New Delhi CNN — Foreign ministers from the world’s biggest economies convened in New Delhi Thursday in what was seen as a grand test for Indian diplomacy, which ultimately didn’t succeed in reaching a consensus because of Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine. In the second high-level ministerial meeting under India’s Group of 20 (G20) presidency … Read more
A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. CNN — New efforts to bar Chinese citizens and others from owning property in Texas and other states echo the treatment of Asian people in the US more than 100 years ago, when … Read more
March 9, 2022 — Early one morning, federal agents swarmed the home of Gang Chen to arrest him. The commotion woke his family as agents handcuffed him to take him away. The mechanical engineer from MIT was booked on charges that he failed to disclose research funding from Chinese entities, and he was placed in … Read more
Joe Biden has said the “vicious” hate crimes against Asian-Americans in the country amidst the pandemic was “un-American” and it must stop. Denouncing “violent” attacks on the Asian-Americans, Biden said that members of the community were harassed, blamed and scapegoated. Biden said that during this coronavirus pandemic, too often Americans turned against one another. “A … Read more