City Council Hearing in Boston Chinatown
The first ever City Council hearing was held in Chinatown on April 12th at the Josiah Quincy School on how to increase voter participation. Two hundred residents, community activists and organizational representatives spoke on issues ranging from the need for bilingual translation to the need for more housing and redistricting.

Affordable Housing Update
The Affordable Housing Update is a regular feature reporting on housing news around Boston Chinatown, Downtown and South End.

Dear Editor
(This letter was printed in April 20, 2001 edition of SAMPAN. It is reprinted here with permission from the author.) I am writing to express my outrage and disappointment with the reaction of some Americans towards the U.S. spy plane’s incident in the South China Sea. After that event, there has been a rise in anti-Chinese statements and incidents throughout the United States.