March, 2012 // Posts published in March, 2012
1909 Headline: Chinese Leaves Whites Behind in Aviation
We often wonder what if. What if this Asian-American genius of 1909, did not die in the demonstration mishap in China. Would 1900s China have then created a fleet of aircraft? …and would have the outcome of the second world war in Asia been different? Would there have been a war? The Headline shouts. “Chinese Leaves Whites ...
Will LA’s Chinatown die like Vancouver’s?
Almost two decades ago, Vancouver’s Chinatown, then a vibrant and lively place was alerted to the question of – is the addition of a new giant supermarket a good thing for the community? The answer from all the mom and pop shops, and from almost all of the people who shopped, ate, and worked in Chinatown, ...
the UGLY Hong Kong Chinese
Decades ago, people from Hong Kong were immigrating into Canada … well, actually, it was into Vancouver. At the time, it was said the people were leaving HK in advance of the “communist takeover” of HK in 1997. Vancouver, became home to many new HK families. And with our new citizens, came their new found love ...
Sun: From Canada to China with love
Retired professor recounts adventures, misadventures as leading scholar on nation’s history By Paula Simons, Postmedia News March 14, 2012 When farm boy Brian Evans arrived at the University of Alberta as a first-year student in 1951, he knew exactly what he wanted to study: Chinese history. When the earnest teen-ager told the acting head of the history department of ...
Iris Chang: The Chinese in America
The late Iris Chang, on her (then) upcoming 2003 book, “The Chinese in America“. Iris Chang was the writer for the highly regarded historical book, “The Rape of Nanking”, and sadly, Iris passed away a year later, in November of 2004 of suicide. Iris would have celebrated her 44th birthday this March. From the video site: “Author Iris Chang ...
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