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Olympic Dreams: China and Sports, 1895-2008

Already the world has seen the political, economic, and cultural significance of hosting the 2008 Olympics in Beijing - in policies instituted and altered, positions softened, projects undertaken. But will the Olympics make a lasting difference? This…

On a Chinese-American heritage tour of the West

Article on the film, "Tour the American West". The video documents the US Department of Agriculture/Forest Service's Heritage Tour for Americans of Chinese ancestry, which focused on the Pacific Northwest. Organized with the Wing Luke Asian Museum.…

On death and remembrance

A Japanese American man visits the place where his brother died a hero in World War II

On Gold Mountain

Chronicles the experiences of a Chinese-American family in California, beginning with the immigration of the author's great-great-grandfather in the late 1800s.