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July 2010 - Greetings from the Great Wall of China!
Photo: Lee Jung Graphic source: http://shine.yahoo.com/healthy-living/happy-chinese-new-year--2014-is-the-year-of-the-horse-232329055.html
1/1/2025 Note: Hello Sinophiles! (Is there such a word?) I decided to create and maintain a page devoted to the Chinese Culture to expand understanding of a culture that has contributed much to civilization.
This page is dedicated to the memory of my father and mother, who tried so hard to instill in me, when I was young, an appreciation of the Chinese culture. Though it took awhile, they actually succeeded, in the long run...
The primary purpose of this page is educational. Feel free to submit suggestions for links. I will acknowledge your suggestions if I use them. Thanks for visiting!
Anti-Asian Hate
Graphic source: https://www.kff.org/racial-equity-and-health-policy/slide/understanding-disparities-and-discrimination-faced-by-asian-and-nhopi-people/
Art
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
VIDEO
VIDEO
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Graphic source: https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2022/05/aanhpi-population-diverse-geographically-dispersed.html
Graphic source: https://www.npr.org/2021/05/25/999874296/6-charts-that-dismantle-the-trope-of-asian-americans-as-a-model-minority
As America Turns 250, San Francisco's Role in Defining Citizenship Endures. Cases involving Chinese immigrants from San Francisco reached the U.S. Supreme Court and helped establish birthright citizenship, now under threat as America celebrates 250 years as a nation. Kqed.org, 6/2026 Prism NYC: History of NYC's Chinatown: The Toishanese Migration 3/2026 America's first major immigration crackdown and the making and breaking of the West 11/19/2024 "Armageddon" in Chinese Camp: Historic gold rush town destroyed 9/2025 Chinese American WWII Veterans Recognition Project Ed Gor oral history interview Rice University The price America paid for its first big immigration crackdown 11/26/2024 State of Chinese Americans Survey 2024: Executive Summary September 25, 2024 Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month: May 2023 US Census Asian American workers: Diverse outcomes and hidden challenges 42% In The U.S. Can't Name A Single Prominent Asian American, A Survey Finds 5/2021 147 Minutes With the ‘Accidental Voice for Chinatown’ When COVID-19 arrived, Grace Young knew what she had to do. 1/2021 Americans of Chinese Heritage with Heavy Southern Accents in Mississippi 8/2017 As Chinatowns face rapid change, America’s oldest Chinese restaurants are bent on surviving Traditional Chinese mom-and-pop eateries are facing multiple challenges of gentrification, shifting trends and increased bias attacks. 3/2022 Asian Americans are the fastest-growing racial or ethnic group in the U.S. 4/2021 Asian Reading Room Asian Division, Library of Congress Chinese-American Descendants Uncover Forged Family Histories NPR.org 2013 Chinese-American Exhibit Captures Generations of Family History NBCnews.com Coronavirus: Chinatown Stories By Grace Young Diverse Cultures and Shared Experiences Shape Asian American Identities
About six-in-ten feel connected to other Asians in the U.S. 5/2023 How a Chinatown-by-the-Sea Popped Up on the Jersey Shore 8/2017 How Childhoods Spent in Chinese Laundries Tell the Story of America 1/2018 How Connecticut became the first state to require — and fund — teaching Asian American history. A new Connecticut law requires public schools to implement localized curricula about the history and contributions of Asian American and Pacific Islanders. 6/2022 Library of Congress LOC.gov National Park Service InfoPlease.com
These little-known sites help families connect to Asian American history. From Chinese railroad workers in Utah to Filipino shrimpers in Louisiana, here are tales of immigration, struggle, and belonging. 5/2021 Titanic: Searching for the 'missing' Chinese survivors 4/2021 The Caribbean-Americans Searching for Their Chinese Roots Hakka Conferences are allowing distant relatives to meet and untangle their complex genealogy. 5/2018 The story behind Asian Pacific American Heritage, and why it's celebrated in May 5/2023 NPR.org
Cuisine
Culture
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A Gorgeous Animated Sculpture Reveals the Physics of Kung Fu
