Tim Tia - Bay Area Current

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A report from Current’s foreign correspondents in Paris and Marseille.

Tim Tia (張勤真) is a union organizer in the Bay Area. He thinks boba tea has gone too far.

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Politics

When management neglected their building, elderly, majority-Chinese tenants in Downtown Oakland got organized and fought back.

Tim Tia Oct 9, 2026

Politics

We were in a very Chinese time in our lives. We decided to do something about it.

Tim Tia, Yuzhuan Hong Jan 29, 2026