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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

Manchester Evening News

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.

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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 Sun-Times

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.

Chicago Tribune

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.

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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.

Chicago Sun-Times

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

Manchester Evening News

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

Liverpool Echo

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 Sun-Times

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…

Chicago Tribune

Chinatown's seniors are the unsung royalty of street style

Photographer Andria Lo, one half of Chinatown Pretty, peels back the curtain on how she photographs Chinatowns’ elderly style icons.

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The Independent UK

Chinatowns more vibrant after pandemic, anti-Asian violence

Cultural and arts organizations in Chinatowns across North America have worked for decades on bringing greater appreciation and visibility to these communities

Evening Standard

Year of the Horse: The best Chinese restaurants in London, from A Wong to the Sichuan

From Sichuan to Shaanxi, Hunan to Yunnan, Cantonese and everything in between

The Guardian - UK

London landlord Shaftesbury expects spending boom as Elizabeth line opens

Owner of property in Chinatown, Soho and Covent Garden returns to profit as rents increase

WEKU

For businesses in Manhattan's Chinatown, inflation is a tough economic hurdle

Many businesses have relied on high sales volume to make a profit, but higher costs for wholesale goods and dwindling inventory because of supply chain disruptions are forcing them to raise prices.

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Chicago Sun-Times

Key player in corruption case that led to Madigan indictment set for sentencing in August

Chinatown developer See Y. Wong wore a wire for the feds in an effort to get leniency in an unrelated wire fraud case.

Chicago Sun-Times

After years of not paying property taxes, Chinatown mall’s owners face a new tax problem

A hoped-for county bailout failed. An appeal to Assessor Fritz Kaegi cut only a portion of the $2.4 million Chinatown Square owed. Now, its taxes have been auctioned off.

Tribune News Service

Police: 2 shot, 3 arrested after chase in Boston

BOSTON — Two men were shot and three arrested after leading police on a chase for miles through Chinatown and into Charlestown in Boston early Sunday morning.

Chicago Sun-Times

Family’s frantic search ends at hospital where they find father in a coma after a carjacking: ‘Robbed, brutally beaten and left for dead’

Jin Yut Lew raised his family near 24th and Canal streets in Chinatown and became a well-known and respected chef. His son said he worries his dad won’t be able to cook again.

Chicago Sun-Times

After years of futility, newest City Council member wants to deliver high school to Near South Side

“Applying to a selective enrollment school is sometimes harder than getting into college,” Ald. Nicole Lee told the Sun-Times. “And we need better quality options ... if you don’t happen to get that perfect score or score high enough.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Daughter of convicted Daley aide picked to replace Patrick Daley Thompson in 11th Ward

United Airlines executive Nicole Lee is the daughter of Gene Lee, deputy chief of staff under former Mayor Richard M. Daley. In 2014, Gene Lee was convicted of stealing thousands of dollars from two Chinatown charities.

Los Angeles Times

Aerial gondola at Dodger Stadium sparks fears of accelerated gentrification in LA neighborhood

LOS ANGELES — With their Chinatown home boxed in by a freeway entrance, apartment buildings, a high school and a major boulevard to downtown Los Angeles, Phyllis and Tany Ling get the full cacophony of urban life from every direction but up.

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