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Los Angeles Chinatown, 1871: One of America’s largest mass lynchings
In October 1871, 10% of the Chinese population in Los Angeles was wiped out in a senseless spasm of violence.
My Chinese classroom celebrated 9/11. The shame came later.
Liuyu Ivy Chen weaves together Marxism, Sharon Olds, James Baldwin, and Chinese Communist Party lore in this poetic and unflinchingly honest essay about how she, as a child in an anonymous Chinese city, viewed the 9/11 attacks. And how she, as an adult now living in New York, views her younger self.
Editor’s note for Tuesday, November 23, 2021
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn. Today: Controversy on U.S. college campuses in the aftermath of the killing of Dennis Zheng (郑少雄 Zhèng Shǎoxióng) in Chicago; Beijing continues to assure the outside world that Péng Shuài 彭帅 is fine, even as she remains a non-person on the Chinese internet.
‘Far East Deep South’: Panel discussion on the history and evolution of Afro-Chinese relations in America
“There has to be an intentional effort on both parts to bring our communities and understanding together. I think the more we can have real relationships between our communities, the more we realize that we have more in common than we do differences, and the more we can see each other in a positive light,” says Larissa Lam, Director of Far East Deep South.
Editor’s note for Wednesday, November 17, 2021
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn. Today: Beijing looks set to relax rules on GMOs; China remains the top source of international students in the U.S.
Chinese grad student in Chicago killed in shooting
According to the University of Chicago and the Chicago Police Department (CPD), a 24-year-old graduate Chinese student Shaoxiong Zheng from Chengdu was shot and killed in what seems to have been a robbery on Tuesday afternoon.
U.S. granted Chinese student visas at pre-pandemic levels in June
The U.S. issued nearly 34,000 F1 visas in June for Chinese students, about the same level as 2019. It’s not yet clear if the total number of Chinese students for the fall semester will be higher or lower than before the pandemic.
Chinese American philanthropy on the rise
As wealth increases, more members of the Chinese American community are willing to give openly and raise their charitable profile, leading the way for increased visibility, contributions to larger society, and the accumulation of political voice and power.
American students at Chinese universities adapt to pandemic fallout
When COVID hit last year, thousands of international students were stranded — both in the U.S. and China. For many of them, it’s been a long road back to where they want to be.
Chinese study abroad facilitator Elite Education debuts on Wall Street with $6 million IPO
Even with harsh border restrictions between the U.S. and China, Elite Education’s IPO indicates that demand for overseas education remains resilient among Chinese youths.
How Chinese-American activism helped Georgia turn blue
Turnout among Asian Americans in Georgia was way up in the 2020 presidential election, meaning the Democratic-leaning demographic contributed to Biden’s win in the state. Chinese-American activists are now mobilizing again ahead of the January Senate runoffs.
How COVID-19 has — and hasn’t — changed Chinese students’ plans for international education
In a world upended by the COVID-19 pandemic, Chinese students are rethinking their education choices. And the decisions they made this year are bound to have far-reaching implications not only for universities in foreign countries, but also for higher education in China, where some say systemic reform is long overdue.
Chinese Americans in New York vote, and brace for ‘long, drawn-out battle’ of election results
The China Project contributor Zijia Song visited polling locations in Chinatowns across New York City and followed up with voters for their thoughts about the election. This is what she found.
Can WeChat be woke? The progressive Chinese Americans countering right-wing narratives
The loudest voices on WeChat in the U.S. have long been those of conservative, first-generation immigrants from mainland China who support Trump. But recently, some liberal Chinese Americans have begun working harder to make their voices heard on the platform.
‘People are hyped up,’ but how many Chinese Americans will vote in an election like no other?
With U.S.-China relations worsening and Trump blaming a “China plague” for ruining the economy, Chinese immigrant communities are more engaged in this election than ever. Whether that translates into voting, however, remains to be seen.
As a hostile atmosphere grows, Chinese students in America are reacting — and fighting back
With the Trump administration bearing down on Chinese students, many feel helplessly caught in the crosshairs of a high-level U.S.-China political spat. But not all of them are passively accepting their fate.
U.S. kicks out 1,000 Chinese students for alleged ties to ‘military-civil fusion’
The Trump administration says that it has cancelled more than 1,000 visas of Chinese students since a May 29 proclamation that put graduate students connected to China’s “military-civil fusion” in the crosshairs.
Double alienation: A Chinese student in polarized America
Through radically different experiences — first in Grayson, Louisiana, and then at the liberal arts college Oberlin in Ohio — Xiaoqian Zhu has had a close and personal look at the ways America is divided. “In the end,” she writes, “both places made me feel that I simply cannot fit in.” And yet, she has not given up trying, spurred on by the promise that we can be better.
Chinese international students feel unwanted in the U.S. — and back home
Facing unprecedented Sinophobia in the U.S. and a president who antagonizes them, Chinese international students have been trying to find ways to return to China. But people there haven’t been exactly welcoming, either.
New ICE rules: Yet another blow to Chinese students in the U.S.
A new rule from ICE that prohibits international students from remaining in the U.S. if their universities offer classes only online is just the latest setback for Chinese students in the time of COVID-19. The China Project talked to a few of the students whose lives have been upended or left in uncertainty.
