The pandemic has precipitated a rise in anti-Asian violence in the U.S. However, the full extent of this violence may be obscured by the difficulty in classifying attacks against Asian-Americans as hate crimes.
A recent shooting at three spas in the Atlanta area, in which the eight victims included six women of Asian descent, has heightened anxiety in the A ... Show More
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How China Made Itself Tariff-Proof
About a year into President Trump’s global trade war, China hasn’t just survived. It has emerged stronger than ever on the world stage. Keith Bradsher, the Beijing bureau chief for The New York Times, discusses the domination of China’s robot-powered superfactories and how the co ... Show More
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Mar 22
Injections, Bone Hammering and the Pursuit of Peak Male Beauty
If you’ve spent any time on social media recently, you’ve probably come across a video of a young, square-jawed influencer calling himself Clavicular. He has become the face of an internet subculture called looksmaxxing, in which men do almost anything — like taking steroids and ... Show More
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Mar 2021
Qu’est-ce que Stop Asian Hate ?
Qu’est-ce que Stop Asian Hate ? Merci d’avoir posé la question !
Le 16 mars, à Atlanta, aux États-Unis, des fusillades ont fait huit morts dans trois salons de massage. Six des huit personnes décédées étaient d’origine asiatique. L’assaillant, âgé de 21 ans, a reconnu les faits. ... Show More
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Mar 2022
One year later, the Atlanta spa shootings; plus, tech on TV
It's been one year since the Atlanta-area spa shootings that claimed eight lives, six of whom were Asian women. Guest host Elise Hu reflects on the event with Nicole Chung, author of the memoir All You Can Ever Know and a contributing writer for The Atlantic. They discuss their o ... Show More
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