Yingjie Wang
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Despite skepticism in the U.S. around herbal remedies and traditional Chinese medicine in general, many people swear by them. -
Chinese herbal remedies claiming to strengthen immunity or treat fever and sore throat symptoms are flying off the shelves.
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"It's the first step to prohibit the sale of living creatures for human consumption in the city of Los Angeles." -
Also known as live animal markets, they fill a need for thousands of residents. City officials want to ban them but first, they need to figure out what "wet markets" are. -
An LAist analysis of recent coroner data reveals some surprising numbers about Asian at-home deaths during the pandemic. -
COVID-19 has hurt people in niche industries and workers that many of us didn’t know existed, like personal shoppers for overseas customers. -
Nicole Zhang, a U.S.-based personal shopper who supplies clients in China, said that since the pandemic hit, she's lost 60% to 70% of her customers.
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Sissy Trinh and fellow Southeast Asian Community Alliance board members set aside about $10,000 of their budget for pandemic relief. -
This Chinatown nonprofit has delivered 490 packages of supplies -- everything from soap to rice -- to seniors in need.
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There are hundreds of these places, where newly arrived Chinese immigrants are packed into apartments, condos, and garage conversions — and by many, we mean 10, 15, even more.
Stories by Yingjie Wang
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