Teen’s Cause of Death in SF Plane Crash Disputed
The city of San Francisco has released a report which contradicts a coroner’s findings that...
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Footage of Asiana Crash Aftermath Shows Victim
On July 6, 2013, the crash of an Asiana Airlines flight landing in San Francisco killed three...
Suspect in Consulate Arson “Heard Voices” (Updated)
The Associated Press reports that the man arrested for an arson attack on the Chinese consulate in...
FBI Probes San Francisco Consulate Arson
The FBI is investigating an arson attack on the Chinese consulate in San Francisco. From Sarah...
Jiangshan Mourns Asiana Victims as Lawyers Gather
South China Morning Post’s Daniel Ren reports from a memorial service for three Chinese students killed in last month’s Asiana plane crash, amid questions over compensation and allegedly predatory behavior by U.S....
Two Chinese Students Die in SFO Plane Crash (Updated)
Saturday’s crash of a Boeing 777 at San Francisco International Airport had two fatalities, both of whom were high school students from Jiangshan, Zhejiang Province. The girls were planning to study English in a camp in...
SF Projects Get China Loan, With String Attached
One of America’s largest property developers has secured $1.7 billion of financing from a Chinese bank to build two San Francisco housing projects, but on the condition that a Chinese state-owned construction company have...
Ad Hurts Hoekstra; Actress Apologises
The Chinese-American actress who appeared in a controversial Super Bowl ad for Michigan Republican Pete Hoekstra has apologised on Facebook for her participation, according to Politico: “I am deeply sorry for any pain that...
San Francisco’s Bay Bridge Gets 5,300-Ton Steel Span Delivery from China
The heavily-traveled Bay Bridge, which connects San Francisco to the East Bay, is going to contain a section constructed in and shipped from China. The construction has now been completed and is currently being loaded onto a...
Video: Tibet’s Moment
A Dispatches report from Alison Satake for PBS Frontline/World: It’s the night before the highly anticipated Olympic torch relay in San Francisco, and I am watching a training session for protestors led by Students for a...
Torchbearer Signals Solidarity With Tibet
Majora Carter, 41, the founder of Sustainable South Bronx and GreenforAll.org, was selected as an Olympic torch bearer by one of the relay’s international sponsors, the Coca-Cola Corporation. From the New York Sun: A New...
Olympic Torch Relay Begins Amid Protest in San Francisco (Updated)
Update 2: From BBC: Confusion has marked the start of the only North American leg of the Olympic torch relay, as its route was diverted to avoid thousands of protesters. Crowds of pro-Tibetan and pro-Beijing demonstrators are on...
S.F. Torch Relay Protest
Three demonstrators with Students for a Free Tibet were arrested in San Francisco today after they climbed the Golden Gate Bridge and hung a protest banner that read, “”One World, One Dream, Free Tibet 08”....
Greece Hands China Olympic Torch (Updated)
Update 2 (March 30, 11:52pm, Pacific Time): After arriving encased in glass at the Beijing airport (see below), the Olympic flame was transported to Tian’anmen Square for an official torch lighting ceremony, attended by a...
Chinese Art Rocks San Francisco
One Chinese artist has paved the way into San Francisco’s contemporary art mainstream. Beijing artist, Zhan Wang’s rock sculptures currently can be seen at the Asian Art Museum and the Haines Gallery. At the Haines...
Terence Chea: Chinese immigrant workers protest loss of jobs to China
From AP, via the San Jose Mercury News: Chinese immigrant workers marched through the streets of downtown San Francisco on Tuesday, shouting slogans and waving signs to protest the loss of garment jobs they say are being outsourced to China. Former employees of San Francisco-based apparel maker Nova Knits Inc. claim they were laid off […]
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