Showing posts with label Chinatown. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chinatown. Show all posts
Saturday, April 30, 2022

Pacific Grove ponders issuing an apology to Chinese American community

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In 2014, a plaque was placed on the site of Pacific Grove's Chinese fishing village once stood. Pacific Grove may be the next city to ac...
Monday, April 18, 2022

Denver formally apologizes for the 1880 anti-Chinese riot that destroyed Chinatown

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What was once Denver's Chinatown is now a busy commercial district visited by tourists. Denver Mayor Michael B. Hancock signed a resolut...
Sunday, April 10, 2022

Denver to apologize for anti-Chinese riot of 1880

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A white mob drove out the Chinese from Denver in 1880. Denver is the latest U.S. city to acknowledge its past racist treatment of Asian Amer...
Wednesday, March 30, 2022

Chicago swears in first Chinese American woman onto the City Council

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CITY OF CHICAGO Nicole Lee, center, was sworn into the Chicago City Council. It is not often that the 45-member Chicago City Council agree o...
Thursday, September 30, 2021

San Jose is latest city to apologize for past racist treatment of Chinese

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San Jose Research Library & Archives San Jose residents visit the smoldering ruins of Chinatown after teh 1887 arson fire. Some jurisdic...
Wednesday, January 27, 2021

SF Chinatown gets some financial relief from the city

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San Francisco Chinatown streets are less busy because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Some relief is finally coming to the struggling businesses i...
Sunday, January 3, 2021

Far East Cafe closure postponed

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FACEBOOK Aaron Peskin spoke about his rescue plan during a press conference in front of the Far East Cafe. Well, Dec. 31st has come and gone...
Tuesday, December 29, 2020

Supervisor introduces measure to help Chinatown restaurants

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The fabled Far East Cafe is set to close at the end of the year. This holiday season, there's a glimmer of hope that help will be coming...
Thursday, December 24, 2020

100-year old Chinatown restaurant closure imminent; rescue plan on the way

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PINTEREST Only one row of private booths remain at the Far East Cafe, that used to have all booths for diners. OPINION Updated Dec. 24, 10:3...
Friday, April 24, 2020

Pew report: Asian and Asian American entrepreneurs highly vulnerable to COVID-induced economy

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SCREEN CAPTURE / YOUTUBE Last month, NYC’s biggest Chinese restaurant, Jing Fong, closed temporarily after 40 years in business, a victi...
Friday, February 7, 2020

Chinese American businesses hurt by coronavirus fears

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DIOKNO New York City's Chinatown. ASAM NEWS Coronavirus fears could be hurting Asian American businesses. Business owners in Chin...
Sunday, December 22, 2019

Awkwafina project about Chinatown and punk rock

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The marquee outside of the Mabuhay Gardens in San Francisco ASAM NEWS Awkwafina is about to blow our minds by pairing two unlikely th...
Monday, December 2, 2019

Chinatown bribery scandal shakes Oakland Police Department

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SCREEN CAPTURE / CBS As an Oakland police officer, Lt. Harry Hu received a commendation. During the murder trial of a Chinatown mobs...
Friday, January 11, 2019

TGIF Feature: Photo exhibit portrays the evolution of New York City's Chinatown

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I LOVE PHOTO EXHIBITS. Landscapes, city scapes, children, elderly, intimate moments, grand events, great feats or history being made - i...
Wednesday, January 9, 2019

Ghost town's Chinatown uncovered

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By Soe Han Tha ASAM NEWS DURING HIS 2015 visit to the ghost town of Calico in California, Calvin W. Lew stumbled upon the ghost tow...