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SCMP FILM: Fighting fentanyl: the drug from China destroying American lives

Overdoses linked to fentanyl, a synthetic opioid up to 50 times stronger than heroin, killed nearly 30,000 people in the United States in 2017. Authorities say most fentanyl sold in the state of Pennsylvania can be traced back to China. We went to Kensington, an area considered a “ground zero” of America’s opioid crisis, in the Pennsylvanian city of Philadelphia, to find out how a drug funneled through from China is fueling a health crisis half a world away.

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Cannabis boom and bust on Native American land - BBC News

During the pandemic, hundreds of Chinese migrants who lost their jobs moved to a remote city on the Navajo Nation Indian reservation in New Mexico, to do what they thought was legal agricultural work. Instead, they and the local Native community found themselves pitted against one another in a bizarre cautionary tale about the boom in cannabis production in the US, and the impact on Asian migrant labourers. Please subscribe HERE http://bit.ly/1rbfUog #BBCNews

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Inside the lives of Asian massage workers: 'How can we not be scared?' - BBC News

The Atlanta spa shootings have placed a spotlight on a part of the massage industry in the US. Asian massage workers say they often have to deal with the assumption that Asian spas provide sex services. Two female Asian massage workers tell us about the stigma surrounding their profession and the sexual harassment they endure. Please subscribe HERE http://bit.ly/1rbfUog #BBCNews

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BBC News: Are America's unvaccinated changing their minds?

Warning: Video contains some upsetting scenes. Timothy changed his mind about Covid vaccines - but only after ending up in hospital with a tube to help him breathe. He lives in a county in Arkansas where only a third of people are double jabbed. Hospitals are filling up here once more. Doctors and nurses feel overwhelmed. Despite the surge in cases and deaths, many here remain hesitant - or outright opposed - to the vaccine. And public health experts warn that's a problem for everyone. #CutThroughtheNoise

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US hate crimes: 'Asian women are not weak, timid or quiet' - BBC News

Asian American women speak about their experiences in the US as nationwide rallies against anti-Asian hate crimes are held. The demonstrations come after after a shooting rampage in Atlanta in which eight people were killed, six of them Asian women. Please subscribe HERE http://bit.ly/1rbfUog #BBCNews

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Making $85K As A Doula In Washington, DC | On The Job

Samantha Griffin, 34, is a doula and owner of DC Metro Maternity, an agency specializing in labor and postpartum support for women of color in DC, Maryland and Virginia. Raised in the suburbs of DC, Samantha became interested in race and gender studies while attending Duke University, leading her to work at various non-profits while volunteering as a doula before making it her full-time career in 2016. Right now, Samantha makes about $85,000 a year. » Subscribe to CNBC Make It.: http://cnb.cx/2kxl2rf About CNBC Make It.: CNBC Make It. is a new section of CNBC dedicated to making you smarter about managing your business, career, and money. Connect with CNBC Make It. Online Get the latest updates: https://www.cnbc.com/make-it Find CNBC Make It. on Facebook: https://cnb.cx/LikeCNBCMakeIt Find CNBC Make It. on Twitter: https://cnb.cx/FollowCNBCMakeIt Find CNBC Make It. on Instagram: https://bit.ly/InstagramCNBCMakeIt #CNBC #CNBCMakeIt #OnTheJob Making $85K As A Doula In Washington, DC | On The Job

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Hong Kong chef brings contemporary Chinese food to America

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Junzi Kitchen, a fast-casual Chinese restaurant, has grown from its first storefront at Yale University to three stores in Manhattan, New York since 2015. Lucas Sin, the chef of Junzi, which means integrity, talks about how Chinese food deserves a role in the evolution of an ethnic cuisine renaissance in New York. Follow us on: Website: https://scmp.com Facebook: https://facebook.com/scmp Twitter: https://twitter.com/scmpnews Instagram: https://instagram.com/scmpnews Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/south-china-morning-post/

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‘My landlord wants to evict me and I feel powerless'

Millions of Americans who are behind on their rent are now at risk of losing their homes. That's because the US Supreme Court has overturned a federal ban on evictions that was introduced to protect tenants during the pandemic. A government rescue package which was meant to get cash to struggling tenants - and in turn help landlords who say they have mortgages to pay - has only dispersed a fraction of the funds so far. We report from Baltimore where housing advocates warn that one in three tenants are at risk. The BBC contacted the landlord of the Copycat but received no response.

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BBC News: The sinking island voting for Trump

Tangier Island is slowly disappearing due to erosion and rising water levels, but this US community of fishermen is putting its faith in a sea wall - and President Trump - to protect their homes, jobs and way of life. Some of the Chesapeake Bay residents warn that their neighbours are in denial about the threat of climate change. And scientists say who occupies the White House for the next four years could play a critical role in the global fight against dangerous climate change. Produced by Xinyan Yu, filming and editing by Roderick Macleod and Xinyan Yu

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INKSTONE: Ending poverty, one downward dog at a time

In Yugouliang, yoga is not for the rich and privileged. Twice a day, residents of this impoverished village in China’s northern Hebei province gather for yoga sessions. It helps these elderly farmers, most of whom have lost the ability to work due to illness, improve their health and regain strength. But their plan for yoga goes beyond health – they want to generate income too. China has an ambitious plan to eliminate extreme poverty by 2020. The political will behind this nationwide poverty reduction campaign is massive, but can it succeed? We take you to see how Yugouliang has adopted an unconventional method to end poverty. Video for Inkstone News: https://www.inkstonenews.com/society/elderly-farmers-yugouliang-village-fight-poverty-yoga/article/2152712

Xinyan is an award-winning video journalist and filmmaker based in Washington DC.

A native of Wuhan, China, Xinyan started her video journalism career in 2012 producing for BBC News in Beijing, covering the Asia Pacific region for six years.

In 2018, she became a founding member of Inkstone, an innovative news app featuring daily digests of US-China news targeting millennial audiences, and launched South China Morning Post‘s North America video team in New York as its senior video producer. Xinyan returned to the BBC News in 2020 as a senior video journalist covering breaking news in the US.

Now working as an independent filmmaker, Xinyan has directed and produced for international broadcasters including the BBC, NHK, PBS NOVA, etc. She is a New America National Fellow, a Firelight Media Doc Lab fellow, a Brown Girls Doc Mafia Sustainable Artist fellow and an alumnus of the Yaddo Residency.

Xinyan's passion for storytelling stems from her background growing up in a community of Chinese state-owned steel factory workers. Her work straddles two worlds - documenting the socioeconomic and geopolitical changes in the Global South where she is from and amplifying the voices of underrepresented communities in the developed world where she is living and working now.