Chinese Community

Activists warn of China's growing influence on culture, free speech in US

China's government is intensifying its campaign to reshape cultural identity and history of it's minority ethnic groups and political dissidents, with these efforts now extending to American soil

Trump claims Chinese migrants building US army; migrants tell another story

It was 7 a.m. on a recent Friday when Wang Gang, a 36-year-old Chinese immigrant, jostled for a day job in New York City's Flushing neighbourhood. When a potential employer pulled up near the street corner, Wang and dozens of other men swarmed around the car. They were hoping to be picked for work on a construction site, at a farm, as a mover anything that would pay. Wang had no luck, even as he waited for two more hours. It would be another day without a job since he crossed the southern US border illegally in February. The daily struggle of Chinese immigrants in Flushing is a far cry from the picture former President Donald Trump and other Republicans have sought to paint of them as a coordinated group of military-age men who have come to the United States to build an army and attack America. Since the start of the year, as the Chinese newcomers adjust to life in the US, Trump has alluded to fighting age or military age Chinese men at least six times and suggested at least twice

Chinese court orders man to pay ex-wife $7,700 for 5 years of housework

The judge ruled in her favour, telling the man to pay 50,000 yuan for her labour, according to state television.

Dress properly, avoid porn: China's Communist party issues morality code

On Sunday the government published its Outline for the Implementation of Citizen Moral Construction in the New Era - which advises readers on how to use the internet, raise children among other things

India's growing Chinese community inches closer to a place it can call home

The story of the Chinese in India is one that is slowly developing. It is also a quiet narrative, writes Nikita Puri