Paper son: one man’s story is a memoir by Tung Pok Chin. In this book the author casts light on the largely hidden experience of those Chinese who immigrated to America with false documents during the Exclusion Act era. Also, the author’s personal story under the shadow of McCarthyism may resonate with those who have been caught in the middle.
Jiang Sunyun is known as the Queen of Chinese food in the United States and rightfully so. In the 1960s, she opened the Mandarin, a Chinese restaurant in San Francisco where she launched a culinary excursion of authentic Chinese food famous in the United States.
1882年5月6日切斯特·亚瑟（Chester A. Arthur）总统签署了“排华法案”，禁止所有技术或非技术性的华工移民，违者将被监禁并驱逐。 [1] 最初此法律的有效期是十年。1892年，美国政府再次推出了《吉尔里法案》(The Geary Act)。该法案不仅延长了1882年出台的“排华法案“，而且更要求每名华人居民都要注册并佩戴居留证，此证被华人称为“狗牌”。至此，排华进入了第二个十年。
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美国华人首次尝试跨国参政——发动并支持母国的抵制美货运动，以及参与国内反满革命。抵制美货运动最终以失败告终，相反，反满革命取得成功。无论成败，华人的跨国参政努力并没有给海外华人带来直接可见的经济和政治地位的提升和改善。事实上，他们利用美国的法律机制通过打官司部分地改变了自己的命运
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Thanks to the tireless efforts of these people, today we have an opportunity to visit this well-preserved Angel Island immigration station, follow in the footsteps of the early immigrants, walk every part of the land, and read the poems Chinese left on the walls. It often reminders us that we stand against all discrimination and prejudice against specific groups.
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今天，我们可以参观这个保存完整的天使岛移民站，追随早期移民的脚步，行走在天使岛的每一方土地，并观看华人移民在营地墙壁上留下的诗歌——它成为一个永久的提醒，我们反对所有针对对特定群体的歧视和偏见
In 1940, 65,400 people lived in Phoenix, Arizona. Among them, only 431 were Chinese descendants. According to existing information, during the Second World War, 74 Chinese were recruited and assigned to the United States Navy, Army, Air force, and Special Forces. They fought bravely against Japanese and German enemies in Asia, Asia-Pacific, Europe, and Africa. This article seeks to provide brief accounts of some of the Chinese servicemen’s war experiences. Five of them were killed in battles, six went to China to resist Japanese aggression along with Chinese military and civilians, and four joined the 14th Air Force and became flying tigers. In addition, four brothers of the Ong family fought in WWII for the United States and all survived. They were called the “Four Heroes of One Family” and their heroic deeds will inspire future generations.
In 1902, as the United States was about to extend the Chinese Exclusion Act again, defamatory and discriminatory rhetoric against the Chinese intensified. Twenty years after the Chinese Exclusion Act was adopted, the small Chinese American population had minimal economic and political influence and was powerless in the face of slander from all sides.
In the late 19th century, when anti-Chinese violence in California was in full swing, many Chinese began to migrate to other parts of the United States in search of an easier life. It was at this time that Woo Yee Sing (1862-1925) moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota. He and his brother, Woo Du Sing, founded the first Chinese restaurant in Minneapolis called Yuen Faung Low (also known as John’s Place).
19世纪后期，加州排华暴力事件如火如荼，华人开始转向美国其他地方寻找生机，自此，美国华人形成了东移、南迁、中徙的局面。胡以成（音译，Woo Yee Sing， 1862-1925）就在这个阶段移居到了明尼苏达州的明尼阿波利斯市（Minneapolis)。 他和兄弟胡佐成（音译，Woo Du Sing）在明尼阿波利斯创立了第一家中餐馆，名为远芳楼（Yuen Faung Low，John’s Place）。
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