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Re: A Glimpse of San Francisco Chinatown 02:28 by ♭♫ [+-]

In the past, real authentic Chinese food has always been available to Americans in Chinatown restaurants however they would needed to have the knowledge to read the menus in Chinese to order unfamiliar dishes with unfamiliar textures and flavors that still had heads and bones attached that were challenging to eat using forks. If you could not read Chinese, then you were limited to ordering Chinese-American food from the menu typed in English.

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Today, around 170,000 Chinese Americans live in San Francisco, forming one of the most influential communities in the United States. In this deep-dive documentary, The Human Map explores the full, complex story of San Francisco's Chinatown: from SRO housing rooms and hidden temple altars to historic dim sum houses, food revolutions, and the ongoing fight to keep this historic safe haven alive.

Re: A Glimpse of Hungry Ghost Festival (盂蘭節) 08/20/2026 by ♭♫ [+-]

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But is Ghost Month really something to fear, or is there more to these centuries-old traditions and beliefs?

Re: Support to RECALL Radical Socialist Governor Gavin Newsom 08/20/2026 by ♭♫ [+-]

California Democrats need to be investigated and jailed for creating public policies that protects criminals therefore they aiding and abetting crime that harms the tax players. Regardless of how many people are arrested, their failed public policies will release the criminals out of jail as quickly as they were incarcerated.

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Gavin PASSES OUT Mid-Interview!!!

Re: A Glimpse of 🇨🇳's'Blueprint of Persecution' 08/20/2026 by ♭♫ [+-]

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Beijing resumes demolition of major Tibetan Buddhist academy, satellite imagery shows

Re: Chinatowns Ain't Nothing But Ghettos 08/20/2026 by ♭♫ [+-]

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“I think a lot of times if you ask people why do they want to live in Chinatown or why is it important for them, they'll say — in Chinese — you know, ‘It's convenient. It's convenient for my life,'" she said. "But it's really more than convenience. It's really pretty essential for that day-to-day survival.”

Re: What would Affirmative Action do if Harvard started to admit Smart Lampposts at the expense of under-represented Dumb Lampposts? 08/20/2026 by ♭♫ [+-]

The Ivy League Universities should now be called the Poison Ivy League Universities

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The Pentagon has ordered 30 U.S. universities to audit their research and financial ties to foreign entities, warning that institutions could risk future federal research funding.
The crackdown targets partnerships linked to China, Russia, Iran and rebranded Confucius Institutes, with schools facing an August 31 deadline to report their findings and mitigation steps. The Pentagon says it has “zero tolerance” for academic partnerships that could threaten U.S. national security, as scrutiny of foreign influence in American research intensifies.

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The Trump administration has escalated its clash with Harvard University, with Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth announcing an end to all military programs with the Ivy League school. Hegseth criticized Harvard as “woke” and unfit to train future U.S. military leaders, cutting off fellowships, training, and certificate programs. The move marks a sharp break from decades of academic ties and comes amid growing pressure on elite universities. The Pentagon said it will now review similar partnerships with other institutions.

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Harvard is an agent for the CCP. University endowments should be taxed to fund public schools.

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A recent investigative report revealed that Harvard University trained Chinese government officials who were complicit in the ongoing genocide of Uyghurs in Xinjiang, which could constitute a violation of the United States’ sanctions. But this revelation barely scratches the surface of the Chinese Communist Party’s infiltration of Harvard and US higher education broadly. Join Hudson for a conversation about how policymakers can insulate America’s universities from Beijing's malign influence.

CCP Foreign Agent; Neville Roy Singham 08/20/2026 by ♭♫ [+-]

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‘Follow the money’: Goldman Sachs under fire over $285M money trail in Neville Roy Singham probe

Re: Sriracha: A Chinese-American Story 08/20/2026 by ♭♫ [+-]

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For 28 years, David Tran's Huy Fong Foods and California farmer Craig Underwood built America's most iconic hot sauce on a simple handshake. But behind the scenes, Huy Fong quietly engineered a plan to steal harvesting secrets, sever ties, and sue their exclusive grower. When the dispute reached a jury, Huy Fong was hit with a staggering $23.3 million fraud verdict—sparking nationwide chili shortages, $150 black-market bottles, and the rise of a rival hot sauce. Here is how a bitter betrayal cracked the Sriracha empire.

Re: Role Models who lift up the Chinatown community 08/18/2026 by ♭♫ [+-]

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"We learned that we really needed to find a way to bring food to those living in the SROs," Nguyen said. "A lot of them are homebound, they're disabled, they don't have the means to go outside."

Since 2022, Nguyen and her teenage volunteers have gone door-to-door delivering truckloads of groceries provided by nonprofit API Forward Movement and Council member Eunisses Hernandez's office.

Today, Nguyen organizes a network of nearly 400 teenagers through a Discord server, which gained traction through library fliers and word-of-mouth from teens elected to the Chinatown Teen Council. She also meets students while tabling at local high schools to promote library programs. Teens who volunteer are eligible for community service hours, and Nguyen often writes them recommendation

Go Fund Me 08/18/2026 by ♭♫ [+-]

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My grandma and I just met a lady in Chinatown who has been sèlling zongzi (sticky rice dumplings) for over 10 years. Unfortunately she took a pretty bad fall, so last month she wasn’t able to séll at all. She now needs to use a cane to get around and needs the money more than she has before, so she still tries to get out everyday to sell her zongzi even though she’s still in pain.

We wanted to start this GoFundMe to hopefully take a little pressure off her shoulders while she continues to recover. Our hope is that she can focus more on healing without feeling like she has to push through the pain every single day just to make ends meet.

100% of the money raised will go directly to her. No amount is too small — even a few dollars from enough people can really make a difference.

If you aren’t able to donate, sharing her story would mean just as much to us.

She is an incredibly sweet and hard-working lady who has spent years serving her community. Por Por and I would love for our community to come together and return some of that love.

Hopefully, together we can give her a little peace of mind while she gets back on her feet. ❤️

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