At a panel discussion entitled “Who Killed Vincent Chin: 25 Years Later,” panelists encouraged the Chinese-American community to strengthen their political impact and participation in order to improve their position in U.S. society. more>

New Fujianese immigrants recently started a fashion of holding banquets for several types of events – most often to celebrate birthdays. The real motive for these gatherings, however, appears to be to collect red envelop money. The authorities here caught wind of this new trend and started to show up at the banquets to take photos of individuals who could be engaged in criminal activity. more>

For many Chinese students, their high hopes for a work visa crashed at the last minute with the USCIS announcement that the quota for this year was met on April 2, the first day for accepting applications. more>

Law enforcement in Brooklyn is astounded by the discovery that some African-American and Hispanic gangs in East New York require new members to rob Chinese deliverymen before they can be officially inducted. more>

Jinjie Yu, a senior at Lafayette who came to the United States only two years ago, said that new immigrant students need a bilingual curriculum. Yu said that although he had finished high school in China, language difficulties here had slowed him down and compelled him to study another two years in high school. more>

Since the end of 2006, Governor Eliot Spitzer has been naming key appointees in his administration. But of the nearly 60 appointees so far, no Chinese or Asian has been named to the top echelon. more>

Major Chinatown landlord is focus of new counterfeit crackdown strategy. more>

Fair housing guidelines will be enforced, HUD spokespeople insist, regardless of the victims’ immigration status. more>

Community leaders are jubilant about the strong showing of Chinese candidates, who will emphasize the importance of issues facing Asian communities. more>

Looking to stem the numbers of fraudulent green card applications, U.S. officials extended their investigations to China, looking for families of reported divorcees to see if they still live together. more>

Johnson Lee, co-director of the Chinese American Voters Association thinks Ellen Yang – the only remaining Asian candidate – shouldn’t take her victory for granted. more>

Following a major government crackdown, Chinatown gangs have gone underground and are expanding their activities from illegal gambling to more sophisticated crimes like narcotics trafficking, producing false credit cards and identity theft. more>

Marc Raimondi, spokesman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), said that U.S. law enforcement has long been troubled by the reluctance on China’s part to accept deported undocumented immigrants, paying attention to the issue but not offering concrete solutions. more>

Judge Jeffrey Chase is exposed for his racial profiling when a Chinese immigrant seeking political asylum takes his case to a higher court. more>

Asian gay and lesbian groups took to the streets of Chinatown and passed out postcards saying: "Love knows no gender." more>

Officials from the mayor’s office, Immigration Affairs, and the NYC Health and Hospitals Corporation have assured immigrant groups that any person, regardless of his or her immigrant status, has a right to medical help. more>

Three Internet cafes, two restaurants and one illegal gambling parlor on East Broadway were closed down. more>

Doreen Chan, a Chinatown resident said that illegal parking in front of hydrants threatened residents’ safety and property. more>

Although Chinese immigrants will often stake out a small space to stay while visiting relatives or shopping in New York, they grow tired of hotels and long for that “coming home” feeling. more>

Most Chinese-owned supermarkets, restaurants, and food wholesale companies employ Hispanic workers to the heavy and dirty work. Many receive low wages, work long hours and have no health insurance. more>

Many Chinese immigrants who recently moved into the area also showed up to voice their opposition. more>

Of the more than 280,000 voting age Chinese in New York City, about 126,000 or 45 percent, are not U.S. citizens and not given the right to vote in local elections. more>

A Fujianese immigrant who peddled fruit on East Broadway said that unlicensed doctors “serve a need for the community.” more>

After a series of suspicious activity in Brooklyn where a gas company sent employees – posing Con Edison workers – to knock on the doors of Chinese residents, asking them to change their service. The same activity was reported in Bayside, Queens. more>

The New York City Economic Development Corporation is scheduled to break ground this summer for the redevelopment of the Willits Point Iron Triangle and Shea Stadium. The project, estimated at $909 million, will dislodge businesses in the area since the 1930s. more>

Instead of using legitimate banks, undocumented Fujianese immigrants simply entrust their money to friends or people from the same village who are going back. When large amounts of money are concerned, it is sent this way in order to avoid being monitored by the authorities. more>

A law firm in Flushing, Queens advertises a short-cut to citizenship, get “adopted” by a Hawaiian Indian tribe, for a mere $30,000. more>

Confusion reigned on January 1, 2006, the first day of the new Medicare prescription-drug program. Patients in Chinatown found they had to wait twice as long to have their identity verified at local drugstores because they had not received their new Medicare cards. more>

Chinese restaurant wholesaler was surprised at unionizing initiative, claiming to be a fair employer. Union organizers claim otherwise. more>

Religious leaders believe that AIDS and “non-marital and homosexual sex and drug use” are inappropriate topics in a religious setting, preventing them from educating their communities. more>

The latest homicide case in New York City’s Chinatown, including the killings of two young Fujianese men in a hotel, tells of the disappointment, desperation, pain and suffering of new immigrants hidden beneath society’s rug. more>

According to an NYU study, students of Vietnamese, Cambodian and Lao descent actually do not do well in school compared to African Americans students, and do not receive enough government assistance. Peter Cheng, executive director of Indochina Sino-American Community Center in Chinatown, said that the myth of a “model minority” has often obscured the need within the different Asian communities. more>