SANTA ANA, Calif.—A Las Vegas man pleaded not guilty Aug. 19 to opening fire inside a Laguna Woods church in an alleged hate crime attack that killed a local doctor and injured five other parishioners. David Wenwei Chou, who was ordered held without bail, was scheduled to return to court Oct. 21 for a pretrial…
Laguna Woods Church Shooting Suspect Pleads Not Guilty
‘Don’t Trust the CCP:’ Taiwanese Scholar Recounts His Experience in China
A Taiwanese scholar has shared his experience being monitored by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) when he was a university professor in China and why he chose to flee China in his unpublished anthology “Twenty Years of Sleep—Awakening from the Chinese Dream.” Wu Mingneng studied and worked in China for 20 years, through which he…
Local Taiwanese Community Mourns Victims of Laguna Woods Church Shooting
LAGUNA WOODS, Calif.—Members of the Irvine Taiwanese Presbyterian Church and leaders of the Taiwanese American community gathered on May 21 to mourn and honor the victims of a May 15 mass shooting that killed one and injured five. At the start of the memorial service—held at the Taiwanese congregation’s lunch banquet at Geneva Presbyterian Church…
Laguna Woods Church Shooter Mailed Volumes of Diary to Chinese-Language Newspaper Before Tragedy
The man who allegedly killed one and injured five in a mass shooting at a Taiwanese church gathering in Laguna Woods, California, mailed stacks of handwritten letters—titled “Diary of an Independence-Destroying Angel”—to a Chinese-language newspaper’s Los Angeles office before the tragic incident. World Journal reported on May 18 that their office received seven volumes of…
Laguna Woods Church Shooter Mailed Diary to Chinese-Language Newspaper Before Attack
The man who allegedly killed one and injured five in a mass shooting at a Taiwanese church gathering in Laguna Woods, California, mailed stacks of handwritten letters—titled “Diary of an Independence-Destroying Angel”—to a Chinese-language newspaper’s Los Angeles office before the tragic incident. World Journal reported on May 18 that their office received seven volumes of…
Accused Laguna Woods Church Shooter Found to Be From Taiwan
SANTA ANA, Calif.—A 68-year-old man accused of opening fire inside a Laguna Woods church, killing one person, and injuring five others in an attack was confirmed by authorities on Tuesday, May 17, to be an immigrant from Taiwan, instead of China. Orange County Sheriff’s officials initially said David Wenwei Chou, of Las Vegas, was born in…
Accused Laguna Woods Church Shooter Charged With Capital Murder, 9 Other Counts
SANTA ANA, Calif.—A 68-year-old Chinese immigrant accused of opening fire on a Taiwanese congregation inside a Laguna Woods church, killing one person, and injuring five others in an attack, authorities said, was motivated by “political tensions between China and Taiwan,” was charged on Tuesday, May 17, with capital murder and nine other felonies. David Wenwei…
Community Mourns Heroic Death of John Cheng in California Church Shooting
John Cheng, 52, a family practice physician with South Bay Medical Group in Aliso Viejo, was shot to death after—what all are calling—a selfless, heroic act at a mass shooting on Sunday, May 15, at Geneva Presbyterian Church in Laguna Woods, California. The shooting, which killed one and injured five during a lunch gathering after…
Suspect ID’d in Laguna Woods Church Shooting That Killed 1, Injured 5
LAGUNA WOODS, Calif.—An investigation continued Monday, May 16, to determine the reason an Asian man allegedly shot one man to death and wounded five others at a predominantly Taiwanese Laguna Woods church Sunday, May 15, before congregants tackled and hogtied him with an extension cord. David Wenwei Chou, 68, of Las Vegas, Nevada was booked…
Taiwanese Assembler Is Prioritizing Apple Over Tesla Amid COVID-19 Lockdown in Shanghai, Says Analyst
The COVID-19 situation in China and its implications for production in some of the hardest-hit regions of the country is front and center of all discussions. Most tech giants depend on companies operating factories in the country—either for the supply of components or for assembling of products. What Happened Taiwan-based Quanta Computer, which assembles MacBooks for…
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