Han Li 李晗
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Bilingual reporter at @sfstandard writing about San Francisco's diverse Asian American communities. Formerly World Journal 世界日報. 📩: han @sfstandard .com
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My WeChat is full of messages about the recall results now.
I’ve never seen the local SF Chinese immigrant community this engaged in local politics. Not even during the 2018 mayoral & 2019 DA election.
And yes, in those group chat, people are talking about the DA recall now.
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Seems like the Oakland Chinatown now has a self-organized patrol team to restore the public safety. And they are recruiting.
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James Coleman 柯文建, 21, a Harvard senior and a son of Taiwanese immigrant, wins the election of South San Francisco city council, unseating the current mayor to bring the progressive agenda into local politics.
He's openly bisexual and the youngest elected in SSF history.
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Sing Tao Daily:
After being assaulted repeatedly in San Francisco, Rongxin Liao, 87, decided to give up his U.S. citizenship and move back to China to spend the rest of his life.
Liao was the victim of a high-profile attack in 2020. He was brutally attacked again 3 months ago.
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Recall campaign election night party attendees celebrating after the first round of result out
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San Francisco's highly anticipated Chinatown-Rose Pak Station is almost ready.
It's 99% completed now and expected to open in 2022 spring.
After years of construction delay, frustration from the community, and the 2019 renaming controversy, here is what the station looks like.
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A man who allegedly spit on an Asian male bus driver, yelled racial slurs towards Asian females, and threw eggs at others is prosecuted with hate crimes by San Francisco District Attorney
@BrookeJenkinsSF
.
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Chesa Boudin in Chinatown:
Press conference ended with a chaotic scene.
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“Rise Up with Asians” rally and march at San Francisco Union Square.
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Grandma Anh, the 94-year-old Asian victim being stabbed in San Francisco yesterday, is expected to return home tomorrow.
She thanked the public for the support and care.
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San Francisco's new DA
@BrookeJenkinsSF
made her first official visit to Chinatown today.
She told the community leaders exactly what they have been waiting to hear for a long time: She will crack down on crime, and she will be aggressive in prosecution.
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The San Francisco Standard Voter Poll found that the recall received the highest support from Asian voters among all racial groups.
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Angry protesters rallying and shouting to recall Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price.
The scene reminds me of… something similar in San Francisco a while ago.
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Immigrant helps.
After reading my story of Mr. Lee walking home late from work & stabbed, Roger Woo, a reader from Hillsborough, decided to donate his car to Lee. He said "fellow Chinese immigrant" should help out.
Today, two families met in SF. Woo handed the car key to Lee.
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San Francisco's recall school board campaign has reached a milestone of gathering 70k signatures.
But this angry Asian dad can't say he's happy yet.
Kit Lam 林文傑, one of the most outspoken Asians in the recall movement, wants to wake the Chinese community up to vote.
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Two More Asian Seniors Attacked in San Francisco, Weeks After Woman Pushed to Death
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Newly-decorated cable car with Lunar New Year theme to kick off the Year of the Tiger celebration!
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Immigrant highlight:
Kai Chen 陳凱仕, the registered nurse who conducted the first COVID vaccine in San Francisco today, is an immigrant from Taiwan.
He told me he has "mixed feelings" for this historic moment: a bit nervous, grateful, and humbled.
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Diane Yap 張宸華 didn't expect to cause a political earthquake in San Francisco.
The SFUSD Lowell & Cal grad with a software engineering background, used a search engine and found school board member Alison Collins's tweets posted in 2016, which are perceived to be anti-Asian.
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June 23rd was the date that Vincent Chin died from the brutal attack in 1982, which arose the Asian American civil rights movement. Today is the 38 anniversary as we are still fighting the anti-Asian racism and seeking solutions to racial justice.
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SFPD announced multiple arrests, including two juveniles, in connection with the brutal assault & robbery of an elderly Asian woman.
In Chinatown today, DA Jenkins expressed shock at the incident: “What is going on in our society?”
Read more:
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About 100 people attended San Francisco Chinatown’s vigil event in honor of Michelle Go 高慧民, a Bay Area native killed in New York City last Saturday after being pushed in front of an incoming subway train.
