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Chinatown - What Tourists Don't See

Tue, 12/29/2009 - 21:31
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(picture above from Chinese Progressive Association)


Racist and Sexist "Geisha" Bar Gets Permit to Operate in Oakland Chinatown

Wed, 10/07/2009 - 23:54

Outrageous news out of Oakland from my good friends and community organzers and the work they're doing up there: Diana Pei Wu, Jenn Pae, Angelica Jongco, Xiaojing Wang, and Jen Mei Wu. [Please note: This is NOT an APA for Progress campaign, like some have mis-portrayed it.]


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New York City Mayor Supports Marriage Equality, Campaigns for Votes in Chinatown

Fri, 10/02/2009 - 10:02

Incumbent Michael Bloomberg is bidding for a third term as mayor this November.  This week he met with Chinese seniors in Chinatown and came out firmly on the side of LGBT couples.


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Sam Yoon Edged Out in Mayoral Primary Election

Thu, 09/24/2009 - 07:07

This past Tuesday, Boston held a preliminary election.  The two top vote getters - Tom Menino (51%) and Michael Flaherty (24%) - will face off in the November Runoff election for Mayor.  Yoon came in with a respectable 21% of the votes.


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Margaret Chin's historic victory, a news roundup

Wed, 09/16/2009 - 13:24

Congratulations again to all our progressive Asian American winners yesterday.  There are a lot of news reports on each of the races. Here are some of the top reports on Margaret Chin who will be representing New York City Council District 1.

Chin Wins City Council Primary (Tribeca Tribune)


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Philadelphia Chinatown saved from casino

Sun, 08/30/2009 - 11:34

Here's a positive development out of Philadelphia. For the past two years, the developers behind the Foxwoods Casino in CT have been trying to build a new casino right in the heart of Philadelphia's Chinatown. Of course, this got the local AAPI community upset:. 


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Senator Gillibrand Speaks to Chinese Americans

Sun, 02/15/2009 - 07:39

gillibrand Here's an interesting tidbit about the new junior Senator from New York, Kirsten Gillibrand. According to this article in the New York Times. Apparently, she speaks a little Mandarin, even if it is a bit rusty:

Ms. Gillibrand is no ordinary politician when it comes to linguistic and cultural comfort: as an Asian studies major at Dartmouth, she studied for six months in China and Taiwan, becoming proficient enough to absorb stories in Chinese newspapers, and later spent four months in Hong Kong as a corporate lawyer.

Apparently, her language skills were good enough to impress the Chinese language media as well as key community leaders.


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