March in downtown Taipei shows solidarity with Ukrainians
(CNA) Hundreds of people of different nationalities participated in a march in downtown Taipei on March 13 to show solidarity with the Ukrainian people as Russia's invasion of the eastern European country entered its...
Starbucks Japan: Year of The Tiger
Starbucks Japan has recently released their 2022 New Year Collection, just in time to welcome the new year mugs. There are limited editions for the Year of the Tiger, popular Daruma and Fuji Mount mugs. Among them, the "Daruma Mug"...
Florida Asian American Studies Legislation Filed
On October 13th, Florida House Representative Anna Eskamani (District 47) and Senator Linda Stewart (District 13) filed legislation in support of Make Us Visible – Florida’s bid to include Asian American History in Florida...
Orlando Urayasu Sister City Friendship Doll
How do two different gifts exchanged between Orlando, Florida and Japan, each given almost a century apart, connect the past to the present? A historically significant “Friendship Doll,” presented by Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer...
GRANDEST PHILIPPINE BALL IN FLORIDA CELEBRATES 27TH ANNIVERSARY
The annual SAMPAGUITA BALL of the Philippine Cultural Foundation, Inc. (PCFI) will take place on Saturday, September 25, 2021, at the Bayanihan Arts & Events Center, located at 14301 Nine Eagles Drive, Tampa. The...
Awa Odori Festival in Tokushima – Japan
Every August in Japan, over a million people flock to Tokushima Prefecture to experience the Awa Odori Festival. The main avenues of Tokushima City are cordoned off as teams of locals take to the...
Taiwanese students bag 4 medals at informatics Olympiad
Taiwan's delegation to the International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI), an annual computer programming competition for high school students, has won one gold medal and three silver medals. Hosted for the second year by the National...
Congressman Soto honors Central Florida APIA Community Leaders
Orange County is home to some of Florida’s largest and most robust Asian American communities, with this diversity comes a large spectrum of cultural richness, community development and leadership. For this reason Congressman Darren...
Just keep paddling: C.H.A.R.G.E. Dragon Boat Team Celebrating 11th Year
C.H.A.R.G.E. Dragon Boat Team is the Orlando-based Dragon Boat Club organized by the Chinese American Association of Central Florida (CAACF) 中佛州中美協會 in June 2010. C.H.A.R.G.E. now has 25 committed paddlers and around 14 seasonal...
AsiaTrend Wishes farewell to TECO in Miami Director General David Chien
AsiaTrend would like to recognize and wish farewell to our long standing supporter and friend David K.C Chien who served as the Director-General of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) in Miami for the...