Chinese people like to have red decorated poems pasted on both sides of door frames to ward off demons during the Spring Festival. Hanging red scrolls and red paper decorations send messages of good luck, harmony, prosperity, and peace for the year ahead. Another decoration is calligraphy. The most common word is fu, which means […]
a close-knit community Residents gaze at several blocks sealed off with police tape in Monterey Park on Sunday. Chester Chong, president of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce of Los Angeles, described the city of about 60,000 people as a quiet, peaceful, beautiful place where everyone knows each other and helps each other. About 7 miles […]
A man shot and killed 10 people at a ballroom dance hall during a Chinese Lunar New Year celebration late Saturday near Los Angeles and fled the scene, police said. Law enforcement officials said the shooter, even 12 hours after the attack in downtown Monterey Park, was believed to be an Asian man between 30 […]
An elephant camp in Thailand has bought six new jumbos to welcome tourists and returning Chinese visitors, offering activities from elephant rides to elephant showers, the owner said. The Pang Chang Kamala Elephant Camp on the resort island of Phuket is also adding programs such as elephant care due to an increase in bookings after […]