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Find These Rabbit Statues Across SF To Start Your Lunar New Year Celebration
Locations: Chase Center, Asian Art Museum, Rose Pak-Chinatown Station, Union Square, and Lucky Supermarket on Sloat Boulevard.
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Vice President
@VP
Kamala Harris visits San Francisco Chinatown.
She hosts a meeting at the historic Him Mark Lai 麦礼谦 library with city leaders and Asian American small businesses owners.
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San Francisco’s Top Cops Condemn Recent Attacks on Asian Seniors
July 3: a 63-year-old pushed to death. Initially ruled as accident.
July 10: an 86-year-old attacked.
July 21: an 88-year-old kicked & seriously injured.
July 24: a 68-year-old attacked.
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Who's louder:
In San Francisco's Sunset, District Attorney Chesa Boudin's press conference turned chaotic as protesters shouting "recall" outside, disrupting the whole meeting.
The event was to talk about public safety & hate crime against Asians.
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DA Brooke Jenkins visits Chinatown and community leaders, vowing to crack down on hate crimes against Chinese community.
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New poll surveyed Chinese-speaking voters:
56% for
@DanielLurie
29% for
@LondonBreed
16% undecided
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At the heart of San Francisco’s crime-ridden, drug-plagued Tenderloin District, a 70-year-old Asian immigrant chef is helping to soothe the souls of the city’s most vulnerable through cooking.
Photos by Camille Cohen.
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Jason Yu 余国俊, a Chinese American, has recently become San Francisco’s face of frustration.
He has spent over $200K trying to open a matcha ice cream🍦shop, but got defeated by the city’s highly complicated bureaucracy, plus a planning hearing battle.
Now he’s in huge debt.
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A 63-year-old Asian female was violently assaulted yesterday by a group of teenagers in SoMa and suffered life-threatening injuries.
A 63-year-old woman was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries Wednesday after she was assaulted by a group of teenagers in downtown San Francisco.
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San Francisco Asian Grandma Xie 謝蕭珍 fought back the attacker, becoming an international news topic.
Her son-in-law, Chinatown merchant Winston Chen 陳德和, revealing more details:
The only English word Grandma Xie understood from the alleged attacker's mouth, is "Chinese".
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SFPD data release:
San Francisco has seen a 500% increase of reported hate crime against Asian and Pacific Islanders in 2021.
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In the time of the Stop Asian Hate movement, is San Francisco ready for an Asian American district attorney?
John Hamasaki enters the race to challenge Brooke Jenkins.
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87-Year-Old Crime Victim Will Move Back to China After Multiple Attacks in San Francisco
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A dozen of angry protesters show up in Chinatown to protest District Attorney Brooke Jenkins.
She’s expected to attend an event in Chinatown tonight talking about anti-Asian hate.
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First-time voters in SF Chinatown:
Qiong Zhu Fong, 66, said she felt very happy after her 1st vote.
Katty Zhang, after living in the U.S. for 17 years, voted for the 1st time. She told me “为左下一代,” which means “for the next generation.”
Read more:
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Suspects Released in High-profile SF Crimes Against Asians, Despite DA’s Pushback
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A man who was on his way to buy an engagement ring was robbed immediately after leaving a bank in San Francisco.
He lost $7,800.
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At a senior center interviewing Asian grandmas about loneliness & isolation, and realized how important for them to dance together.
It’s part of their life, power, community experiences and emotional expression when living in this often unfamiliar country.
#RabbitDancing
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Man who stabbed 94-year-old woman gets probation despite prosecutor’s protests
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It is my annual Christmas tradition to visit Wing Chung 钟祖荣, the only Asian chef working at the Glide Church kitchen.
This is his tenth Christmas with the Glide family, cooking for the most vulnerable in San Francisco.
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Burglary in Sunset:
Ms. Hui 許小姐, an immigrant from Hong Kong living in San Francisco's Sunset District, confronted a burglar at home during noontime.
She then ran back to her bedroom, hiding, and pulled out her two handguns. The suspect fled.
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Last July, 63-year-old Yanfang Wu was pushed to death.
@SFPD
ruled the death as an accident.
Last week, the same person who pushed Wu was arrested for allegedly attacking a 71-year-old Asian woman.
SFPD now reopens the July case based on new evidence.
