Chinese immigrants have flocked to Italy to find work in the garment industry over the past decade. New arrivals are getting jobs in other fields and becoming more visible in Italian society. The two men saunter up to the counter towards the young, female barista. Her dark hair is piled into a pony tail, and …
It was Saturday night, the sun was setting over the ancient towers and porticoes in Bologna, and Italians were filling outdoor terraces for their evening caffè. Just north of the city, I sat in a room full of frustrated immigrants who had gathered to listen to promises made by Cécile Kyenge, who just last week …
A new mini-documentary featuring the stories of mixed-race children born out of First Nations and Chinese Canadian unions will be shown in Ottawa next week. Cedar and Bamboo: The Shared History of First Nations and Chinese Canadian Communities can be seen (for free with RSVP!) on Tuesday, May 22 at 7:30 p.m. at the Ben … Continue reading »
A story this week in the Financial Times reports that immigrants are packing up and leaving Italy, a country that has been stuck in recession since the end of 2011 and where unemployment remains at a record high. That’s bad news for Italy. “Many, many Chinese are going back home,” Sonia Fen, a restaurant owner and … Continue reading »
“Well, well… look who’s laundering?” Clever, isn’t it? This political cartoon and many others like it have appeared online and in newspapers across Spain as news spread that a Chinese businessman and art dealer was arrested on suspicion of leading one of the biggest laundering operations ever seen in the country. The accused ring leader is … Continue reading »
What a shock it was for all of us on the tour, to see how these threads of history came together, to see how the story of the Chinese railroad pioneers could align with the history of Canada’s First Nations and with the struggle for democracy in China. Continue reading »
When the Bank of Canada removed the image of a woman scientist billed as Asian-looking from its new $100 banknotes, Rachel Décoste took to the Internet to start a cross-country dialogue that would tackle some burning questions: Is there a such thing as a Canadian? Can a person be an Asian, African, Somali, Indian and Canadian at the same time? Continue reading »
Vancouver’s Chinatown is facing the very same issues grappling NYC’s Chinatown. How should we preserve a community’s history? How can we revitalize a dying neighborhood? Continue reading »
Frank Wong may be 93 years old, but he can still remember the day he braved the turbulent waters in Northern France to come ashore with the Canadian Army at Juno Beach.
But what surprises Wong, is that the rest of the world remembers, too. Continue reading »