Graphic source: http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/11/12/in-china-1980-marked-a-generational-turning-point/
A Chinese perspective on autumn 9/2020 An Ancient Snapshot of Native Taiwanese Culture. A newly available Library of Congress collection shows the lives of an oft-overlooked minority. 5/2019 Ancient China Ancient and Lost Civilizations Home Page Asian American Federation Asian-Americans And The Bamboo Ceiling Wbur.org Asian American History Timeline Thanks, T. Ruskin, American Immigration Center Asian-Nation A third of lead Asian American, Pacific Islander roles in top films played by 'The Rock,' study shows. "There just aren't enough roles for [Pacific Islanders] and Asian actors in general. And that's why we see The Rock so many times,” sociologist Nancy Wang Yuen said. 5/2021 Badaling Wikipedia.org China-mike.com China the Beautiful Classical Chinese Art, Calligraphy, Poetry, History, Literature, Painting and Philosophy China 2001 Chinese American cinematic history immortalized at The Academy's Museum 2/20/2026 Chinese Culture: Customs & Traditions of China Livescience.com Chinese Culture About.com Chinese Culture: Customs & Traditions of China 12/2017 Chinese-culture.net Chinese Culture China Guide Chinese Heritage Archives.org
Chinatown Resource Guide PBS.org Daily Life in Ancient China Danwei.org Media, advertising, and urban life in China Do Chinese People Lead More Nuanced Emotional Lives? Priceonomics.com 7/2015 Far East Deep South Chinese for generations lived and raised families in Mississippi Forbidden City Wikipedia.org Great Wall of China Wikipedia.org In China, 1980 marked a generational turning point PEWresearch.org 11/2015 In China, Ghosts Demand the Finer Things in Life. The Hungry Ghost Festival provides them with paper effigies of money, food-and iPhones. 10/2025 International Olympic Committee Kellie Chauvin and a history of Asian women being judged for whom they marry; Remarks about the Chauvins' interracial marriage come from historical emasculation of Asian men and fetishization of Asian women, experts say. 6/2020 List of World Heritage Sites in China Wikipedia.org Locke, California: The only town in the US built for Chinese people 5/2024 Manchu, Tungusic and Mongol minorities in China WWU.edu Ming Dynasty Tombs Wikipedia.org Moody Photos of China’s Most Beautiful Coastline and the Sea Farmers Who Tend It 10/2021 Mysterious China Blog New York City Chinatown New York Historical Society - Many Faces - Chinese Americans Oral History Archive Projects Mocanyc.org Oral History Archive. Waves of Identity: Chronicling the Chinese American Experience from 1980s to Present Mocanyc.org
Plan to demolish and rebuild historic Chinatown building angers community 5/2020 Activists, preservationists and residents decry the city’s decision to tear down rather than restore a century-old property on Mulberry Street, which was destroyed in a fire in January. Rare 'bionic' armor discovered in 2,500-year-old China burial. It's only the second known ancient armor of its kind. 1/2022 Summer Palace Wikipedia.org The Chinese 'Paper Son' Who Inspired The Look Of Disney's 'Bambi' NPR.org The On Leong Tong Building: Chinese Architecture Brought to Life in NYC The Return of the Bad Boys of Chinatown 12/2018 The Sacred Way These Are the 15 Best Chinatowns Around the World 9/2021 The science and shared history behind the Gregorian and Chinese calendars 2/2024 Will luxury towers edge out the last of the working-class Chinese in New York’s iconic Chinatown? One of the city’s few remaining neighborhoods for lower-income residents is fighting to preserve a way of life. 9/2019 Yellow Bridge Chinese-American Guide Youngle Emperor Wikipedia.org
Dragon
Educational
Genealogy
VIDEO
The Village Database OHS.org Giant Panda
Graphic source: https://www.livescience.com/58206-why-pandas-are-black-and-white.htm
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Great Wall of China
Graphic source: https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7e5mb/mysterious-section-of-the-great-wall-of-china-isnt-what-we-thought-study-reveals
Health Information
Graphic source: https://www.statnews.com/2023/11/21/asian-american-health-disparities-obscured/
Graphic source: https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/breast-cancer-rates-increase-asian-american-pacific-islander-women/
