Rappler’s ‘Chinese’ count and casual racism

Oscar Franklin Tan 06/11/2018

My first trip abroad at age 10 was one of my happiest and most bitter childhood experiences. I took in every detail of Hong Kong’s unfamiliar, crowded streets and my first Star Ferry ride across Victoria Harbour.…

‘Eradicate the tumours’: Chinese civilians drive Xinjiang crackdown

AFP 04/26/2018

THE CIVILIAN group descended on the village under government instructions to “win the people’s hearts,” but it also had a darker mission: identifying and punishing threats to the Chinese state. Four months after the Communist Party sent…

Cebuanos told: Brace for 10M Chinese tourists

Nestle L. Semilla 04/21/2018

PREPARE for the one million to ten million Chinese tourists. Assistant Secretary George Soriano said this amid negotiations between China and the Philippines to bring at least a million to ten million tourists a year to the…

Red Bull’s Ricciardo tops Chinese GP

AP 04/15/2018

SHANGHAI — Red Bull driver Daniel Ricciardo yanked off his right shoe, poured champagne into it as he stood on the podium, and then drank up to his unlikely victory in Sunday’s Chinese Grand Prix. The Australian…

Rich Chinese Heritage Cuisine for the Lunar New Year

Aissa A. Dela Cruz 03/16/2018

THE ELEGANT Cantonese cuisine of Chinese-Malaysian Chef Boon Bun Hoe of Shangri-La’s Mactan Resort & Spa’s Tea of Spring reflects a rich Chinese heritage. For the last 11 years, Chef Boon has been captivating discerning palates with…

Boffo performance by the Chinese dance troupe

Jeff Ruffolo 03/14/2018

IN A WORLD punctuated by nuclear tipped missiles and drive-by shootings, the real culture “war” is already quietly, sublimely and was on full display for all to see at the Grand Ballroom of the Waterfront Hotel Cebu…

Welcome the Year of the Dog at the SM Malls

PR 02/16/2018

Good fortune awaits shoppers this Chinese New Year celebration! Welcome the Year of the Dog at SM Supermalls with exciting events and activities for you and the whole squad. Check out what’s in store for you this…

Chinese consulate welcomes 2018 as a year of ‘great opportunities’

Cris Evert B. Lato-Ruffolo 02/15/2018

The Year of the Earth Dog will run from February 16, 2018 to February 4, 2019. But last February 8, the Chinese New Year came eight days early for the Consulate General of the People’s Republic of…

Chinese in American-era Cebu: Some trivia

Jobers R. Bersales 02/14/2018

Kiong Hee Huat Tsai! Gong Xi Fa Cai! Kong Hei Fat Choi! However you say it, whether in Hokkien, Mandarin or Cantonese, respectively, it means one and the same. Tomorrow the entire Chinese community all over the…

CHINESE TOURISTS RESCUED

Doris C. Bongcac and Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/13/2018

Basyang leaves hundreds stranded, causes power outage and damage to roads Fifteen Chinese nationals, who tried to cross the rough waters off Bohol at the height of Tropical Depression Basyang shortly after noontime yesterday on board two…

Coast guard rescues 15 Chinese nationals

Benjie Talisic and Futch Anthony Inso, Leo Udtuhan 02/13/2018

TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol- At least 15 Chinese nationals were rescued on Tuesday night after they were stranded on island in Bohol where they took shelter from the wrath of tropical storm “Basyang.” It was not clear if…

MORE CHINESE TOURISTS

MAO BA? 02/11/2018

Reports on the arrival of more Chinese tourists in Cebu and neighboring areas in Central Visayas drew mixed reactions from netizens. Jay Dough Advis wrote, “Yes they (Chinese) have been coming here for 5 years, if an…

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