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For the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community, the increasing number of Asian American books, Asian movies and Asian American podcasts seem to get us closer to what Pulitzer ...

Annual emergency drills have for the first time included a military strike on Taipei, a sign of worsening cross-strait relations
On a Thursday afternoon in Taipei, it was 26 August 2025 and China’s military had just fired a missile into the city, hitting an apartment block. Chinese navy ships had massed in the Taiwan Strait and war was expected. It was all hands on deck.
Rescue squads and paramedics raced around blocked off sites in the city’s business district. Cherrypickers and cranes plucked rookie firefighters – dressed as injured civilians – from the rooftop of a fake demolished building and half-crushed buses.

Sebastien Lai, son of Jimmy, also criticises Vatican over failure to hold China to account over human rights abuses
The British son of has criticised Britain and the Vatican for failing to speak out strongly against the crackdown on dissent in the Chinese territory.
At a Washington event about the human rights situation in Hong Kong, Sebastien Lai said self-censorship in the former British colony was the anticipated result of the national security crackdown there, but the “hypocrisy” of some governments trying to trade with China was unexpected.

Ruby Slippers is a testament to the thriving arts scene within the Triangle’s Chinese American diaspora, with a handful of local organizations tailoring traditional Chinese dance to performers of all ...

The University of Michigan’s National Center for Institutional Diversity held a virtual panel titled “Thinking Beyond Stereotypes in Asian American Media” Tuesday afternoon in which four Asian ...

The Asian American and Pacific Islander symposium, being held in honor of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month History, will be a 2 p.m. May 20 at the Antioch Museum, 1500 W. Fourth St.

‘We want everything back to the way it was’, says Don Farrell but cautions that problems won’t be fixed overnight
Australian exporters are starting to see benefits from the “de-escalation” of tensions with China, the trade minister, Don Farrell, said on the eve of crucial talks in Beijing.
Farrell will arrive on Thursday to press for an end to restrictions on a range of Australian exports – including lobster, red meat and wine – in the latest step to “stabilise” the .

The Atlanta Braves are celebrating Asian Pacific American Heritage Month with a special night game against the Boston Red Sox.

TJ the muppet joined actor Kal Penn and Korean American muppet Ji-Young this week to discuss the word of the day: confidence. He debuts during Asian Pacific American Heritage Month.

T he city of Spokane on Wednesday announced a two-month-long celebration for the 50th anniversary of Expo '74, a world fair held in Spokane in 1974.

TJ debuted in a video with actor Kal Pen, "Sesame Street" veteran Grover, and Korean American muppet Ji-Young.

Protesters threw what appeared to be cake at the Volkswagen chair, Hans Dieter Pötsch, at a shareholders' meeting on Wednesday. Pötsch can be seen ducking to avoiding being hit.

About 10 activists also interrupted the speech by Volkswagen's chief executive, Oliver Blume, protesting against the carmaker's plant in China's north-western Xinjiang region by waving banners that read: 'End Uyghur Forced Labour at VW'