Xiong Yang 熊阳

Early screening, financial assistance and emotional support from wider communities help multilingual families navigate an uncertain process.

Despite bilateral tensions, daily life goes on for the hundreds of thousands of Chinese people who call Japan home — including the children and teenagers who have grown up here.

The Chinese have dizzyingly precise words for various family members, but families like mine express emotions through stoic suffering.

In this entry to Sixth Tone’s China writing contest, writer Xiong Yang dives into the declining Chinatown in downtown New York.