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Chinese Immigrant Religious Institutions’ Response to HIV/AIDS in New York City

November 24, 2025November 6, 2009 By John J. Chin, Elana Behar, Min Ying Li and Po Chun Chen

In API immigrant communities, where language and cultural barriers are persistent, religious institutions play an essential role in providing emotional and social support, social services, information, and connections to employment. Their multi-faceted role of being providers of services and arbiters of values places them in a unique position to challenge misinformation about HIV/AIDS, or alternatively … Read more

The Ancient Chinese I Ching: Bringing The Ancient and Modern Worlds Together

November 24, 2025September 25, 2009 By Geoffrey Redmond

The I Ching is, together with the Bible, the world’s oldest book in continuous use. For three thousand years, Chinese turned to it for advice on important decisions, as well as wisdom and moral guidance. Even Mao Zedong was said to have consulted it, despite his public rejection of traditional Chinese philosophy. In the sixties, … Read more

Sun Mingjing: Pioneering Chinese Filmmaking

November 24, 2025September 11, 2009 By Ying Zhu

This presentation is on Prof. Ying Zhu’s documentary about the pioneering Chinese educational filmmaker Sun Mingjing. Sun’s documentaries marked a pinnacle of China’s non-fiction film production in the 1930-40s yet, up until the early 2000s, his name was scarcely mentioned in film history books in China and his films were mostly unknown to the generation … Read more

Socio-cultural Study of Suicide Attempters in the Chinese Immigrant Community of New York City

November 24, 2025April 24, 2009 By Irene Chung

This presentation discusses the outcome of a pilot study of suicide attempters in the Chinese immigrant community of New York City. Based on the narratives of 31 adult participants who were of low socio-economic background but varied in age, gender and immigrant status, the study delineated a common pathway of their suicide attempts as a … Read more

Is There a Chinese Diaspora and Does It Really Matter?

October 3, 2018April 10, 2009 By Frank H. Shih

The financial and cultural prominence of Chinese populations outside of the mainland of China has heightened because of the recent phenomenal economic growth of the People’s Republic of China. With settlements in disparate regions of the world, overseas Chinese have been linked to those in the mainland both culturally as well as financially. The underpinning … Read more

Perceptions of Obesity Risk & Prevention in Chinese Americans

November 24, 2025June 27, 2008 By Doreen Liou and Kathleen Bauer

Obesity is a national epidemic as population studies point to increased trends occurring in Asian Americans. A qualitative study was conducted to identify perceptions of obesity risk and prevention in Chinese American adults residing in the New York metropolitan area. The researchers will discuss social psychological, cultural, and environmental factors that influence obesity risk in Chinese Americans. Insights on nutrition recommendations to prevent obesity will also be presented.