Lawless – LV store at Union Square SF got robbed again tonight 11-19-21

Lawless in the name of freedoms democracy human rights and rules of laws – LV store at Union Square SF got robbed again tonight 11-19-21
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These stores were robbed on the same? day LV was.

Asian Americans will join Representative Theresa Mah in the Illinois General Assembly

Asian Americans made their mark at the voting booth and on the ballot this year in Illinois.

Community groups mobilized thousands of voters to the polls while Asian American elected officials made gains in the Illinois General Assembly.

The historic Election Day results showed two new Asian Americans will join Representative Theresa Mah in the Illinois General Assembly: Senator-elect Ram Villivalam and Representative-elect Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz. In addition, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi will return to Washington, D.C. for a second term.

“I’m thrilled to invite two more Asian Americans to the General Assembly starting in January,” said Rep. Theresa Mah, the first Asian American to be elected to the Illinois General Assembly. “Asian Americans across the state are building power and demanding justice alongside Black and Latinx communities. Together I am confident that the General Assembly will come together next session to protect our communities, and push an equitable agenda for all Illinoisans.”

美国大选正在如火如荼进行中。3月15日，美国芝加哥选委会公布伊州第二众议员选区66个投票所开票结果，美籍广东中山移民马静仪共获得1.47万张票，初选得票率51.22%，赢得该州第二众议院选区初选。至此，马静仪成为伊州首位华裔众议员，也是第一位进入伊州议会的亚裔人士，改写了伊州议会百年无亚裔的历史。

据介绍，马静仪祖籍为中山市板芙镇深湾村，父亲马金权为中山市板芙镇深湾村人，早年携家移民美国伊利诺伊州，现为旧金山市阳和总会馆主席。马静仪自幼勤于学业，先后取得柏克莱加大学位和芝加哥大学历史学博士学位。学成毕业后她先在伊州等多所大学任教，担任嘉理中学学区委员等职。

受到父亲的影响，马静仪热心为华人社区服务。为了帮助在美华裔谋求福祉，她放弃了大学教授的待遇优厚，积极投身政坛，曾担任伊州州长奎恩的高级政策顾问等职务。在工作中，她深入了解华人社区以及其他族裔移民群体，为亚裔等移民群体争取进入州府工作等平等权利进行不懈的努力，并取得了促成亚裔公平就业法等一系列成果。

为了更好地协助亚裔等移民家庭争取公平机会和平等权利，2015年，马静仪宣布竞选伊州众议员。截至3月15日，美国芝加哥选委会公布伊州第二众议员选区开票结果，马静仪赢得该州第二众议院选区初选，成为伊州首位华裔众议员和第一位进入伊州议会的亚裔人士。

Bye bye US$ – Digital yuan payment scenarios at Beijing Winter Olympics enter ‘final stretch’

Bye bye US$ – Digital yuan payment scenarios at Beijing Winter Olympics enter ‘final stretch’ by Global Times Nov 19 2021

The construction of pilot scenarios for using digital yuan during the Beijing Winter Olympics has been moving forward smoothly and entering “the final stretch,” the People’s Bank of China, the country’s central bank, said on Friday.

Analysts said the use of digital currency at the Winter Olympics marks the first time that the test was conducted with international users, paving way for further improving the technology infrastructure and a large-scale national rollout that could be launched in the next few years.

All construction of payment scenarios within the industrial park of the Winter Olympic Organizing Committee has been completed, according to the central bank. Within the “closed loop,” the construction of the payment venue and environment supporting the digital currency is proceeding, with digital yuan payments already covering seven scenarios outside the “loop” including transportation, catering, accommodations, shopping and tourism.

The Beijing Olympic Games has adopted a model of closed-loop management amid the ongoing epidemic.

The venue at Zhangjiakou in neighboring Hebei Province, which is co-hosting the Olympics, has achieved full coverage of digital yuan payment support within the closed loop. Among the stadiums that have been built, digital yuan payments have covered all five payment scenarios, while 14 payment scenarios in unfinished stadiums have signed contracts to support digital currency payments.

According to the central bank, the focus of the digital yuan trial is within the closed loop to make it more convenient for domestic and foreign consumers to pay. Consumers are free to choose whether they prefer the digital yuan wallet app installed on their smartphones or a physical digital wallet in the form of a card.

At the closed loop, users are able to acquire and open digital yuan wallets at various spots, including the branches of the Bank of China, the official partner of the Beijing Olympics, designated hotels and self-help exchange machines of physical digital wallets.

In addition to the digital yuan, consumers could also pay using other methods including cash and bank cards, the central bank said.

China has launched pilot tests of digital yuan at a number of cities since 2019. Currently, a total of 1.55 million merchants support digital yuan wallets, covering public utilities, catering services and transportation. And as of October 22, China’s digital yuan transactions have reached 62 billion yuan ($9.7 billion).

Update: Reuters apologizes for posting irrelevant tweet with photo of Chinese soldiers

Update: Reuters apologizes for posting irrelevant tweet with photo of Chinese soldiers by Global Times Nov 19 2021

Reuters on Friday night apologized for its mistake of attaching a picture of Chinese soldiers to an irrelevant Twitter post it published one day earlier. The Twitter post with the wrong picture was criticized by Chinese netizens as racist.

“A tweet on our account regrettably included a photo of Chinese soldiers in an oxygen chamber that was not correctly described. As soon as we became aware of our mistake, the tweet was deleted and corrected, and we apologize for the offense it caused,” a Reuters spokesperson said in a statement sent to the Global Times.

