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"Not your Asian stereotype"
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Nono Shen

@Nono_ubc

Reporter with Meta-Canadian Press News Fellowship/ Bilingual Storyteller "Not your Asian stereotype" Opinions are my own

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Some personal news: I am joining the one-year fellowship with the @CanadianPress starting next week. I feel extremely fortunate to be part of the team. I also miss the @TheRichmondNews family - I’ve learned a lot from my supportive and talented colleagues over the past 3 years.

Nono_ubc's tweet image. Some personal news: 
I am joining the one-year fellowship with the @CanadianPress starting next week. I feel extremely fortunate to be part of the team. I also miss the @TheRichmondNews family - I’ve learned a lot from my supportive and talented colleagues over the past 3 years.

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"In 1997, I was a 29-year-old award-winning art critic and journalist when I was stricken by a violent and disabling onset of manic depression. I managed to avoid the street for 26 years after my diagnosis. The idea of homelessness was terrifying. When I faced it in 2019, I…

esquire's tweet image. "In 1997, I was a 29-year-old award-winning art critic and journalist when I was stricken by a violent and disabling onset of manic depression.

I managed to avoid the street for 26 years after my diagnosis. The idea of homelessness was terrifying. When I faced it in 2019, I…

At marine drive, saw huge plumes of smoke from #RichmondBC filling the sky.

Nono_ubc's tweet image. At marine drive, saw huge plumes of smoke from #RichmondBC filling the sky.

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In an RV outside an East Vancouver Walmart, 77-year-old Keith dreams of housing as a dramatic demographic reversal plays out | National News | thecanadianpressnews.ca thecanadianpressnews.ca/national/in-an…


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VANCOUVER - With a name like Frank the Tank, you might think nothing could stop the 16-kilogram sulcata tortoise, but wandering alone on farmland near Richmond, B.C., certainly slowed him down. thecanadianpressnews.ca/prairies_bc/bc…


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There has been a lot of devastating stories coming out of the BC wildfires. If your heart needs a break, please enjoy this @Nono_ubc story about a plucky pig that survived - in part thanks to a granola bar airdrop. thecanadianpressnews.ca/environment/he…


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One immigration consultant said Hong Kongers wanting permanent residency in Canada feel like they’ve hit the jackpot via ⁦@Nono_ubc⁩ and ⁦@CdnPressNewsthecanadianpressnews.ca thecanadianpressnews.ca/national/canad…


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The “white people food” movement among Chinese Canadians and others in the Sinosphere isn’t just about food: for some it’s a rejection of other Chinese norms about effort and reward. Via @Nono_ubc vancouverisawesome.com/bc-news/some-c…


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Back on Vancouver’s Hastings Street with no tent, no mattress and nowhere to go, by Darryl Greer, @Nono_ubc thestar.com/politics/2023/… via @torontostar #DTES #homelessness


My closet encounter with a cute seal. The seal: Give me fish or I just keep splashing 💦 you. #seals


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A rather incredible tale of how Moffy Yu's Toronto condo was stolen. Yes, stolen, in every sense: a stranger now occupies it, and Yu's name is scrubbed from the land title. How?? Read on, via @Nono_ubc and @CdnPressNews thecanadianpressnews.ca/national/how-t…


Hundreds of people hosted a vigil in downtown Vancouver to commemorate victims of Thursday’s night fire in Urumqi. People were also chanting: we want freedom. Lots of emotions. Meanwhile, protestors against Covid lockdowns also broke out in my hometown Shanghai. #ChinaProtests

Nono_ubc's tweet image. Hundreds of people hosted a vigil in downtown Vancouver to commemorate victims of Thursday’s night fire in Urumqi. People were also chanting: we want freedom. Lots of emotions. Meanwhile, protestors against Covid lockdowns also broke out in my hometown Shanghai. #ChinaProtests

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Shanghai tonight. Protest at vigil for the dead in Urumqi. “Freedom. No more test. Throw off your masks” and The March of the Volunteers. Surrounded by police on all sides. 500-1000 people.

brandhane's tweet image. Shanghai tonight. Protest at vigil for the dead in Urumqi. “Freedom. No more test. Throw off your masks” and The March of the Volunteers. Surrounded by police on all sides. 500-1000 people.
brandhane's tweet image. Shanghai tonight. Protest at vigil for the dead in Urumqi. “Freedom. No more test. Throw off your masks” and The March of the Volunteers. Surrounded by police on all sides. 500-1000 people.
brandhane's tweet image. Shanghai tonight. Protest at vigil for the dead in Urumqi. “Freedom. No more test. Throw off your masks” and The March of the Volunteers. Surrounded by police on all sides. 500-1000 people.

I saw 👀 a little mice napping outside of my apartment this morning. When I opened the door, I woke him up from his sweet dreams. We both looked into each other’s eyes and screamed. Then he gave me the innocent look and tried to hide in corner more, hoping I can’t see him.

Nono_ubc's tweet image. I saw 👀 a little mice napping outside of my apartment this morning. When I opened the door, I woke him up from his sweet dreams. We both looked into each other’s eyes and screamed. Then he gave me the innocent look and tried to hide in corner more, hoping I can’t see him.

Has anyone lost money from their debit cards or credit cards recently? Hoping to do a story about card skimming theft to help more people spot card skimmers. Please email me at [email protected] if you know anyone who has experienced it. Thanks! #fraud #cardskimmer


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