents-seoul-stay-quiet-amid-rising-hostility?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 22 May 2025 00:00:09 +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 A South Korean man has been sentenced to prison for attempted murder after assaulting his business partner. The confrontation arose when the partner called him Chinese, highlighting ongoing tensions related to national identity in the country. The Seoul Northern District Court found the man, in his fifties, guilty of attempted murder on April 1 and sentenced him to three years and six months in prison, as reported by The Korea Herald. The defendant had claimed that he did not intend to kill the... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3305865/south-korean-man-jailed-attempted-murder-over-chinese-insult-revealing-racial-tensions?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3305865/south-korean-man-jailed-attempted-murder-over-chinese-insult-revealing-racial-tensions?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 09 Apr 2025 10:30:41 +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 US President Donald Trump’s assault on American universities is pushing the country’s intellectual landscape further towards the right in an upheaval that is altering the dynamics of the US-China great power rivalry. After facing the threat of a US$400 million reduction in federal funding, Columbia University has yielded to Trump’s demands to curb antisemitism and reform its Middle East studies department, among other changes. Liberal critics have decried Columbia’s compliance as an erosion of... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3303651/how-trumps-assault-us-universities-reshaping-rivalry-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3303651/how-trumps-assault-us-universities-reshaping-rivalry-china?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 27 Mar 2025 11:30:08 +0000 US President Donald Trump’s assault on American universities is pushing the country’s intellectual landscape further towards the right in an upheaval that is altering the dynamics of the US-China great power rivalry. After facing the threat of a US$400 million reduction in federal funding, Columbia University has yielded to Trump’s demands to curb antisemitism and reform its Middle East studies department, among other changes. Liberal critics have decried Columbia’s compliance as an erosion of... https://www.scmp.com/plus/article/3303731/how-trumps-assault-us-universities-reshaping-rivalry-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/plus/article/3303731/how-trumps-assault-us-universities-reshaping-rivalry-china?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 25 Mar 2025 05:31:47 +0000 Bochen Han Bochen Han Republicans in the US House of Representatives introduced a blunt and far-reaching bill on Friday that would block Chinese citizens from getting student visas, drawing backlash from Asian American groups and House Democrats. Representative Riley Moore of West Virginia was the original sponsor of the “Stop Chinese Communist Prying by Vindicating Intellectual Safeguards in Academia Act”, which would prevent Chinese nationals from getting any of three main types of student visas issued by the... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3302484/bill-block-chinese-student-visas-introduced-us-congress?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3302484/bill-block-chinese-student-visas-introduced-us-congress?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 14 Mar 2025 17:55:05 +0000 A judge on Monday rejected an attempt by lawyers for a man accused of killing four women at an Atlanta massage businesses to keep a jury from hearing statements he made after his arrest. Fulton County Superior Court Chief Judge Ural Glanville made his ruling at the end of a motions hearing for Robert Aaron Long, who faces the death penalty in the March 2021, killings in Atlanta. Long is already serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole for killing four people at a massage... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3301857/spa-shooters-admissions-will-be-used-atlanta-death-penalty-case-judge-rules?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3301857/spa-shooters-admissions-will-be-used-atlanta-death-penalty-case-judge-rules?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 10 Mar 2025 22:58:06 +0000 An 18-year-old Singaporean student who identified as an “East Asian supremacist” and was radicalised by violent far-right extremist ideologies has been detained under Singapore’s Internal Security Act. Nick Lee Xing Qiu, who is of Chinese ethnicity, had aspired to conduct attacks against Malays and Muslims in Singapore. He believed that the Chinese, Korean and Japanese ethnicities were superior, the Internal Security Department said on Monday. Lee was issued with a detention order in December... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3298192/singapore-detains-teenage-east-asian-supremacist-planning-attacks-malays-muslims?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3298192/singapore-detains-teenage-east-asian-supremacist-planning-attacks-malays-muslims?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 11 Feb 2025 06:01:25 +0000 A Chinese-born former chemistry professor at the University of Kansas who was wrongfully accused of being a Chinese spy has filed a lawsuit against the school, seeking to be reinstated and demanding compensation for the financial and reputational damage he has suffered. According to court documents, Feng “Franklin” Tao said the university worked with the FBI “to arrange a surprise search of Professor Tao’s lab and home”, alleging “an improper collaboration between KU and the [US Department of... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3293974/ex-professor-feng-franklin-tao-sues-us-university-after-china-spying-charges-overturned?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3293974/ex-professor-feng-franklin-tao-sues-us-university-after-china-spying-charges-overturned?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 08 Jan 2025 17:52:11 +0000 Last month, a digital battle erupted on X (formerly Twitter), splitting US president-elect Donald Trump supporters into two camps over immigration. One faction is calling for strict controls on all immigration while the other advocates for exceptions, particularly for highly skilled technical workers. The debate centred around the coveted visa for skilled workers known as the H-1B. The unlikely target of anger: Silicon Valley’s Indian engineers. Along with East Asians, Indians have long been... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3293114/h1-b-visa-debate-us-reveals-policy-dilemma-trump?