Brooklyn’s James Powderly has been detained by Chinese authorities in Beijing, reports Boing Boing. The high-tech artist apparently was part of a group that used LED lights to spell out the words ...

Rendering of the Friendship Archway at the entrance to Sunset Park’s Chinatown. Rendering courtesy of the NYC Mayor’s Office. Sunset Park’s Chinatown is being gifted a new public archway from ...

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Gluttons stuffing their face with hot dogs may still be the hottest draw in Coney Island, but the glistening, barely clad young bodies of Olympians competing on the beach is catching up. This year’s ...

Chinese-American agent for Beijing 'accepts the verdict' in Brooklyn trial after conviction Shujun Wang and his attorney spoke with the press Tuesday after his guilty verdict in a Brooklyn court for ...

BEIJING – Mirza Teletovic scored 22 points to lead the Brooklyn Nets to a 129-117 overtime preseason victory over the Sacramento Kings in the second of their two NBA exhibition games in China. The ...

Brooklyn artist-activist James Powderly, founder of the Graffiti Research Lab, has apparently been arrested in Beijing for planning a laser-graffiti Tibet protest. (He let friends know about the ...

Brooklyn’s Chinese-American community is reacting with excitement and anticipation to the announcement made by Mayor Bill de Blasio on Oct. 27 of plans to erect a Brooklyn Friendship Archway on Eighth ...