Breast Cancer Incidence in Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Populations, 2000-2022 JAMANetwork, 6/2026 Breast Cancer Rises Among Asian American and Pacific Islander Women 9/2024 Breast Cancer Survival in Asian American Patients JAMANetwork, 7/2026 Chartbook on Healthcare for Asians and Native
Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders AHRQ 5/2020 Chartbook on Asians and NHPIs: Slide Presentation AHRQ 5/2020 Health of Asians and Pacifc Islanders in New York City NYC Department of Health 2014 China AIDS Response Progress Report Asian Americans Likely to Have More Severe Strokes But they're less likely to receive tPA, analysis shows 1/2019 Defusing China's Time Bomb Sustaining the Momentum of China's HIV/AIDS Response 2004 Domestic Violence in the Chinese Diaspora in the United States Fact Sheets 10/2025 Elder Abuse in Asian Families: Contexts and Dynamics Genomic Analyses from Non-invasive Prenatal Testing Reveal Genetic Associations, Patterns of Viral Infections, and Chinese Population History 10/2018 Higher Breast Cancer Risk Among Immigrant Asian American Women Than Among US-Born Asian American Women 2/2019 HIV/AIDS: China's Titanic Peril 2001 Update of the AIDS Situation and Needs
Assessment Report 2002 Alcohol and Breast Cancer Risk among Asian American Women in Los Angeles
County Breast Cancer Research 2012 Asian American Health MedlinePlus Asian and Pacific Islander National Cancer Survivors Network Apiahf.org Asian American Health: National Library of Medicine NIH.gov Asian & Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence Cancer Health Briefs, by State, by Ethnicity APIAHR.org Capacity Building for Diabetes Outreach A Comprehensive Tool Kit for Organizations Serving Asian and Pacific Islander Communities NIH.gov
2008 (I was a pilot tester!) Diabetes and Asians and Pacific Islanders HHS.gov 5/2015 Diabetes Resources for Resources for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders CDC.gov Facts & Stats Report: Domestic Violence in Asian & Pacific Islander Homes 2015 Domestic Violence Resources Engaging Asian Men: Divesting from Gender Violence; Investing in Gender Equality APPIDV.org HIV & Intimate Partner Violence Among Asian American and Pacific Islander Women 2017 Invisible in the data: Broad 'Asian American' category obscures health disparities 11/2023 Keeping Up Appearances As a 'Model Minority' Can Have Serious Mental Health Consequences 9/2019 Life Expectancy Asian American Worldlifeexpectancy.com Minority Women's Health - Asian-Americans womenshealth.gov Percentage of Asian Adults* Who Reported Moderate or Heavier Drinking, by Asian Subpopulation --- National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2004--2006 MMWR 4/2008 Sexual Violence in Asian and Pacific Islander Communities 4/2018 Study Offers First Look at Asian Americans' Glaucoma Risk American Academy of Ophthalmology 2011 Testing Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders for Hepatitis B CDC.gov Younger Asian American women had the second-lowest breast cancer rate. Why they're now tied for No. 1. Asian American and Pacific Islander women under 50 are now tied with white women for the highest breast cancer rates. Experts point to westernization, increased screenings and more. 10/2024
Health Information in Chinese
Health Information about Diabetes, Many in Chinese
History
Wong Kim Ark’s Fight for Birthright Citizenship
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Asian Americans launched historic legal cases around birthright citizenship
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December 13, 1937 - The Rape of Nanking
Graphic source: https://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Nanking%20Massacre
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Graphic source: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/what-can-transcontinental-railroad-teach-us-about-anti-asian-racism-in-america
24 Photos Of Chinatown From Before You Were Born Thanks, Rose! 30 Years Later, Vincent Chin Seen As Turning Point 7/2012 Ancient Chinese Buildings Are Held Together With Rice, Sugar, and Blood 5/2019 Army Area Handbook UMD.edu A sad and glorious history: One of NYC's last Chinese hand laundries closes 10/2020 As Chinese Exclusion Act Turns 135, Experts Point To Parallels Today 5/2017 Asian American History InfoPlease Atlanta spa shooting suspect's 'bad day' defense, and America's sexualized racism problem 3/2021 Birthright citizenship: A Trump-inspired history lesson on the 14th Amendment 'Cheap slaves': Trump, immigration and the ugly history of the Chinese Exclusion Act 8/2017 Chinese Exclusion Act (1882) Condensed China Chinese History for Beginners
