via BlackAmericaWeb: Three UCLA basketball players detained for shoplifting at three high-end stores in China publicly apologized Wednesday before coach Steve Alford announced they were being suspended indefinitely. Freshmen LiAngelo Ball, Jalen Hill and Cody Riley won’t be allowed to suit up, practice or travel with the team while the university continues to sort out the circumstances of last week’s […]
via eurweb: UCLA freshmen LiAngelo Ball, Cody Riley and Jalen Hill, who have been detained in China on suspicion of shoplifting, are being allowed to return to the United States on Tuesday, the Wall Street Journal reports. The trio was spotted checking into a Los Angeles-bound Delta flight at Shanghai’s Pudong International Airport, airline staff told the outlet. Their […]
via Newsone: The high end retail store in China were facing an uphill battle in their quest for justice, if history was any indication. Not only could freshmen LiAngelo Ball, Jalen Hill and Cody Riley be sentenced to as many as 10 years in prison for shoplifting, but the overt racism Black people experience in Chinese […]
via Joy105: Los Angeles Lakers rookie point guard Lonzo Ball said he hasn’t spoken with his brother, LiAngelo Ball, since the UCLA freshman forward was arrested in Hangzhou, China, along with two teammates on suspicion of shoplifting. Ball and fellow freshmen Cody Riley and Jalen Hill were all released on bail Wednesday. Lonzo also said he […]
China placed Beijing on a mandatory red alert, closing schools and minimizing construction due to extreme smog affecting the air quality in the large capital.
Officials in Nairobi, Kenya have closed a Chinese restaurant that reportedly banned African patrons after 5 p.m., reports the Daily Nation. The restaurant, named Chinese…
Michelle Obama may be on a serious mission in China, but that hasn’t stopped the first lady from serving some amazing spring fashion. On Day 3 of her visit in Beijing, Obama addressed students at the Stanford Center at Peking University wearing a Carolina Herrera sheath dress with a red, gray, black and tan graphic print. The cut […]
BEIJING (AP) — U.S. first Lady Michelle Obama arrived in China on Thursday for a weeklong visit that will avoid politics and focus on education and people-to-people contacts. Mrs. Obama’s schedule includes a speech to Chinese and American students at Peking University and visits to the cities of Xi’an in the west and Chengdu in the southwest. […]
1. CHINA vs. JAPAN Unfriendly skies: Tension is growing. China recently claimed an air defense zone above the East China Sea. It has been squabbling with Japan for decades over the disputed islands. They are not the only two caught up in the drama. Two unarmed U.S. B-52 bombers recently flew through the area in what […]
China’s debut of “Django Unchained” was suddenly cancelled Thursday, with some suspecting censorship as the reason. SEE ALSO: Mom Tosses Baby Aside To Fight Bus…
Uniforms for U.S. Olympic athletes are American red, white and blue — but made in China. That has members of Congress fuming. Republicans and Democrats railed Thursday about the U.S. Olympic Committee’s decision to dress the U.S. team in Chinese manufactured berets, blazers and pants while the American textile industry struggles economically with many U.S. […]
According to NBC News, students from Crenshaw High School is headed to China as ambassadors for Los Angeles. The students will work with their academic peers from Beijing’s Renmin University to teach them about African-American culture, while also learning first-hand about the global economy. Also traveling in the group is one of the world’s most celebrated […]
