Museum Of Chinese In America

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"Ode to My Chinese Grandmother" by Helen Chu-Lapiroff (2007) By moca

Brooklyn, New YOrk – In America, she was present in body, but never in spirit. Through her fantastic stories of having stowed away in a boat to reach America in the wake of the Communist Revolution, it was only too evident ...

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Folding Joss - Remembering to shut up and fold (2009) By Margaret Chen Wong

philadelphia pennsylvania – A loved one has passed. Now it’s time to prepare for the funeral. Everyone comes together, family, close friends, the young and the not so young. We gather around a large pile of Joss. Joss is a smal ...

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Sticky Rice for Thanksgiving (1975) By Margaret Chen Wong

philidelphia pennsylvania – When I was a child my family owned a Chinese restaurant. This meant my parents working sometimes more than twelve hours a day, seven days a week, no vacations or holidays, except for Thanksgiving. My f ...

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