Chinese netizens became outraged after Reuters on Thursday published a tweet accompanying an exclusive report claiming that a Chinese professor at a top European university worked with a Chinese military laboratory on research exposing monkeys to extreme altitudes to study their brains and develop new drugs to prevent brain damage. The tweet was posted alongside a photo of Chinese soldiers in an oxygen chamber which had nothing to do with the content of the tweet.

One Twitter user named Lucasho wrote, “Reuters, I think the head of your editor needs to be repaired.” Another named @rgdran replied to Reuters, saying, “so trigger happy with the ceaseless anti-China tweets, not surprised you just let this stuff go out.” Meanwhile, user Saki_DZ wondered, “Reuters idiot think it’s a humor title?”

Diba, a Chinese account on social media platform Sina Weibo with more than 1.5 million followers, posted on Friday that Reuters exposed serious racist tendencies. Most Chinese netizens expressed that they don’t expect a Western media outlet such as Reuters to apologize for their actions.

It’s not the first time that the outlet reported China-related news questionably like this, one netizen wrote on Weibo.

Some criticized Reuters for having no journalistic integrity at all and there must be something wrong with their editors’ minds. One netizen wrote that the COVID-19 pandemic has shattered many “myths” in the West including that about so-called press freedom.

Earlier when Reuters tried to walk back its initial tweet by posting a new tweet saying it has deleted the offensive tweet, one Twitter user wrote below its correction tweet, “This is the double-label racist media in Europe and America.”

As of press time, the picture of Chinese soldiers in an oxygen chamber can still be found in the article on the Reuters website.

The article accused Zhang Guojie, a Chinese professor at the University of Copenhagen, of intentionally hiding his connection with the Chinese military when conducting genetic research on monkey brain. By hyping China’s pursuit of biotechnology with a military use, the report apparently tries to ignite anxiety among European universities over cooperation with Chinese researchers.

In an email replied to the Global Times on Friday night, the professor said that contrary to the Reuters report, the university has had no objection or worries over his research which accords with university rules.

He said the university has noticed that the report partially selected the answers from university staff and was made up based on the reporter’s subjective thinking.

“This is just a normal basic research, and all the information is publicly available. Besides the research and its result, there is nothing worth paying attention to,” Zhang told the Global Times.

“The Joy Luck Club” will be performed at the Honolulu Hawaii Manoa Valley Theatre from November 26 to December 12, 2021.

We would like to share the information on a cultural on-stage performance titled “The Joy Luck Club”, a drama by Susan Kim, adapted from the Novel by Amy Tan. The Joy Luck Club, sponsored by Richard Q.Y. & Esther A. Wong Fund of the Hawaii Community Foundation will be performed at the Honolulu Hawaii Manoa Valley Theatre from November 26 to December 12, 2021.

Tickets are available with limited seats. Prices are for Adult @ $40, Ages 25 and under @ $22, and senior/military @ $35. Please contact Box Office at 808-988-6131 or www. Manoavalleytheatre.com to order your tickets. Thank you.

Joy Luck Club
A drama by Susan Kim adapted from the novel by Amy Tan
Manoa Valley Theatre, November 26–December 12, 2021

The Joy Luck Club tells the story of four older Chinese American women and their complex relationships with their American-born daughters. The play moves from China in the early twentieth century and San Francisco from the 1950s to the 1980s, as the eight women struggle to reach across a seemingly unpassable chasm of culture, generation and expectations to find strength and happiness.

“The Joy Luck Club is a tender story that speaks to the American experience of adjusting to a new life while carrying the wounds from an old one.” —StageRaw

Directed by Reiko Ho

Reiko Ho is a Hawai’i- based director, performer, and educator with a Masters degree in Theatre and Dance. She is an accomplished theatre artist who loves bringing Asian American and Pacific Islander stories to life. Much of her directorial work in the last decade focused on developing original works by emerging AAPI and Hawai’i artists. Reiko is yonsei, fourth generation born and raised in Hawaiʻi, and she is especially committed to telling stories that speak to the diverse communities of her island home.

Other directorial projects in 2020-2021 include Musubi Man (HTY), The Carp Who Would Not Quit (HTY) which she also wrote, and Lovey Lee (KKT). Next Spring, she is thrilled to be directing MVTʻs upcoming production of Lauren Yeeʻs Cambodian Rock Band . She is also part of the Emmy® Award winning team creating HTYʻs hit tv show, The HI Way and serves as the coach for Civil Beatʻs Storytellers Series.

Reiko is Artistic Associate for Honolulu Theatre for Youth and is the owner/sensei of Red Lotus Hawai’i, a martial arts and fitness school.

BOX OFFICE 808-988-6131
http://www.manoavalleytheatre.com

Racial attacked – Chinese got beaten up in US subway car again

Racial attacked – Chinese got beaten up in US subway car again. What an irony that China has 56 races lives peacefully. Asians, especially Chinese need to think is it worth risking your lives daily in US! 種族攻擊 – 中國人又在美國地鐵裡被打了。 具有諷刺意味的是，中國有56個種族和平地生活。 亞洲人, 尤其是中國人需要考慮每天在美國冒生命危險是否值得！

Racial killing – Chinese got shot by US police again

Racial killing – Chinese got shot by US police again. What an irony that China has 56 races lives peacefully. Asians , especially Chinese need to think is it worth risking your lives daily in US! 種族射殺- 中國人又在美國被警察打死。 具有諷刺意味的是，中國有56個種族和平地生活。 亞洲人, 尤其是中國人需要考慮每天在美國冒生命危險是否值得！