The Chinese Consulate General in San Francisco on Friday said five Chinese citizens were among the victims in a shooting in the California town of Half Moon Bay. The Half Moon Bay shooting on Monday, in which seven people died,…
10 killed in shooting near LA after Lunar New Year festival
At least 10 people have been killed and 10 injured in a mass shooting east of Los Angeles following a Lunar New Year celebration that attracted thousands, police said. Sergeant Bob Boese of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said…
Lunar New Year celebrated officially for the first time in California
The alleyways have been cleaned, ruby-red lanterns hang overhead and Reverend Norman Fong is on the lookout for a microphone. The 71-year-old San Francisco Chinatown native has emceed the city’s annual Chinese New Year parade for two decades – but…
Beijing crematoriums overwhelmed by China Covid wave
Workers at Beijing crematoriums said Friday they are overwhelmed as China faces a surge in Covid cases that authorities warn could hit its underdeveloped rural hinterland during upcoming public holidays. Covid-19 is spreading rapidly across China after three years of…
China to vaccinate 50m people for Lunar New Year: report
China is planning to vaccinate 50 million people in the high-priority group against the coronavirus before the start of the peak Lunar New Year travel season early next year, the South China Morning Post reported on Friday. Beijing is planning…