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Historical Record of Chinese Americans | The Hundred-Year Saga of the Yu Family

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Yu Beichi (M) was born November 1927 in Taishan county, Guangdong province. Upon graduation from Sun Yat-Sen University in Guangdong, he worked in the Ministry of Labor in Beijing until his retirement. His family consisted of his mother, father, older brother, and younger sister. His grandfather had left in 1907 to work in America. His father, at 15 years of age, followed Yu’s grandfather to America, and afterwards, his older brother, younger sister, and other friends and relatives left in succession. Only he and his mother were left in China. After the establishment of formal diplomatic relations between China and the United States, the author’s son and daughter also left to study in the United States at the end of 1979. After his retirement, the author brought his mother and wife with him to America, thus reuniting the long-separated family. Yu spent 23 years in the United States before returning to Beijing in 2009.

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美华史记｜The Fiery Decade: A Retrospective of Asian American Civil Rights Movement in California, 2012 – 2022

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From the recorded history of December 4, 1785, when three Chinese sailors arrived in the port of Baltimore, Maryland, on the ship Pallas[1], to the 19th-century California Gold Rush that attracted a large number of Chinese laborers to San Francisco, to the massive influx of Chinese workers needed for the construction of the transcontinental railroad across North America, to the present-day population of approximately 5 million Chinese Americans, California, as the place with the largest population of Chinese descent, has witnessed numerous influential civil rights movements throughout its immigration history of over two centuries.
This article focuses on a retrospective of the major Asian American civil rights movements that took place in California from 2012 to 2022.

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History Records of Chinese Americans | Janet Yang, The Boss of Hollywood

English Articles, Honor & Duty/荣誉和责任, People/人物

In less than a month, the 95th Academy Awards in 2023 will be held at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood on March 12. There are many well-known actors including Chinese actors and films that are nominated for the ceremony, but the most eye-catching thing is that in the 116-year history of Hollywood in the United States, the first Chinese Hollywood boss will host this grand event.

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Historical Record of Chinese Americans | The Case of Ho Ah Kow’s Queue

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Author：Xin Su Translator: Ella N. Wu My body, my choice, my rights! Ho Ah Kow, an early fighter for civil rights, won a rare lawsuit Queue Ordinance (or Pigtail Ordinance) of the 1870s. It added a touch of brilliance with Chinese imprints to the history of Americans fighting for civil rights. Ho Ah Kow, a

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Historical Record of Chinese Americans | The 1946 Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation between the United States of America and the Republic of China

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On November 4, 1946 (Year 35 of the Republic of China), the Chairman of the National Government of the Republic of China sent Wang Shijie, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China, and Wang Huacheng, Director of the Treaty Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China, to meet with Leighton Stuart, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of China, and Robert Smyth, Special Commissioner and Consul General of the United States of America at Tianjin. The men met in a conference room on the third floor of the Nanjing National Executive Yuan to sign the Treaty of Friendship, Commence and Navigation between the United States of America and the Republic of China, commonly known as the “Sino-American Treaty of Friendship, Commence and Navigation” or “Sino-American Commerce Treaty“

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Historical Record of Chinese Americans | The vicissitudes of life in San Jose Chinatowns – Inheritance & Future

Chinese Exclusion Act/排华法案, English Articles, 推荐

The so-called “Chinese problem” was a very controversial topic in San Jose society in the mid-19th century. The church burned down because a pastor organized Sunday schools for Chinese children. A German-immigrated landlord was verbally abused and physically threatened for signing contracts with Chinese businessmen.  On February 4, 1886, the California Anti-Chinese Annual Conference, led by the former mayor of St. Jose, was held in St. Jose with the theme, “Chinese must get out!” “, what the hell is going on here?

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Mabel Ping-Hua Lee – Pioneer in the Pursuing the Suffrage

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Author: Zhida Song-James On May 4, 1912, tens of thousands of New Yorkers gathered in the streets of Greenwich Village, and the march for women’s suffrage was about to start. Mabel Ping-Hua Lee, a young Chinese woman, was on horseback leading the procession. It was one of the largest gatherings of US women’s political participation.

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Yick Wo v. Hopkins, A Gift to All Americans

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Fan Jiao The three amendments (Amendments 13, 14, 15) adopted after the American Civil War (1861-1865) to abolish slavery and establish civil and legal rights for black Americans，among which, the 14th amendment established in 1866, granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States, including former slaves, and guaranteed that all persons

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