Jamie Ford, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
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- Published on Sunday, 09 October 2011 09:22
Jamie Ford, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet (New York: Ballantine Books, 2009). 290 p. ISBN 9780345505330
This is a story that deserves to be told and retold many times and in numerous ways.
Here’s the gist: soon after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 that declared particular areas of the United States to be military zones, resulting in the removal of Japanese and Japanese-Americans from the West Coast to so-called “relocation camps.” Most of the relocated were American citizens, many of them born in the United States. And the “relocation camps” were in fact prison camps in the most austere surroundings. Indeed, some of the camps consisted of nothing but barren land and barbed wire. The internees, known euphemistically as “evacuees,” had to build their own prisons.
Chinese Inventions: Porcelain
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- Published on Tuesday, 13 September 2011 17:30
By Anthony James, Staff Writer
The decorative and culinary purpose of porcelain runs deep in modern American culture. In the 1940’s or 50’s one probably couldn’t find a nuclear family household without its glorious china cabinet. Still, Chinese porcelain is not as popular today as it was in past history, but the artifacts and remnants of its pieces are extremely valuable to collectors and historians in contemporary society.
Igniting a Pan-Asian movement by reflecting on past tragedies
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- Published on Thursday, 12 May 2011 01:00
In June of 1982, a 27 year old Chinese American named Vincent Chin went out with friends to celebrate his engagement in Detroit, Mich. What was supposed to be a celebratory and joyous outing unexpectedly turned tragic.
Chinese American art exhibit joins Minnesota Chinese American photo display
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- Published on Sunday, 10 July 2011 14:13
By Greg Hugh, Staff Writer
Cultural Perspectives: 100 Years of Chinese American History in Minnesota from 1911 to 2011 – A Story from Within recently opened at the Burnsville Performing Arts Center (BPAC). It was supposed to kick off during the International Festival of Burnsville on June 18, 2011 that included an Opening Reception but, unfortunately, the International Festival was canceled because of the constant rain that occurred throughout the day.
Chinese inventions
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- Published on Thursday, 12 May 2011 01:00
By Anthony James, Staff Writer
The ancient years of the human race were quite grandiose for those wanting to have any sort of knowledge of their past. Records were painstakingly chiseled onto stone tablets, notches were inked onto any sort of garbage to keep track of possessions, and oral traditions painstakingly committed to memory by the chief historians. The art of communication through written word was still a glint in the eyes of society. Safe to say not very many people could recall what happened too far in the past.
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