Rong Xiaoqing

New York

Reporter at Sing Tao Daily (New York, NY)

Contributor at South China Morning Post

journalist, writer, translator (Chinese+English) Rong is a New York based journalist and an Alicia Patterson Fellow (2019)

Articles

Anti-Communist Party Activists Oppose Chinese Student Visa Crackdown

3 weeks ago | documentedny.com | Rong Xiaoqing

The lives of the nearly 280,000 Chinese students studying in the U.S. were upended when the Trump administration announced it would be mass revoking visas over alleged connections to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). But recently, the students have begun amassing unlikely allies: dissidents against the CCP. The dissidents would normally be expected to support U.S. policies against the CCP whole-heartedly.
America is about to be hit by a 'tsunami' of authentic Chinese restaurants

2 months ago | businessinsider.com | Grace DeGraaf |Rong Xiaoqing |Henry Blodget

This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? . The midtown Manhattan building where Jackie Kennedy, Elizabeth Taylor, and Truman Capote once dined, then the legendary French restaurant La Grenouille, is now a nondescript renovation site with wood, metal, and industrial-size garbage bins strewn about.
America is about to be hit by a 'tsunami' of authentic Chinese restaurants

2 months ago | flipboard.com | Rong Xiaoqing

China slaps a 34% tax on all US imports in retaliation for Trump's tariffsBANGKOK (AP) — China announced Friday that it will impose a 34% tax on all U.S. imports next week, part of a flurry of retaliatory measures to U.S. President Donald Trump’s new tariffs that delivered the strongest response yet from Beijing to the American leader’s trade war. The tariffs taking …
Hate Crimes Against Migrants Surge in Manhattan Last Year, Even as Overall Numbers Fall

Mar 14, 2025 | documentedny.com | Rachel Kahn |Fisayo Okare |Rong Xiaoqing |Ralph Joseph

While serving as the Chief of Hate Crimes unit in the Manhattan DA’s office, Hannah Yu was given a hate crime case in which the victim was struck with an object. The perpetrator had shouted, “Go back to your country!” Soon after, her office received another case. Someone approached a complete stranger and said: “You don’t belong here. You should get deported.”After more cases like these were reported in 2024, Yu recognized a growing trend.
Immigration Accounted for All U.S. Population Growth in 2022

Mar 14, 2025 | documentedny.com | April Xiaoyi Xu |Rong Xiaoqing |Fisayo Okare |Rachel Kahn

Just have a minute? Here are the top stories you need to know about immigration. This summary was featured in Documented’s Early Arrival newsletter. You can subscribe to receive it in your inbox three times per week here.
A Chinatown vendor tallies the NYC neighborhood’s decline in $1 plastic bracelets

Nov 24, 2024 | bostonglobe.com | Rong Xiaoqing

NEW YORK — By the time Shaohua Yu erected his stand around 10 a.m., Chinatown was already bustling. Tourists were wandering around the stalls along Canal Street, where Chinese peddlers and recent immigrants from Africa were selling the same fake Louis Vuitton and Gucci products. Behind Yu, the New Kam Man supermarket had just rolled up its steel curtain. A row of roasted ducks hung in the window facing him.
They Escaped Chinese Government Repression. Now They’re Imploring Trump to Let Them Stay in America

Nov 19, 2024 | thecity.nyc | Rong Xiaoqing

When Yuxiu Zhou crossed the U.S. and Mexico border with his teenage son last October after a month-long zigzagging trip from China, he believed all his nightmares were behind him.
Why can’t men in China take a joke? - The Boston Globe

Nov 14, 2024 | bostonglobe.com | Rong Xiaoqing

It’s hard to be a comedian in China, especially if you’re a woman. Four years ago, Chinese comedian Yang Li threw out a punch line that whipped the internet in China into a furor. The joke: Men are enigmas and “you can never figure out what he is thinking in his little head. How can he look so ordinary yet still be so confident?”Since then, Yang has been called a “man hater” and “feminazi,” she has received death threats, and she has lost sponsorships.
Chinese and American people have some weird ideas about each other

Aug 26, 2024 | bostonglobe.com | Rong Xiaoqing

The day I arrived at her home in the Chinese city of Shijiazhuang a few weeks ago, my aunt served me enough steaming corn on the cob to feed a family of four. “All for you,” she said proudly. “You must have missed it so much in the US.”Without any immediate family in China anymore, I don’t get back to my home country often. So, it was not a surprise that my aunt, whom I hadn’t seen in six years, wanted to stuff me with my favorite childhood food.
Former de Blasio Official Charged in $10 Million Federal Fraud Case

Jun 6, 2024 | documentedny.com | April Xiaoyi Xu |Rong Xiaoqing |Tracey Khan |Ralph Joseph

A former director in the Mayor’s Office and the current Queens Community Coordinator at the New York City Department of Environmental Protection, was arrested Thursday morning for allegedly participating in a scheme to defraud financial institutions of over $10 million, according to the Southern District of New York and the FBI. Tommy Lin was apprehended early Thursday and appeared before the U.S. Magistrate Judge Stewart D. Aaron.