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3293114/h1-b-visa-debate-us-reveals-policy-dilemma-trump?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 05 Jan 2025 21:30:08 +0000 Shzr Ee Tan Shzr Ee Tan In the late 1990s, I came to the United Kingdom as one of those overseas Chinese students with delusions of grandeur, thinking I would become a concert pianist with a career in Europe. I was one of four young women with “yellow skin” in the class – two from Singapore, one from Hong Kong, a fourth from Taiwan holding an Australian passport. The Hongkonger was called Cindy, and for some of my classmates who could not figure out our names, we were all “The Cindys”. I found this funny – even laughed... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3292403/no-stereotypes-please-overseas-chinese-students-are-wonderful-mix?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3292403/no-stereotypes-please-overseas-chinese-students-are-wonderful-mix?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 28 Dec 2024 01:30:08 +0000 Holly Chik Holly Chik China should focus on developing original technologies and scientific knowledge and leverage the expertise of scientists returning from the United States, according to a top Chinese-American mathematician. Yau Shing-Tung retired from Harvard University in 2022 to teach at Tsinghua University and help China become a maths powerhouse. He said many ethnic Chinese students had been driven away from the US by discrimination from the government, including accusations of misusing American research... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3289766/brain-drain-top-mathematician-says-chinese-scientists-have-no-choice-leave-us?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3289766/brain-drain-top-mathematician-says-chinese-scientists-have-no-choice-leave-us?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 08 Dec 2024 14:00:10 +0000 Ling Xin Ling Xin Some China-born scientists and engineers in the United States are hopeful the second Trump presidency will recognise their contribution to American academia and scientific advances, despite the first Trump administration introducing an initiative they say brought fear and discrimination. In addition to hope, they have expressed a mix of emotions – ranging from goodwill and cautious optimism to a sense of crisis – following Trump’s re-election as president on Tuesday. Shan-Lu Liu, a virologist... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3285530/why-chinese-american-scientists-us-are-hopeful-next-trump-era-will-be-better-last?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3285530/why-chinese-american-scientists-us-are-hopeful-next-trump-era-will-be-better-last?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 07 Nov 2024 04:00:07 +0000 This article has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. Get faster notifications on the latest updates by downloading our app. For those in China closely following the US election, most of the coverage of the closing stages has steered clear of the dramatic and sensational elements in favour of a more measured, fact-based approach. Meanwhile, US diplomatic missions have been reaching out to engage members of the... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3285322/chinese-publics-eyes-turn-us-election-americans-country-face-nervous-wait?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3285322/chinese-publics-eyes-turn-us-election-americans-country-face-nervous-wait?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 05 Nov 2024 15:00:11 +0000 We have selected seven of the most interesting and important news stories covering US-China relations from the past few weeks. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. The 2024 US congressional races: what to expect and how China plays a role Along with exercising their choice for US president on November 5, American voters will cast their ballots for members of the US Senate and House of Representatives – and concerns about Beijing loom over several of... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3284775/us-congress-battles-trump-vows-block-chinese-carmakers-7-us-china-relations-reads?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3284775/us-congress-battles-trump-vows-block-chinese-carmakers-7-us-china-relations-reads?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 01 Nov 2024 15:00:09 +0000 Diana Xue has always followed the politics of her husband, friends and neighbours in Orlando, Florida, and voted Republican. This Election Day, she will break that pattern. When Florida’s Republican Party-dominated legislature and Republican governor enacted a law last year banning Chinese nationals without permanent US residency from buying property or land, Xue, who became a US citizen about a decade after coming from China for college, had an “awakening.” She felt then that the Sunshine State... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3284058/chinese-americans-politically-activated-floridas-alien-land-laws?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3284058/chinese-americans-politically-activated-floridas-alien-land-laws?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 27 Oct 2024 09:28:15 +0000 The US presidential race between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris comes at a time of rising geopolitical tensions on multiple fronts. In the fourth of a series, Bochen Han reports on how legislation targeting Chinese citizens has mobilised voters in Texas. For Lan Wang, life in Texas was good until she heard in early 2023 that Governor Greg Abbott would support a bill that would prevent Chinese citizens from buying property in the state. “My initial thought was, this was a joke,” she... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3282807/texass-threat-real-estate-ban-prompts-surge-chinese-american-activism?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3282807/texass-threat-real-estate-ban-prompts-surge-chinese-american-activism?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 17 Oct 2024 17:00:13 +0000 “Go back to China”– this is a phrase that has been occasionally hurled at Asian faces in the United States in the past few years, especially during the rampant spread of Covid-19. Behind it lies a complex backdrop: US-China tensions, rising populism and the economic fallout of the pandemic. Xenophobia often festers when people face adversity. Last week, a friend from China shared in a WeChat group that this phrase was recently uttered in Singapore, where she has lived for 10 years. A few days... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3281719/how-best-respond-hatred-reason-and-kindness?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3281719/how-best-respond-hatred-reason-and-kindness?