As China Clamps Down, Activists Flee Hong Kong for Refuge in the West

作者：admin 2020-10-25

For decades, Hong Kong had been a place of shelter for people escaping war, famine and political oppression in mainland China. Now some protesters from Hong Kong have sought and been granted asylum abroad.Credit...Lam Yik Fei for The New York TimesBy 阅读全文

The Complexity in ‘Where Are You From?’

作者：admin 2020-10-24

Credit...Lucy JonesBy Vanessa HuaOct. 23, 2020, 5:00 a.m. ET阅读简体中文版閱讀繁體中文版When I asked my father where he was born, I never got a straight answer. Wuhan, he’d say. In other moments, he’d claim Wuchang.I didn’t understand why he couldn’t state a simpl 阅读全文

Afghanistan Stampede Over Pakistan Visas Leaves at Least 12 Dead

作者：admin 2020-10-22

Afghan men strained to get the tokens required to apply for Pakistani visas in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, on Wednesday.Credit...Parwiz/ReutersBy Zabihullah Ghazi and Fahim AbedOct. 21, 2020Updated 6:31 a.m. ETJALALABAD, Afghanistan — A stampede in a cro 阅读全文

‘I Came From Nothing’: An Undocumented Writer Defies the Odds

作者：admin 2020-10-22

“I don’t want all of the images of our people during this period to be of us on our knees or in cages,” Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, the author of “The Undocumented Americans,” said. “I want this book to also exist as a snapshot of this period in tim 阅读全文

‘We Were Bulletproof’: As Child Soldiers Grow Up, Legacy of War Lingers

作者：admin 2020-10-13

ImageJohnny, left, and Luther Htoo in 1999. At the time, the boys took command of an army of rebel soldiers who believed the twins possessed magical powers.Credit...Apichart Weerawong/Associated PressThe Htoo boys — one with flowing hair and the poig 阅读全文

Even as the Economy Grew, More Children Lost Health Insurance

作者：admin 2020-10-10

ImageA family from El Salvador waited for help in applying for medical benefits at an outreach center in Houston last year. The percentage of children with health coverage has been falling in recent years.Credit...Ilana Panich-Linsman for The New Yor 阅读全文

In My Sari, Kissing the Soccer Coach

作者：admin 2020-10-03

Credit...Brian ReaBy Meher AhmadOct. 2, 2020, 12:00 a.m. ETSeeing the movie “Bend It Like Beckham” on a Girl Scouts overnight shaped my romantic preferences for years to come. As the sole Desi member of our suburban Indiana troop, I watched in a stat 阅读全文

Indians Firms May Benefit From Trump's H

作者：admin 2020-10-03

A meeting of Infosys workers in 2018. Indian outsourcing firms are working to cast themselves as an alternative to restrictions on H-1B visas.Credit...A J Mast for The New York TimesBy Maria Abi-Habib and Karan Deep SinghOct. 2, 2020, 11:27 a.m. ETWh 阅读全文

Overlooked No More: Mabel Ping

作者：admin 2020-09-21

Mabel Ping-Hua Lee, who helped coordinate one of the biggest suffrage parades in U.S. history.Credit...Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service/National ArchivesBy Jia Lynn YangSept. 19, 2020This article is part of Overlooked, a series o 阅读全文

South Sea Islanders Don’t Want to Be Forgotten

作者：admin 2020-08-15

Raechel Ivey in front of a traditional hut in Mackay that has become a cherished meeting place.Credit...Faye Sakura for The New York TimesBy Isabella KwaiAug. 14, 2020Updated 4:31 a.m. ETThe Australia Letter is a weekly newsletter from our Australia 阅读全文