Rong Xiaoqing

Reporter

Rong Xiaoqing is a reporter for the Chinese language newspaper Sing Tao Daily, covering various stories from health issues, immigration affairs, politics to business and social services. She also contributes to some English language publications in the U.S. and in Asia, such as the New York Daily News, The New York Times, the New York Magazine, and the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong. She worked previously for City Limits, a grassroots English language magazine in New York, covered nonprofit organizations. Her story won the coveted National Ethnic Media Award from the New America Media in 2009. She is also a recipient of several Ippies awards, an award to New York local ethnic media journalists, issued by the New York Community Media Alliance. Rong holds a Master’s degree in business journalism from Baruch College/CUNY and a Bachelor’s degree in Chinese language and literature from Nanjing University in China.

Articles

The Forgotten Wounds: Senior Abuse Needs Urgent Attention

<p>Familial piety is so highly valued in the Asian culture, contributing to the image of Asian Americans as a model minority, that many people, including Asian Americans themselves, don't even realize that senior abuse exists in this community.</p>

Suicidal Asians Need Help, But Stigma, Language Barrier Impede Access to Care

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President acknowledged HIV/AIDS issue in the Asian community

<p><!--StartFragment--></p><p>Last May was a big month for the Asian community. It was Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, but was also the National Hepatitis B Awareness Month.</p> <p>The prevalence of hepatitis B among Asians Americans is stunningly high—15% compared to 0.5% for average Americans. So there were many educational workshops and screenings offered by various organizations and institutions in the community through the month.</p>

HIV/AIDS among Asians

<p>HIV/AIDS is an emerging public health problem in the Asian community in the United States. <a href="http://www.reportingonhealth.org/users/xqrong">Rong Xiaoqing</a>, a recipient of the <a href="http://www.reportingonhealth.org/fellowships/seminars/dennis-hunt-fund-… A. Hunt Fund for Health Journalism</a>, examines its impact for the Chinese-language publication Sing Tao Daily.</p><p><a href="http://www.reportingonhealth.org/fellowships/projects/cultural-traditio… 2: Cultural tradition traps Chinese elder-abuse victims in U.S.</a></p>

Minority Retorts

<p>Not exactly about health issues but it is about the racial disparity in another field. It was shelved for about two months by the editor before it got published. So some information seems a bit outdated. But the basic idea is still there.</p>

My project

<p>Hi all,</p><p>

Here is a basic outline of my project that I’d like to share with you guys. The project is consisted of three separated stories about health issues in the Asian Community.</p><p>

1. Domestic violence against seniors in the Chinese Community.</p>