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Why Xi Is Destroying China’s Internet Economy 15:53 by ♭♫ [+-]

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Why Are There Waffles in Guangdong? How Migration Shaped Toisan Cuisine 12:13 by ♭♫ [+-]

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In Toisan—the “hometown of overseas Chinese”—migration shaped everything from architecture to cooking. We explore how global influences entered the region and what they left behind, including some unexpected dishes.

Re: hakka!! 11:50 by ♭♫ [+-]

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Hakkas are a group of Chinese who migrated from Northern to Southern China in several waves to flee war, instability, and famine, starting from 1000 years ago. Their ancestors settled in the mountains of Guangdong, Fujian, and Jiangxi. They are known for their resilience, frugality, and courage.

Hakka cooking combines northern techniques with southern ingredients, giving birth to a hearty “soul-food” that uses simple ingredients like pork, vegetables, tofu, and noodles. The Hakkas also ventured abroad to Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, and India, Suriname, and Mauritius, bringing their cuisine with them.

Join us as we take a culinary adventure starting in Meizhou, Guangdong Province. Also known as Moiyan, Meizhou is the Hakka cultural capital of the world. We will also bring you to Ipoh, Malaysia, where many Chinese Hakka immigrants worked in the 1800s in the tin mining industry and learn about the Hakka cuisine in Malaysia. Let us know if you are Hakka and what Hakka dishes we should try next!

Re: A Glimpse of San Francisco Chinatown 11:18 by ♭♫ [+-]

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The Clandestine Chinatown San Francisco

Hong Kong's last pro-democracy group disbands under pressure from China 11:03 by ♭♫ [+-]

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It's been five years since China introduced the so-called National Security Law for Hong Kong. Over 350 pro-democracy activists and political figures have been arrested under the measure, accused of subversion and secession. Now that crackdown is filtering into everyday life. It's a reality that's finally broken the last active opposition group in Hong Kong - the city enjoyed substantial autonomy from Beijing before the law was imposed.

Preparation For The Next Life 10:56 by ♭♫ [+-]

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The scene is the no-questions-asked world of New York’s Chinatown; newcomer Sebiye Behtiyar plays Aishe, a Chinese Uyghur Muslim undocumented immigrant. One day she catches the eye of Skinner, played by Fred Hechinger, a young military veteran who impulsively starts to talk to her. There is a spark between them and then something more.

Al-DimSum launches as world's first Cantonese corpus platform 00:45 by ♭♫ [+-]

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The platform is notably comprehensive: beyond its million-word text corpus, it includes more than 1 TB of audiovisual materials, 10,000 images of Lingnan culture, and 10,000 utterances from daily life scenarios. It also features an authoritative Cantonese safety lexicon and over 200,000 safety assessment questions, fully supporting multimodal and large language model (LLM) training needs.

Re: The rise and fall of Chinatown: The hidden history of displacement you were never told 00:41 by ♭♫ [+-]

If these new units are not allocated to Chinese-Americans, then the new tenants will accelerate the hallowing out of Chinatown with diverse people who won't spend money in the legacy business ecosystem.

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A local property owner is upsizing its plans for an apartment complex across the street from Los Angeles State Historic Park in Chinatown, per a new filing with the Los Angeles Department of City Planning.

Re: The rise and fall of Chinatown: The hidden history of displacement you were never told 00:36 by ♭♫ [+-]

A pattern of mysterious fires looks suspicious.

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CA High-Speed Rail planned to demolish Chinatown building that burned in Fresno

Re: The rise and fall of Chinatown: The hidden history of displacement you were never told 12/12/2025 by ♭♫ [+-]

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As Philadelphia’s Chinatown continues to expand with new residents and businesses, the proportion of Asian residents has fallen, intensifying worries over gentrification and the displacement of families and businesses that have long been part of the neighborhood, writes Nick Vadala for The Philadelphia Inquirer.

The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund’s recent study revealed that New York City and Boston’s historic Chinatowns are mirroring the pattern seen in Philadelphia, as all three neighborhoods recorded declines in their proportion of Asian residents from 2010 to 2020.

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