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American Exodus: Second-Generation Chinese Americans in China, 1901–1949

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In the first decades of the 20th century, almost half of the Chinese Americans born in the United States moved to China—a relocation they assumed would be permanent. At a time when people from around the world flocked to the United States, this little-noticed emigration belied America’s image as a magnet for immigrants and a land of upward mobility for all. Fleeing racism, Chinese Americans who sought greater opportunities saw China, a tottering empire and then a struggling republic, as their promised land. American Exodus is the first book to explore this extraordinary migration of Chinese Americans.

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A China Scholar’s Rendezvous with Islam

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This talk is based on an essay for the upcoming issue of Asian American Matters: A New York Anthology, published by AAARI, discussing the necessary convergence of Islamic Studies and Asian studies. Prof. Ming Xia will elaborate on his own personal and intellectual journey as a China scholar, discovering how Islam has become so essential … Read more

Pan Yu Liang’s Adventures in Jazz Age Paris

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Among many art, music and literature lovers, particularly devotees of Modernism, the expatriate community in France during the Jazz Age represents a remarkable convergence of genius in one place and period—one of the most glorious in history. Drawn by the presence of such avant-garde figures as Joyce and Picasso, artists and writers fled the censorious … Read more

Emile Bocian: Photojournalist for The China Post, NYC

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From the mid-1970s through the mid-1980s, a Polish Jew named Emile Bocian, extensively photographed and documented New York City’s Chinese community for The China Post, a Chinese-language daily paper. Billing itself as “The Voice of the American Chinese,” The China Post was in publication from 1972 through 1986. At its height, the paper saw a … Read more

Factory Girls: China’s Female Migrant Workers

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Filmmaker Siyan Liu discusses her current documentary project, FACTORY GIRLS, on China’s female migrant workforce. In 2014, Siyan and her production team traveled to Dongguan, China, a major manufacturing hub and home to 1.7 million female factory workers, to conduct research into the lives of these workers, their struggles and motivations. FACTORY GIRLS challenges our … Read more

Migrant Labour in China: A Post-Socialist Transformation

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Date and Time Tue, February 23, 2016 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM EST Location The Joseph S. Murphy Institute 25 West 43rd Street 18th floor New York, NY 10036 Description The Murphy Institute Co-sponsored by the Murphy Institute & the Asian American / Asian Research Institute (AAARI) Join us for an important discussion with Pun … Read more