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DRUMMING UP BUSINESS: Members of Nam Pai Kung Fu Academy participate in Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations in Boston’s Chinatown neighborhood on Feb. 2. Officials in Boston are launching efforts to draw visitors back amid fears of a new Chinese virus that’s sickened tens of thousands, including a college student in Boston. / AP FILE PHOTOS / STEVEN SENNE

Amid virus fears, Boston backs its Chinatown

Economic Activity 02/21/2020

Boston is trying to throw some love to Chinatown amid concerns about a new Chinese virus that has sickened tens of thousands, including a...

PBN on WJAR-TV, July 23, 2018

Entrepreneurship 07/24/2018

Every week, PBN Editor Mark S. Murphy appears on WJAR-TV NBC 10’s Coffee Break to discuss the newspaper’s most recent cover story and other...

FAMILY CONNECTION: Charles Chin, left, president of the Rhode Island chapter of the On Leong Chinese Merchants Association in Cranston, Peter Kwong, center, and Edward Moy look at an association flag. Moy’s grandfather was a past president of the association.  / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Providence’s forgotten Chinatown

Cover Story 07/20/2018

What happened to Providence’s once-bustling Chinatown? It’s a forgotten story of prejudice – and perseverance. By the time Charles Chin arrived in Providence at the...

R.I.’s past includes a significant flavor of Chinese immigration

Editorial and Op-Ed 07/20/2018

Thanks to a Brown University faculty and graduate student project titled “Providence’s Chinatown,” the region has been reacquainted with a significant, if small, piece...

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ADVOCATES for bus riders will be keeping close tabs on the person the R.I. Public Transit Authority hires to lead the agency now that Scott Avedisian has resigned. / PBN FILE PHOTO/ MICHAEL SALERNO

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