Profiles

By Andy Liu Lang Lang is no stranger to Washington’s critical concert goers. And when this world-class pianist returned to the Kennedy Center last month and joined the National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) to perform Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, the applause prompted three curtain calls and an encore performance. It was a mesmerizing experience for many that …

By Dottie Tiejun Li Most boys at age ten are playing with toys of some sort, building fun things or playing sports. Chris Lu watched a debate between President Gerald Ford and his challenger, Governor Jimmy Carter, when he was ten. Fast forward 32 years, the younger son of Chinese immigrants Eileen and Chien-Yang Lu, and Chris Lu works as …

20% of Montgomery County AAPIs Live in Poverty By Michelle Phipps-Evan Siu Cheung has vivid recollections of what it means to be poor in the District of Columbia. Now 42-years-old, the Chinese immigrant was the youngest of five children. Her family came to the D.C. metro area when she was six years old. “I grew up in the ‘hood,” said …