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Berkeley artist and fifth-generation Chinese Californian Aimee Baldwin had long known of her ancestors’ experiences facing exclusion and discrimination, but until a few years ago, much of what she ...

Six anti-monarchy protesters were detained on day of coronation but Met later admitted they ‘regretted’ their arrests. This live blog is closed
Rishi Sunak has recorded a clip for broadcasters in Southampton. Asked about the arrest of some anti-monarchy protesters at the coronation, for which the Met has now apologised, Sunak refused to criticise police for what they did.
Asked if the arrests made him feel uncomfortable, Sunak said the police were “operationally independent of government”. He went on:
They make the decisions on the ground in the way they see fit.
It wouldn’t be right for me to interfere with their operational decisions, but it is right for the government to give the police the powers to tackle serious disruption.
With regard to protest, of course people have the right to protest freely but peacefully, but it is also right that people have the ability to go about their day-to-day lives without facing serious disruption.
What the government has done is give the police the powers that they need to tackle instances of serious disruption to people’s lives.
Pharmacies in Wales have been able to prescribe certain medicines for a year now, so this is just the government stealing a Labour policy again. Why does the media happily report everyone Tory slur on the Welsh NHS but never point out the positives? As another example, there have been several stories in the Guardian recently about pregnant women being chased for prescription charges because they didn’t do the correct paperwork, but no mention that this would not have happened in Wales, where all prescriptions are free!

New genetics study finds some of the first arrivals came during the last ice age, and shortly after, in two distinct migrations
Some of the first humans to arrive in the Americas included people from what is now China, who arrived in two distinct migrations during and after the last ice age, a new genetics study has found.
“Our findings indicate that besides the previously indicated ancestral sources of Native Americans in Siberia, the northern coastal also served as a genetic reservoir contributing to the gene pool,” said Yu-Chun Li, one of the report authors.

Russell Jeung, a co-founder of Stop AAPI Hate and a professor of Asian American studies at San Francisco State University, speaks at a rally organized by the Asian American Christian Collaborative.

Xu Zaozao’s case is widely followed in a country where women’s rights have become increasingly prominent
A single Chinese woman has begun an appeal in her legal battle for the right to freeze her eggs, a procedure only available in China to married couples.
Xu Zaozao took legal action in 2019 after but a Beijing court

As the nation marks Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, a new study is giving insight into the experiences and attitudes of Asian Americans. It's the largest nationally-representative ...

China’s foreign ministry said it would expel Canadian envoy for Ottawa’s ‘unreasonable action’ of ejecting Chinese diplomat
Canada will not be intimidated by China’s tit-for-tat expulsion of a Canadian consul in retaliation for Ottawa’s ejection of a Chinese official, Justin Trudeau has said.
Canada expelled the Chinese diplomat Zhao Wei on Tuesday over allegations he tried critical of China’s treatment of its Uyghur Muslim minority. Hours later, China’s ministry of foreign affairs said it would expel a Canadian diplomat from Shanghai in retaliation for what it called Ottawa’s “unreasonable actions”.

Forest Bees’ new album "Between the Lines" tackles the experience of being Asian American in a post pandemic world ...

Third time's a charm? President Biden struggled to announce the name of an Asian American producer for the second time in two months.

"Everything Everywhere All at Once” star Ke Huy Quan recently admitted he initially passed on his role in the Disney+ original “American Born Chinese” but later had a change of heart after discussing ...

President Biden held a screening of the upcoming Disney+ movie "American Born Chinese" in honor of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.

Also, evacuation orders in occupied Ukraine.