🇺🇸🇨🇳 "Canton Avenue is a new start." Joe Luo, President of the General Assembly of the American Association of Cantonese and a descendant of Chinese railroad workers, spoke to South about the new street name in New York. He said it honors generations of Cantonese Americans whose contributions helped shape the U.S., while opening a new chapter for people-to-people exchanges between China and the U.S. 🤝 @ChineseEmbinUS @ChinaCG_NYC @CGChenLiNY Dive in: #CantonAvenue# #NewYork# #ChineseAmerican# #Cantonese# #ChinaUS# #CulturalExchange# #Guangdong# #GreaterBayArea#

The novelist’s exploration of Chinese-American identity sadly lacks the dynamism of her smash-hit ‘Yellowface’, says Christian House. Tap here to read our book review:

🚨America under attack! An Obama-appointed judge who just blocked Trump’s mail-voting order once received an award from a Chinese Progressive Association group!! U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani of Massachusetts ruled that the Trump administration could NOT enforce provisions of an executive order requiring a verified national list of adult citizens and restricting how the Postal Service handles absentee ballots. The injunction covered 23 states and D.C. that sued, effectively halting those measures for the 2026 election cycle. Before joining the bench, Talwani was a labor-side employment lawyer. In 2012 the Chinese Progressive Association gave her its Workers Justice Award. The group is a progressive Boston organization focused on Chinese immigrant workers and left-wing political organizing. Her official biography lists the award among her honors. A federal judge with a documented award from a progressive Chinese-American activist organization has now used her position to stop a presidential order aimed at tightening election integrity rules. The appearance of conflict is obvious, and the ruling itself continues a pattern of lower-court judges expanding their reach beyond their districts. EXPOSE HER! #ElectionIntegrity# #JudicialOverreach#

Yep, that’s Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic. It looks like a casual dinner with friends. Are Chinese women graduating from top U.S. universities commanding the highest “brand premium” in Silicon Valley? Dario Amodei’s 1.8% stake in the company, worth approximately $16.2 billion at a $900 billion valuation. Previously, Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, married Chinese-American Priscilla Chan, while Larry Ellison, founder of Oracle, married Chinese-American Keren Zhu. Mark Zuckerberg’s net worth is estimated at $252 billion, and Larry Ellison’s at approximately $217.5 billion.

It’s worth briefly revisiting the rather legendary story behind UTStarcom and SoftBank China Venture Capital. Hong Lu, born on November 3, 1954, is a Chinese American entrepreneur. His family traces its roots to Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province，China.. He was born in Taiwan, Province of China and moved to Japan at the age of six. After graduating from Tokyo Metropolitan Jonan High School, Lu went on to study civil engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, where he was two years senior to Masa Son @masason After graduating, Hong Lu joined Masa Son’s startup, Mspeech System Inc, whose core business was selling portable voice translation devices.  In March 1982, Son returned to Japan to recover from an illness. Before leaving, he sold his U.S. company Unison World to Lu. For a time, Unison maintained a close partnership with Kyocera, the company founded by Inamori Kazuo. In 1986, the two companies formed a joint venture called Kyocera Unison and attempted to take it public. The plan ultimately fell through, and Lu exited the venture. In 1990, Lu made his first exploratory trip to mainland China. A year later, in 1991, Lu teamed up with his Berkeley classmate and Masa Son’s former Chinese tutor, Charles Xue @xuemanzi8848， along with Son himself. Together they acquired Zhejiang Yutong, a company originally founded by Peter Wang(Zuguang) , reorganizing it and renaming it Unitech Telecom (UT). That same year, Wu Ying , then working at AT&T Bell Labs, partnered with Chauncey Shey to launch Starcom in New Jersey. The company initially operated as a technology consulting firm, essentially providing engineering talent as outsourced services. Among the temporary engineers they hired was Bill Huang(Xiaoqing ), who at the time was doing R&D at Racal Telecom in the UK. In 1994, Bill Huang(Xiaoqing ) joined Unitech Telecom. On October 6, 1995, Unitech Telecom and Starcom merged in a 50–50 deal to form UTStarcom. Just two weeks later, on October 19, the company secured $30 million in funding from SoftBank. On March 5, 1996, UTStarcom China was established. By 1999, after several rounds of major investment totaling roughly $160 million, Masa Son became chairman of UTStarcom, increasing his stake to 51%. On March 3, 2000, UTStarcom successfully went public on the NASDAQ. In 2001, Charles Xue exited the company, cashing out roughly $150 million. Later that same year following the IPO, Masa Son committed $90 million, while Hong  Lu，Chauncey Shey, and others contributed $10 million, forming the first fund for SoftBank China Venture Capital (SBCVC). Brilliance of Berkeley，and with that , the wheels of fate have begun to turn.