People/人物

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| 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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建造美国亚太裔历史文化国家博物馆的主帅 – 孟昭文议员

主讲人 孟昭文议员, 三藩市亚洲美术馆馆长兼首席执行官许杰 Zoom 点击进入会议链接 Webinar ID 829 5802 2550 Passcode 2022 Time May 21, Saturday, 5:00pm (PT) 7:00pm (CT) 8:00pm (ET) 焦凡 自2015年以来,国会孟昭文议员(Grace Meng)一直是推广《美国亚太裔历史文化国家博物馆》 (National Museum of Asian American and Pacific Islander History and Culture) 的核心和灵魂。 2021年5月25日,孟昭文议员(D-NY-6)提出了H.R. 3525法案 – 设立专门委员会研究创建亚太裔国家博物馆可能性的法案,呼吁史密森尼学会考虑开设亚太美国历史和文化国家博物馆。 该法案是在孟昭文议员自2015年12月18日以来提出的几项法案之后提出的,包括H.R.4308 – 第114届国会(2015-2016),H.R.869 – 第115届国会(2017-2018)和H.R.4132 – 第116届国会(2019-2020)。 让我们看看 孟昭文议员在H.R.3525立法听证会上所说的话,该听证会来自国家公园,森林和公共土地小组委员会: 27:45 至 32:01 根据该法案的草案,一个8人委员会将围绕亚太裔历史文化国家博物馆的建设展开可行性研究工作。他们需要: (1)

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