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In Malden, the booming Asian community could soon have a place of their own

$1 million in funding from Congress will jump start the process of creating Malden’s first community center for people of Asian descent, who account for 27.5 percent of the city’s population.

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In Malden, the booming Asian community could soon have a place of their own

$1 million in funding from Congress will jump start the process of creating Malden’s first community center for people of Asian descent, who account for 27.5 percent of the city’s population.

Amy Tan reflects on her new nonfiction book. ‘Birds were fun ... fiction writing is torment.’

The "Joy Luck Club" author talks about her obsession with birds in her backyard and what it means to write a book that isn’t about Chinese culture.

Eight restaurants to eat at for AAPI Heritage Month

Where to eat the best banhi mi, fiery Sichuan fare, and more in the Boston area.

OLDER AAPI STORIES

Spice up the Year of the Dragon with mom’s beef pho

The world’s most famous dragon, Bruce Lee, was a natural entrepreneur

Nearly 50 years later, Asian American and Pacific Islander month features revelry and racial justice

The two Asian moms who inspired Lloyd Suh’s ‘The Heart Sellers’

It’s the Year of the Dragon — time to make dumplings. But would I remember how?

Lessons on the stove: What my mother taught me about cooking, and about herself

In ‘Mott Street,’ Ava Chin merges family and political history

Between bhangra and I: An Indian-American love story

New exhibits at Pao Arts Center create spaces for community reflection

Boston University alumna Hong Chau on ‘Showing Up’ and life beyond her Oscar nomination

Blending pop with jazz, singer-songwriter Laufey captures young love

Caste should not be part of the ‘American Dream’

The legacy of Kowloon: A restaurant, a family, and the remarkable perseverance of Chinese cuisine in America

In Boston’s hottest neighborhood, heat waves exact a cost, in the wallet and on the nerves

Watch: Shocking videos of Pakistan drowning spur community in Boston into action

Asian grocery retailers hit hard by import costs and delays

Leap for joy: ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’ is coming back to the Coolidge

Inaugural South Asian American Theater Festival offers plays in several languages

Theater company shines a light on the oppression of India’s third gender

Siddhartha Mukherjee takes on the rise of ‘the new human’ in upcoming book on cell biology

Protest and prose intertwine in ‘Cursed Bunny’

Untangling complex narratives in ‘Brotherless Night’

Meet the most influential Asian American Pacific Islanders in Boston

UMass Boston receives $6 million gift for Asian American Studies, launches endowed professorship

‘Asians are an afterthought’: Asian American students at BPS report feeling less safe, more undervalued

Inside the forgotten story of the Chinatown mothers who mobilized during the Boston busing crisis

‘Fighting the same battles’: Three years later, Chinatown’s historic row houses still at risk

Community members restore mural in Chinatown

For young Asian Americans like me, the rise in hate crimes reinforces a lifetime of racial trauma

At Central Square’s Shōjō, Chinatown favorites and bold new flavors

Meet Yvonne Hao, the state’s new economic secretary who just ‘gets stuff done’

New book on East, Southeast Asian folktales aims to help teachers enrich diverse classrooms

There is no home for Asian Americans in the Republican Party anymore

A first look at Blue Ribbon Sushi in Kenmore Square

For 30 years, they’ve served Vietnamese culture and cuisine

Mei Mei Dumplings presents factory-to-table dining

The odds get better with dumplings

During Ramadan, restaurants help break the fast

R.I. elects its first two Asian American state legislators

GOP legislator introduces bill to require Asian-American history to be taught in Rhode Island schools

Election brings diversity to Westerly’s leadership

Year of the tiger, year of my reclamation

The AAPI History I carry with me: Daena Jeanne

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RI FOOD & DINING

8 things to buy at Providence’s new Japanese grocery store Maruichi

Chirashi, onigiri, gyoza, and a whole lot of choco pie.

Nearly 50 years later, Asian American and Pacific Islander month features revelry and racial justice

It has been almost 50 years since the US government established that Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders and their accomplishments should be recognized annually across the nation.

Six ways to celebrate AAPI Heritage Month around Boston

This year, there is no shortage of ways to commemorate the annual occasion around the city.

FOOD

Boston Asian Restaurant Week launches on May 3

It’s part of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Sample food from restaurants throughout the city and beyond: An Nam, Banh Mi Oi, Banh Mi Chi Toi, Bon Me, Chalawan, Dakzen, Kimchipapi Kitchen, Love Art Sushi, Moonshine 152, Yoma Burmese Cuisine, and lots more.

Jeneé Osterheldt | A Beautiful Resistance

The Questions: Chulan Huang

Boston’s Chinatown liaison shares his beautiful resistance, as told to Jeneé Osterheldt.

Our Names, Our Culture: AAPI voices on reclaiming their names

Hear stories about how given names — and the process of reclaiming them — can shape identities, reveal family histories, and provide cultural connections.

The state’s Asian-American population is shifting to some wealthier suburbs, report says

Drawn in part to good schools, more Asian Americans are moving to affluent suburbs like Lexington and Acton.

DEVRA FIRST

I am always on the hunt for Peking duck. I am not alone.

At Jiang Nan, we find what we’ve been craving — and more.

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