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Historical Record of Chinese Americans |The Sixth Decade of the Chinese Exclusion Act

World War II closely linked China and the United States together in the international anti-fascist alliance, during which China was portrayed as a friend and ally by the public media in the United States.  Many Chinese Americans actively participated in the anti-Japanese propaganda and war.  Not only did they survive the harsh domestic political environment of the exclusion period, but their “popular” role in the war also won them respect and sympathy.

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Historical Record of Chinese Americans | Historical China Camp in California

China Camp State Park is located along the shore of San Pablo Bay. The road through the park offers beautiful views of the waterfront. In fact China Camp was a Chinese shrimp fishing village that flourished here in the 1880s. Nearly 500 people from Canton, China lived in the village, and more than 90% of the shrimp caught by the fishermen was dried in the sun and shipped to China or Chinese communities throughout the United States.

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Historical Record of Chinese Americans | Anna May Wong on the American Women Quarters Program

The US Mint announced the establishment of outstanding American women of all races quarters program, which will issue up to five new quarters each year from 2022 to 2025. The first Chinese-American actress in Hollywood Anna May Wong will be minted on a 25-cent coin to be released in 2022.

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Historical Record of Chinese Americans | Heidi Shyu Is Now Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering

On April 27, 2021, U.S. President Biden nominated Heidi Shyu, a Chinese-American female engineer, as the U.S. Department of Defense Under Secretary for Research and Engineering. On July 21 of the same year, the U.S. Senate confirmed the nomination of President Biden, and Heidi Shuyu was officially appointed as the Under Secretary of Defense. She is also the highest-ranking Asian civilian official in the U.S. Department of Defense.

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Historical Record of Chinese Americans | Chinese Americans Protest Against Police Brutality

On May 19, 1975, New York City’s Chinatown witnessed the largest demonstration in its history – a protest against the beating of Peter Yew, a 27-year-old engineer from Brooklyn, by police officers of the Fifth Precinct in Chinatown. After several weeks of protesting, all charges made against Peter Yew were dropped.

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Historical Record of Chinese Americans| Paper son: one man’s story on an individual experience of living during the Exclusion era and McCarthyism

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.

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Historical Record of Chinese Americans | P. F. Chang’s China Bistro Carries Chinese Food All Over the World

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.

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Historical Record of Chinese Americans | Angel Island Immigration Station

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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