Chinese Revolution Timeline Classical Historiography for Chinese History Princeton Coronavirus: Chinatown Stories By Grace Young 5/2020 Descendants Of Chinese Laborers Reclaim Railroad's History 5/2014 Film explores Chinese Exclusion Act as US immigration DNA 5/2018 How Chinese place names like Beijing, Xian, Guangzhou changed under foreign control, and how the new monikers came about 4/2022 How One Photographer Captured Asians In American History 9/2018 History of China University of MarylandHistory of China - List of Chinese Dynasties Travelchinaguide.com History of Tai Chi History Timeline UMD.edu How The White Establishment Waged A 'War' On Chinese Restaurants In The U.S. 6/2017 How Vincent Chin's Death Gave Others A Voice 3/2021 How White America Tried to Eliminate Chinese Restaurants in the Early 1900s 8/2017 'It Is Random and It Is Everywhere': Business Owners Struggle With Unrelenting Anti-Asian Violence in NYC. Asian and Asian-American restaurateurs say the murders in Atlanta have reinforced the rise in violence and fear they’ve already experienced for over a year 3/2021 Learn Chinese History Lo Mein Loophole: How U.S. Immigration Law Fueled A Chinese Restaurant Boom 2/2016 Marco Polo: Facts, Biography & Travels Livescience.com Nanking Massacre New details emerge about Japan's notorious WWII germ warfare program 8/2025 Other Chinese Sites University of Maryland Remembering the biggest mass murder in the history of the world 8/2016 Researchers find repeated link between volcanic eruptions and dynastic collapse in China's Imperial Era 11/2021 The Chinese in America Read my review of Iris Chang's great book
Taiping Rebellion The Chinese in California, 1850-1925 LOC.gov The forgotten history of Chinese immigrants in this Mexican border town 10/2016 The Gate of Heavenly Peace PBS Tiananmen documentary The Hidden History of Shanghai's Jewish Quarter 6/2018 The history of Hong Kong, visualized. The ‘special status’ of this powerful global city is the result of two centuries of growth, turmoil, and change. The Legacy Of The Mississippi Delta Chinese 3/2017 NPR.org The long history of anti-Asian hate in America, explained. Anti-Asian racism is nothing new in America. The pandemic, and Trump, just made it worse. 3/2021 Remembering Nshu, the 19th-Century Chinese Script Only Women Could Write This gender-specific practice continues to fade with time. 2/2017 The mental health toll of being a 'model minority' in 2020. “Especially when you talk about the invisibility of some of their issues, in a sense, it's almost a self-fulfilling prophecy,” psychologist Richelle Concepcion said. 12/2020 Scarred by history: The Rape of Nanjing BBC Surveying the Ghost Cities of China Priceonomics.com The Growth of China in 15 photos Thanks, Lisa See! The Secret Tomb of China's 1st Emperor: Will We Ever See Inside? Livescience.com The work of Chinese railroad workers endangered 5/2022 This Shipwreck Dates to When Genghis Khan's Descendants Ruled China 10/2017 Tiananmen-1989 Timetable of Chinese History Yutopian.com United States v. Wong Kim Ark (1898). 169 U.S. 649 (1898) Unmasking Horror -- A special report.; Japan Confronting Gruesome War Atrocity NY Times 1995 Virus Of Hate: A Catalyst For Activism 7/2020 What can the transcontinental railroad teach us about anti-Asian racism?
Chinese immigrants helped achieve ‘one of the greatest engineering feats in U.S. history.’ But their sacrifices are seldom remembered. 5/2021 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. 4/2020 WWW Memorial Hall of the Victims in the Nanjing Massacre (1937-1938)
Holidays
Chinese Moon Festival
Chinese New Year
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2028
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2026
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Chinese New Year for Kids
Other Celebrations
Jade
Language
Legends
Maps
Map source: https://www.visualcapitalist.com/mapped-chinese-provinces-with-cities-over-1-million-people/
Media
People
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Philosophy
Places
Resources
Science and Technology
Statistics
Terra-Cotta Warriors
Megatomb of the First Emperor of China
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Tourism Information
Zodiac
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