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 13 Oct 2024 08:30:08 +0000 Numerous factors – including immigration status, socioeconomic status and access to healthcare – contribute to differences in heart disease and stroke risks for Asian-American people and may affect the many subgroups in this population differently, according to a new science report. The American Heart Association scientific statement highlights evidence of the role social determinants of health play in cardiovascular health among Asian-American adults and identifies areas where more research is... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3281428/how-asian-american-heart-health-impacted-immigration-status-and-racism?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3281428/how-asian-american-heart-health-impacted-immigration-status-and-racism?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 07 Oct 2024 16:00:13 +0000 Last month, the US House of Representatives introduced more than two dozen bills in what was designated “China Week”, to address issues related to China ranging from trade and economic espionage to biosecurity and farmland acquisition. The bills were introduced in a single package vote and passed using a fast-track procedure requiring a majority of two-thirds of those present and voting. While all 25 bills were approved, their future is still being determined. Given the complexity of the issues... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/hong-kong-opinion/article/3280823/real-victims-when-us-politicians-demonise-china-and-attack-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/hong-kong-opinion/article/3280823/real-victims-when-us-politicians-demonise-china-and-attack-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 03 Oct 2024 12:30:08 +0000 A majority of Chinese-Americans believe Washington is not doing enough to combat discrimination, overwhelmingly see US-China relations as dismal and find that deteriorating bilateral ties fuel the discrimination and hateful rhetoric they face personally, according to a survey released on Wednesday. Respondents noted struggling with psychological issues, particularly those who are younger, female and regularly experience racial discrimination, the report by the non-profit Committee of 100... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3279967/most-chinese-americans-say-washington-not-doing-enough-fight-discrimination-study?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3279967/most-chinese-americans-say-washington-not-doing-enough-fight-discrimination-study?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 25 Sep 2024 20:00:06 +0000 As the United States heads into the 2024 presidential election, the Asian-American and Pacific Islander community is justifiably proud of its achievements. It has an AAPI presidential candidate in Vice-President Kamala Harris. It is the nation’s fastest-growing ethnic group, having doubled its numbers between 2000 and 2022. And it is gaining political muscle with a rising number of lawmakers in Congress. But in a nation where identity politics reigns, the community of 24 million has some... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3279576/asian-american-voters-must-figure-out-how-make-their-numbers-count?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3279576/asian-american-voters-must-figure-out-how-make-their-numbers-count?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 23 Sep 2024 12:30:07 +0000 Two Republican bills that would revive the US Justice Department’s “China Initiative” and increase scrutiny of Chinese property purchases passed the House of Representatives on Wednesday, as the White House expressed opposition to both. The bills, as well as a third concerning the World Health Organization, were passed as part of “China Week”, a House Republican-led effort to advance China-related legislation. About two dozen bills targeting Beijing’s economic, political and technological... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3278161/bill-reviving-us-justice-departments-china-initiative-passes-house-representatives?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3278161/bill-reviving-us-justice-departments-china-initiative-passes-house-representatives?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 11 Sep 2024 21:55:52 +0000 When Russell Jeung heard this week that a Chinese-American former aide to New York’s governor was indicted on charges of acting as an agent of Beijing, his spirits plunged. His concern matched that of others who feared the collateral damage: that this could stir a fresh wave of prejudice against the Asian-American Pacific Islander community. “I’m crestfallen. I don’t know a better way to describe it. It’s what racial minorities feel when a stereotype gets realised,” said Jeung, an Asian American... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3277384/wake-charges-against-governors-aide-asian-americans-fear-backlash?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3277384/wake-charges-against-governors-aide-asian-americans-fear-backlash?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 05 Sep 2024 14:35:30 +0000 As the Democratic Party unites behind US Vice-President Kamala Harris, the nation’s first Asian-American and African-American woman to be nominated for president by a major political party, many Asian-Americans say they feel increasingly emboldened and optimistic that their voices will be heard. Democrats in general have been energised since US President Joe Biden, 81, stepped aside a month ago following a disastrous debate performance against the Republican candidate, former president Donald... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3275390/asian-americans-see-kamala-harris-nomination-their-time-shine?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3275390/asian-americans-see-kamala-harris-nomination-their-time-shine?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 21 Aug 2024 20:14:32 +0000 Feel strongly about these letters, or any other aspects of the news? Share your views by emailing us your Letter to the Editor at letters@scmp.com or filling in this Google form. Submissions should not exceed 400 words, and must include your full name and address, plus a phone number for verification Until about 70 years ago, Western countries like the United Kingdom went all over the world and took things from others. The only reason they stopped is that they started fighting among themselves... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/letters/article/3273727/moral-story-uk-colonialism-doesnt-pay?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/letters/article/3273727/moral-story-uk-colonialism-doesnt-pay?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 09 Aug 2024 03:30:07 +0000