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Latest news, features and opinion on ethnic Chinese people overseas, including students studying abroad, the Chinese diaspora and the experiences of immigrants in countries such as the United States, Canada, Australia and Britain and regions such as Southeast Asia.

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The last of Joel Cauchi’s six victims was identified on Monday as Yixuan Cheng, a young Chinese woman who was a student. Police say the killer appeared to target women.

A torrent of Chinese aid and investment has flowed into the Pacific nation during Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare’s five years at the helm. He seeks re-election this week.

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Investigators have uncovered evidence linking last month’s deadly attack on the Karakoram Highway to the same Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan cell that killed nine Chinese nationals in a 2021 bombing on the same road.

The Chinese dumpling is being made more accessible to Western diners by Chinese millennials, who are creating new fillings inspired by international cuisines and catering to non-meat eaters.

The law, which took effect last year, requires colleges and universities to get approval before hiring or working with Chinese people who aren’t US citizens or green card holders.

Veteran photojournalist had 40,000 rolls of film to his name, capturing major events such as the 1967 riots, Bruce Lee’s funeral and Britain’s Queen Elizabeth’s first visit to the city.

Seeking economic opportunity, Chinese merchants build bustling wholesale markets, sell Made in China goods and deal with occasional resistance from Mexican vendors.

Muslims from Canada to the UK are seeking to move to multicultural Malaysia for its pro-Palestinian stance and ‘liberating’ environment for adherents of the faith.

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Pedro Romero Perez, who was shot 5 times, says California Terra Garden, owned by Xianmin Guan, knew Zhao had a history of violence but did not take action to keep the victims safe.

An unauthorised Chinese subcontractor hiring workers under the table was paid US$100 for a handbag that the fashion house sold for around 20 times that amount.

Setting up shop in Mexico helps avoid US tariffs, but Chinese companies still must confront major concerns about labour costs, profitability and cultural differences.

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Su Wenqiang, 32, pleaded guilty during a court hearing on Tuesday. He was one of 10 foreigners holding multiple citizenships who were arrested in Singapore in August last year in simultaneous raids.

Nepal and the Philippines are Australia’s top source markets for international students, after China and India. Lax oversight, regulations and visa rules that allow unlimited work rights are part of the reason.

Yang Chenguang, a Chinese national, was sentenced to three months’ jail, for cheating 3 travellers into thinking he gave them legitimate VIP tickets, and helped them gatecrash Taylor Swift’s concert.

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Two students and a professor said the measure was reminiscent of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, which instituted a 10-year ban on Chinese labourers immigrating to the US.

Democrat opponents say the bill, similar to measures passed in other Republican-leaning states, would lead to discrimination against Asian-Americans.

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Singapore has recently seen many art galleries and spaces opened by wealthy mainland Chinese new to the city-state, but concerns have arisen over their local integration and a lack of sales.

The shipping industry executive and sister-in-law to Senator Mitch McConnell had a blood-alcohol level nearly 3 times the legal limit during the fatal accident.

Prosecutors say Wen helped hide the source of money allegedly stolen by mastermind Qian Zhimin from nearly 130,000 Chinese investors in a US$6.3 billion fraud scheme.

Hu Shiyun, a professor of Chinese literature and linguistics in Japan, went to China last August on what was meant to be a short trip. He hasn’t been heard from since.

Using a VIP lanyard, Wu Zhihong tried to trick security officers into believing that a 20-year-old who paid him US$417 had a valid concert ticket for one of Swift’s Singapore tour dates.

Observers say to truly extinguish the criminal operations, Cambodian officials must go after ‘key figures’ protecting the industry dominated by Chinese scam gangs.

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