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Bruce Lee’s “Warrior,” and the Politics of Kung Fu
The Max series makes a radical argument for what constitutes American history.
by
Jasper Lo
via
The New Yorker
on
September 12, 2023
The Revolutionary Chinese Suffragette Who Challenged America’s Politics
The story of Mabel Ping‑Hua Lee.
by
Mattie Kahn
via
Literary Hub
on
June 22, 2023
The First Chinese Restaurant in America Has a Savory—and Unsavory—History
Venture into the Montana eatery, once a gambling den and opium repository, that still draws a crowd.
by
Richard Grant
,
Sonya Maynard
via
Smithsonian
on
August 23, 2022
The Forgotten History of the Campaign to Purge Chinese from America
The surge in violence against Asian-Americans is a reminder that America’s present reality reflects its exclusionary past.
by
Michael Luo
via
The New Yorker
on
April 22, 2021
How Childhoods Spent in Chinese Laundries Tell the Story of America
The laundry: a place to play, grow up, and live out memories both bitter and sweet.
by
Eveline Chao
via
Atlas Obscura
on
January 3, 2018
The Hunt for General Tso
The origins of Chinese-American dishes, and the spots where these two cultures have combined to form a new cuisine.
by
Jennifer 8 Lee
via
TED
on
July 1, 2008
Putting Chinatown on the Map: Resisting Displacement through Infrastructural Advocacy
How San Francisco's Chinatown community used infrastructure as a conduit for identity, empowerment, and resilience.
by
Deland Chen
via
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center
on
September 15, 2023
A New Theory of Race in America
How white-dominated racial power produces inter-ethnic group conflict.
by
Rhoda Feng
,
Claire Jean Kim
via
The Chronicle of Higher Education
on
September 8, 2023
The Fighting Spirit of Bruce Lee
The actor and martial arts star also wanted to be regarded as a poet-philosopher.
by
Jeff Chang
via
The Wall Street Journal
on
August 12, 2023
The Rotten Science Behind the MSG Scare
How one doctor’s letter and a string of dodgy studies spurred a public health panic.
by
Sam Kean
via
Science History Institute
on
March 2, 2023
Corky Lee and the Work of Seeing
Lee's life and work suggested that Asian American identity did not possess—and did not need—any underlying reality beyond solidarity.
by
Ken Chen
via
n+1
on
January 25, 2023
Dynasty Center: Exclusion and Displacement in Los Angeles’s Chinatown
The original Los Angeles Chinatown, now known as “Old Chinatown,” developed in the 1860s.
by
Jean Young
via
Folklife
on
October 24, 2022
partner
Teaching Asian American History in its Complexity Can Help Fight Racism
Asian Americans have been both the victims and perpetrators of racial discrimination.
by
Kathryn Gin Lum
via
Made by History
on
March 15, 2022
Chinese Built Up Salmon Canning in the US. Then Came the ‘Iron Chink.’
The invention of a salmon-butchering machine put the final nail in the coffin of the workers who built the fish canning industry.
by
Mark Magnier
via
South China Morning Post
on
September 3, 2021
America Was Eager for Chinese Immigrants. What Happened?
In the gold-rush era, ceremonial greetings swiftly gave way to bigotry and violence.
by
Michael Luo
via
The New Yorker
on
August 20, 2021
Behind This Photo Is the Story of Two Asian American Folk Heroes
Remembering Asian-American activists Corky Lee and Yuri Kochiyama.
by
Alice George
via
Smithsonian
on
May 20, 2021
The Surprising Reason Why Chinatowns Worldwide Share the Same Aesthetic
It all started with the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.
by
Josh Jones
via
Open Culture
on
May 19, 2021
The 16-Year-Old Chinese Immigrant Who Helped Lead a 1912 US Suffrage March
Mabel Ping-Hua Lee fought for the rights of women on two sides of the world.
by
Michael Lee
via
HISTORY
on
March 19, 2021
partner
White Women and the Mahjong Craze
Travelers brought the Chinese game to American shores in the early 1920s. Why was it such a hit?
by
Livia Gershon
via
JSTOR Daily
on
February 2, 2021
When Chinese Americans Were Blamed for 19th-Century Epidemics, They Built Their Own Hospital
The Chinese Hospital in San Francisco is still one-of-a-kind.
by
Laureen Hom
,
Claire Wang
via
Atlas Obscura
on
April 13, 2020
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