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May marks the start of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. There are several events across the state celebrating the heritage and history of Minnesota's AAPI citizens. Chef Yia Vang ...

The Chinese leader’s surprise contact with his Ukrainian counterpart is suspected to be a corrective move
A long-awaited phone call between Xi Jinping and Volodymyr Zelenskiy has been cautiously welcomed, but China analysts say the timing suggests it could be partly an act of damage control after controversial comments by China’s ambassador to France.
Ambassador Lu Shaye, one of China’s “wolf warrior” diplomats with a history of fiery remarks, this week when he denied the sovereignty of former Soviet states, saying they . The comments were roundly condemned, with several European nations summoning Chinese envoys for rebuke, and politicians suggesting it demonstrated China’s untrustworthiness as a neutral party in the Ukraine war.

Representative Judy Chu argued that harsh rhetoric about America's "economic competition" with China would lead to anti-Asian violence.

Pascal Soriot says decline in startups across Europe differs markedly from ‘explosion’ of firms and clinical trials in China
The boss of Britain’s biggest drugmaker has said that the UK and the rest of Europe are falling behind China and the US in the creation of biotech firms and clinical trials of new medicines.
Pascal Soriot, chief executive of AstraZeneca, said that while China had seen an “explosion of biotech companies”, and a “rapid expansion of clinical trials” that puts it ahead of the US, the UK and EU had posted declines.

The all-day celebration will uplift the rich and diverse stories of Brookline's Asian American and Pacific Islander community.

American businesses are facing an increasingly risky environment in China as bilateral ties worsen and more firms are pressured.

Hostilities peaked in the Philippine-occupied Second Thomas Shoal in the Spratlys archipelago, the most fiercely contested region in the sea channel.

In a statement, Bain & Company said it was "cooperating as appropriate with the Chinese authorities," as business ties are strained amid mounting U.S.-China tension.

Authorities can swoop over anything they deem relevant to national security in toughening of law already used against expatriates or Chinese contacts
China has drastically broadened its anti-espionage laws in amendments that legal experts warn could further heighten risk to foreign individuals and organisations operating in the country.
The amendments were passed by Beijing’s rubber-stamp parliament on Wednesday afternoon. The long-foreshadowed changes broaden the law’s scope to encompass anything deemed by authorities to cover national security, and expand the search and seizure powers of authorities, as well as the implementation of entry and exit bans on individuals.

The Last Dragon, named for a 1985 kung-fu movie with Black hero, is envisioned as a corner store franchise in neighborhoods around Philly.

Li Yanhe’s publishing company put out books that often cast a critical eye on China’s ruling Communist Party. He disappeared while on a trip to China.