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The new district attorney showed up in Chinatown yesterday... like a celebrity.
Watch: In her first visit to Chinatown since being appointed San Francisco’s top prosecutor, District Attorney
@BrookeJenkinsSF
promised a crackdown on hate crimes against Asian Americans.
Here’s what she had to say. (1/2)
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Nancy Tung 湯曉慧 returns to SF DA's Office to be the brand new "Chief of Special Prosecutions and Community Partnerships."
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San Francisco's Chinese immigrant Republican voters have increased by 60% since the pandemic.
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✍️Special Project✍️
Chinatown’s Hidden Poverty: How a Big Family Struggles To Survive in a Tiny Room
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Some personal updates:
After the wonderful 4.5-year journey as a Chinese-language media reporter in San Francisco, I am taking a new direction:
I'm excited to join the
@sfstandard
!
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I can confirm Rebecca Young 杨凤
@RebeccaDefender
did say that at that very heated moment…
When protesters were chanting “Stop Asian hate” to her, Young, who’s half Chinese, yelled back saying what about the 78-year-old Asian driver…
I was utterly shocked.
I’d like to add some context to this photo for the record:
Us: “Stop Asian hate!”
Them: “What about the 78-year-old Asian woman who just killed four people!”
Us: “Woooaahhhhnow hold on just a min-“
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Breaking:
Citing Cultural Appropriation, San Francisco Tightens Rules on Candidates’ Chinese Names Ahead of 2024 Elections
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"The criminal justice system in our city has failed."
San Francisco Mayor Breed broke the silence, addressed the New Year's Eve hit-and-run incident that killed two pedestrians.
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District Attorney
@BrookeJenkinsSF
has appointed
@NancyTungSF
汤晓慧 to lead a team to review those Asian victims' cases to see if the suspects are "adequately charged."
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Remember that Chinatown family living in the single-room-occupancy(SRO) building? We have some good news:
After 9 Years, This Chinatown Family Moved Out of Their 100-Square-Foot Home
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Breaking:
San Francisco is getting pandas from China
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In light of the recent anti-Asian attack incidents, basketball star Jeremy Lin 林书豪 visited San Francisco Chinatown today, meeting with the local community members and merchants.
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Many Asian American parents were energized to volunteer for the school board recall campaign because of education issues, but the Stop Asian Hate movement might trigger an even stronger political reaction.
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So happy that I will be writing in Chinese at the
@sfstandard
!
Big news! Starting today, The San Francisco Standard will begin publishing select stories in Chinese as well as English. // 号外号外！从今天起，The San Francisco Standard 新闻网将会开始提供中文语言的新闻。
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Anti-Asian Hate Crimes Spiked in San Francisco by More than 500% in 2021.
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Red carpet:
Michelle Yeoh 楊紫瓊 back in town with Sandra Oh 오미주 for the 65th San Francisco International Film Festival
@SFFILM
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After constant high-profile attacks on Asian seniors in San Francisco, top city officials gathered tonight in Chinatown to address the community concerns.
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Yap, a daughter of Taiwanese immigrant, told me that after listening to several school board meetings on ending Lowell's merit-based admissions, she thought some school board members have "anti-Asian bias” and didn't seem to care “what happened to Asian kids."
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Angry Chinese parents and community members rallying in San Francisco Chinatown, in support of the current recall school board campaign.
Kevin Chan 陈展明, a Lowell parent and the owner of the popular Chinatown fortune cookie business, showed up and gave remarks.
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The court case of Grandpa Liao's attacker was one of my first stories at The Standard back in 2021.
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San Francisco, a city with tens of thousands of Cantonese-speaking immigrants, is having its own crisis and dilemma of carrying on the Cantonese language education.
And the fight to save Cantonese continues.
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There’s still a line to take photos with the mysterious gingerbread monolith during this windy rainy Christmas night time
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Nancy Pelosi back in San Francisco for the grand opening of Central Subway after last night’s House of Representatives speakership votes
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Redwood City community protesting the nearby Homekey project, a homeless housing purchase program funded by Governor Newsom
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Today:
71-year-old Asian monolingual woman fearlessly testified in court against her suspect attacker, Thea Hopkins.
Through interpreter, the victim had to repeat again & again how she was violently assaulted. The judge kept Hopkins in jail.
