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OFM Awards 2022: Lifetime Achievement – Shun-Bun Lee

The chef and restaurateur has been at the heart of London’s Chinatown for decades, offering advice and support to generations of Britain’s Chinese community

The Guardian - UK

Manchester's iconic Chinatown pagoda could be replaced with new structure in redesign plans

Council bosses have launched a survey and want to hear the public's views

Manchester Evening News

How a fifth-generation entrepreneur is reinventing a landmark in New York City’s Chinatown

Wing on Wo, the oldest-running business in Manhattan’s Chinatown, is a shop and clubhouse for activists to address issues like gentrification

The Guardian - US

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CPS advances plans for Near South high school despite opposition, threat to withhold state funding

CPS leaders said teens travel far for school now, and population growth justifies the school. Opponents said the plan is irresponsible and lacks community input.

Chicago Sun-Times

Man charged with beating, carjacking of chef in Chinatown

Jin Yut Lew, 61, “is still not doing well” after he was attacked April 7, police said.

Chicago Sun-Times

Vandal scrawls swastika on FDNY vehicle parked in Chinatown: NYPD

NEW YORK — A hate-filled vandal scrawled a swastika onto an FDNY vehicle parked on a Chinatown street, police said Saturday.

Tribune News Service

Folks Are Sharing Memories Of Chinatown’s Dixon House As Sydney Preps To Lose Yet Another Icon

It's set to be demolished & replaced with a 17 storey new development.

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2 fatally shot near Red Line station in Chinatown

The attack happened about 2:15 a.m. on Cermak Road, steps from the Red Line station, according to police.

Chicago Sun-Times

Chinatown Square Plaza turns into a dance floor for youth festival

The K-pop Random Dance event was part of the first “Youth of Chinatown,” a three-day festival that aims to connect young people across different cultures.

Chicago Sun-Times

‘Prison destroys every human dignity’: Free Chol Soo Lee and the miscarriage of justice that united Asian-Americans

Arrested in 1973 for a murder he did not commit, Chol Soo Lee became a rallying cause for Asian-Americans in the 1980s – a story too important to be buried in history, say the film’s directors

The Guardian - UK

$15,000 reward offered in Chinatown shooting that killed woman

Jennifer Medrano, 24, was shot when two gunmen opened fire at each other July 1 in the 2200 block of South Wentworth Avenue, authorities said.

Chicago Sun-Times

Chinatown fears community, business loss in 76ers arena plan

Organizers and members of Philadelphia's Chinatown say they were surprised by the 76ers' announcement that they hope to build a $1.3 billion arena just a block from the community’s gateway arch

The Independent UK

Mayoral ally picked for CPS board, pushing out member who opposes city’s plan for new Chinatown school

Former Ald. Michael Scott, the son of a former Chicago Board of Education president, is being appointed by Mayor Lori Lightfoot.

Chicago Sun-Times

Chinatown pagoda could be 'improved' after 'extensive' vandalism damage

The council is working with the Chinese community to improve the site

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Los Angeles Times

Column: Immigrant-run Chinatown gift shop embraces social media to navigate a changed neighborhood

LOS ANGELES -- Shortly after I met Mary Wang, 71, in Chinatown a few years ago, I was drafted to provide tech support for her gift shop business, Jadetime E-gifts.

Chicago Sun-Times

Man grazed by bullet less than half a mile from scene of fatal shooting days earlier in Chinatown

Days earlier, a shootout between two people left a woman dead and two others wounded, including one of the alleged gunmen, according to police.

Chicago Sun-Times

After woman killed in Friday night shootout, some Chinatown residents call for closure of karaoke bar

A petition organized the Coalition For A Better Chinese American Community and Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez (25th) will ask the city next week to revoke licenses for No. 18 Karaoke Bar.

Chicago Tribune

4 fatally shot on Chicago's South, West sides as July 4th holiday begins

CHICAGO — A 24-year-old woman was fatally wounded, and two men were injured in shooting in Chinatown, marking just one of three fatal attacks in Chicago as the July 4th holiday weekend began.

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Woman killed, gunman among 2 wounded in Chinatown shootout

A 38-year-old man and another gunman were shooting at each other in the 2200 block of South Wentworth Avenue about 10:50 p.m. when gunfire struck the man and two other women, police said.

Chicago Sun-Times

Does Chicago’s Near South Side need a new $120 million high school?

With Chicago Public Schools enrollment falling, the Chicago Board of Education is about to take up plans to build a new high school near Chinatown.

Manchester Evening News

Manchester's Chinatown 'heartbroken' after 'iconic' pagoda trashed by mindless vandals

'We are working with GMP to get these people before the courts'

Manchester Evening News

The mysterious deaths of Popeye and Uncle Albert - two friends on the streets of Chinatown

Both men died when a fierce blaze erupted inside a derelict building - a murder probe failed to lead to any conviction

Liverpool Echo

New Chinatown meeting at centre of explosive employment tribunal

Dramatic hearing saw claims and accusations levelled at some of Liverpool Council's most prominent figures of recent years

Chicago Sun-Times

CPS sets aside $70M for long-sought Chinatown H.S., millions more for school playgrounds in new capital budget

The funding was revealed Tuesday in the district’s proposed capital budget, which details construction and maintenance spending for the upcoming fiscal year starting July 1.

Chicago Tribune

Figures show an increase in anti-Asian hate crimes nationwide, but some worry Chicago’s low numbers stem from lack of reporting

CHICAGO — On a recent rainy Saturday afternoon, Chi Chan sat attentively in a pew of a Chinatown church he’s been a part of for some 15 years and listened to Chicago police Officer Jason Sollis give tips on public safety. Chan was there, he said, because crime has gotten…

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