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Health, Wealth and Happiness: Chinese noodles and cookies promise it all

A look at the Chinese noodle and fortune cookie factory, Tsue Chong, which is located in the Chinatown/International District.

Remembering 1882: Fighting for Civil Rights in the Shadow of the Chinese Exclusion Act

Companion booklet to traveling exhibit Remembering 1882. It explores the historical debate around the Exclusion Act from its origin throug its full repeal in 1968.

Called to Rise: Chinese Americans in CBI

Booklet on exhibition on Chinese American participation in the China Burma India Theatre in World War II

Wing Nien Brand: A Story of Longevity

Wing Nien Soy Bean Company founded in SF Chinatown during WW II was the first manufacturer of soy sauce in the US, Founded by Brother's in law George Hall and John C. Young.

Thinking Orientals: Migration, Contact, and Exoticism in Modern America.

What is the difference between an "Oriental" and an "Asian American"? In this fascinating study, Henry Yu explains how Chinese Americans and Japanese Americans came to be lumped together as "Orientals" in the United States, and how this eventually…

String Glamour: Erhu

Hong-mei Yu uses the erhu to play solo music pieces that come from many parts of China.

The Great Wall

Pictorial history of the Great Wall in China

Where Are You From?

An Anthology of Asian American Writing Incorporating a diverse range of personal essays, stories, critical articles, poems, art, and other work, this anthology seeks to express the truth of our lived realities and to give voice to an Asian America…

A Family in Taiwan

Presents life in Taiwan as seen through the daily life of a twelve-year-old and her family.