April 25, 2025 | Vol. 54, Issue 8

The only bilingual Chinese-English Newspaper in New England

Day: May 21, 2021

Whistle Project with Eugene Welch and Phillip Chong

South Cove in collaboration with QARI to fight against AAPI hate

(請點這裡閱讀中文版。)  May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, as we commemorate and celebrate, there is a much more urgent and pressing issue at hand that needs addressed: the hate against AAPIs.   As the premier Asian community health center of Massachusetts, we have a role in looking out for our community members and taking a stance.  SCCHC condemns all the recent attacks and harassments against AAPIs stemmed from the pandemic and/or any other reasons or beliefs that have no […]

Talking to your children about Asian hate

Betty Wang, MD is a board-certified child, adolescent and adult psychiatrist at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) (請點這裡閱讀中文版。)  Over the last year, there have been very disturbing reports and videos of hate and violence towards the Asian community.  As a Chinese American, these events have left me with a sense of increased vulnerability for myself, my family, and my community. It can be natural to want to shield our children from these incidents, but we can also use these awful acts […]

Jay Liu Emerson College student job search

International graduates navigate job search challenges in the U.S.

Standing in the Boston Common his freshman year in 2016, Jay Liu wears his Emerson College T-shirt proudly as he smiles for the camera (Photo courtesy of Jay Liu). By Jocelyn Yang and Tivara Tanudjaja (請點這裡閱讀中文版。)  When Jay Liu graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Emerson College in December 2020, he hoped he would be working as a film editor soon.  But months went by as he sat in his Boston apartment holding his resume, portfolio and work authorization […]

Travel and Home exhibition at Museum of Fine Arts

Exploring our world and selves: MFA Travel and Home exhibition

Weng Family Collection of Chinese Painting: Travel and Home exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston April 3, 2021 – March 6, 2022 * Photograph © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (請點這裡閱讀中文版。)  Art, like travel, is a two-way lens. You look through it to see, to learn something new outside yourself, something about the world. And, like travel, art allows one to see something new within oneself.  The extraordinary Wang-go H. C. Weng exhibition currently at the MFA provides […]

Tora Ramen croquette

Tora Ramen

(請點這裡閱讀中文版。)  Tora Ramen 99 Harrison Avenue Boston, MA 02111 857-233-4860 Last fall while in the pandemic, the team of Kenix Wong and Patrick Zhong who brought Tora Japanese Restaurant to Boston  bravely opened their second Chinatown restaurant called Tora Ramen. This new hole in the wall ramen joint sits on the corner of Harrison Avenue and Kneeland Street. COVID-19 protocols were observed but there was limited dine in seating. For starters we got the Tofu in Goma Shoyu $4 which […]

Student at Chinese burial ground

UMass Boston students honor deceased at Chinese burial ground

(請點這裡閱讀中文版。)  On May 12, students from the University of Massachusetts Boston’s class, Boston’s Asian American Communities, met in person for the first time on a trip to visit the Chinese burial grounds at Mt. Hope Cemetery. Led by Professor Peter Kiang, the class visited the site in part to remember the lost lives of Asian American workers in the Atlanta shootings, while they also discussed the issues of injustice represented by the condition of the tombstones. In more ways than […]

Far East Deep South film immigrants

Documentary reveals Chinese immigrant history in segregated South

(請點這裡閱讀中文版。)  Far East Deep South is now streaming until June 3rd on PBS.org, WorldChannel.org and the PBS app. On May 4, the documentary “Far East Deep South” made its premiere on World Channel, kicking off Asian American Heritage Month. Unfortunately, on the same day, two Asian women – 63 years old and 85 years old – were stabbed at the bus stop in San Francisco. This year’s Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) heritage month came after a year of increased and public Asian […]

Chop Suey Sundae dessert

What’s A Chop Suey Sundae?

(請點這裡閱讀中文版。)  The most popular item in the earliest Chinese restaurants in the U.S. was chop suey, a mixture of meat and vegetables in a brown sauce. The origins of chop suey are murky but the dish certainly had a strong impact. It was such a popular term that it was even co-opted by others, to apply to non-Chinese foods, such as the Chop Suey Sundae.  A Chop Suey Sundae? Meat, vegetables and a brown sauce over ice cream? No, this […]

Bayara logo for Buddy Guards for Chinatown

New volunteer program may bring security to Chinatown seniors

(請點這裡閱讀中文版。)  While the Greater Boston area has not yet faced any reported violent incidents, the increased frequency of vicious anti-Asian crimes in cities and towns across the United States has left Asian residents around Chinatown Boston in a state of unease.  For some, this growing threat unfortunately extends what has already been a long year of isolation and hardship, following on the heels of an already trying pandemic. “They have been staying at home over a year, and they don’t […]

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