Background:
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She wanted to see why they seemed "so motivated” and "pushing so hard" to change Lowell's admission policy, during a time that all the kids were learning online at home.
So she searched the word “Asian” within the tweets Alison Collins posted.
Story:
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In an interview with Chinese-language media, Mayor Breed said she hoped the controversy over school board member Ann Hsu 徐安's statement can be "a teaching moment."
"We don't just dismiss this and say, 'Oh she needs to resign.'"
Read more:
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For his first public appearance since elected Sunset District supervisor, Joel Engardio chose to visit Chinatown.
Engardio thanked the Chinese American voters in San Francisco who helped make the history of both successful recalls and supported him in unseating an incumbent.
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If you are a Chinese American living in San Francisco for the past few years, you may highly likely feel helpless on public safety and education issues.
Where are the Chinese American leaders who will speak up for the community?
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School board recall:
In a busy Chinatown restaurant, California State Senator Scott Wiener announced that he's supporting the recall to remove the three members of the San Francisco Board of Education.
"We need to make change now for the sake of our children," Wiener said.
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Excorcism event in Chinatown now, eliminating the plague and blessing for health.
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A San Francisco rally condemning violence and racism against Asian community on the day of Valentine’s Day, Lunar New Year and Black History Month.
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Republian Party board candidate Philip Wing 雷树荣 is asked by
@SFElections
to provide more documents to prove his Chinese name. So he found his Chinatown wedding invitation from 1991.
This is such a traditional and fascinating Chinese wedding invitation (for ABCs)!
@CHSAmuseum
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Brandon Tsay 蔡班達, who bravely disarmed the Monterey Park gunman and prevented another massacre during the Lunar New Year, has became a national Asian American hero.
He attended a San Francisco Japantown event this afternoon talking about gun violence and mental health.
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Breaking:
San Francisco District Attorney announces hate crime charges in an alleged racist attack that happened this Monday in Dolores Park.
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We've been talking about
#StopAsianHate
for two years, especially here in San Francisco.
But many of those high-profile cases involving Asian victims rarely led to hate crime charges.
(A partnership project by
@sfstandard
&
@KQEDnews
's
@FitzTheReporter
!)
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More than 500 days after the violent incident that killed 84-year-old Vicha Ratanapakdee, a San Francisco judge ruled today to move the case to murder trial.
“I feel relieved today,” the victim's daughter said.
Read more:
Photos by:
@julianayphoto
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Sing Tao Daily exclusive with some shocking details about the Chinatown bus stabbing on Monday.
The story said a 15 y/o Chinese teen refused the "malicious approach(惡意搭訕)" on the bus, then a 12 y/o Black teen suspect stabbed him in the neck.
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It’s the time of the year that nice Chinese elders will ask about your marital status and then give you money 💰
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The 18-year-old suspect is locked up in county jail without bail, and is charged with robbery, assault, elder abuse, burglary, and other enhancements.
No hate crime charges were filed.
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Nancy Tung 汤晓慧, a daughter of Taiwanese immigrants, may run for district attorney again if Chesa Boudin is recalled.
SF is still two months out from deciding whether to recall DA
@ChesaBoudin
, and candidates are already lining up to replace him.
@NancyTungSF
announced her intention to run for the office again at a local
@NAACP
meeting to mixed reactions.
📝 by
@mdbarba
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A Look back at 2022 🧵 as an Asian American community reporter in San Francisco. (1/X)
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Grandpa Liao 廖榮忻, a victim of a violent assault in San Francisco, spoke up in court today. He was speaking Cantonese.
In his testimony, he said he lost his sense of safety living in SF, considered moving back to China, and hoped to see a "嚴厲判決" (severe sentencing).
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Former San Francisco mayoral candidate Ellen Lee Zhou 李愛晨 was in the Washington DC rally today. They have a group called "Chinese American Alliance For Trump."
She told me some of the California Trump supporters drove five days from SF to DC to attend the event.
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Family of Slain 64-Year-Old Woman in San Francisco Senior Housing Demands Answers
(This story is part of a collaboration between
@sfstandard
and
@abc7newsbayarea
@DionLimTV
)
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A Chinese American landlord from East Bay began a hunger strike to protest an ongoing eviction ban.
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