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The 2021-2022 Chinese American Association of Minnesota - Stanley Chong Scholarship Award Ceremony Held in Central Park, Roseville
By Zan Gao| Photos by Simon Li and Kevin Ren
Chinese American Association of Minnesota (CAAM) is the oldest and largest Chinese American community organization in Minnesota. On June 5, 2022, the CAAM held its 2021-2022 Stanley Chong Scholarship Award Ceremony at Central Park in Roseville City, Minnesota. This was the first time since the COVID-19 outbreak that the CAAM held a major event in the relatively safe outdoors.
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Greetings:
As many of you are aware, record high temperatures have been set all week long in portions of the Midwest and South. Minneapolis set a daily record-high on June 20 with a high temperature of 101 degrees, breaking the old record of 98 degrees. It was also the first 100-degree day in the Twin Cities since May 2018. We should consider ourselves fortunate since the rest of the country is experiencing more severe, unusual climatic events while other parts of the world have endured an earthquake that killed more than 1,000 people and South Asia experienced unprecedented floods.
“The Many Daughters of Afong Moy” by Jamie Ford
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Author: Jamie Ford Publisher: Atria Books Publication date: August 2022 Hardcover: 384 pages Jamie Ford is the great-grandson of Nevada mining pioneer Min Chung, who emigrated from Hoiping, China to San Francisco in 1865, where he adopted the western name Ford. His debut novel, “Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet,” spent two years on the New York Times bestseller list and went on to win the 2010 Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature. His work has been translated into 35 languages. Having grown up in Seattle, he now lives in Montana with his wife and a one-eyed pug. |
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As the Twin Cities, along with the rest of the world, continues to deal with COVID-19, we can take some solace in that it has abated somewhat but need to continue to be vigilant since we are a long way from getting the virus under control. Regardless, summer has arrived in Minnesota, so it is time to enjoy the outdoors and continue resuming as “normal” a life as possible.
Abortions and population growth in mainland China
By Elaine Dunn | June 2022
Following a leak of the draft opinion indicating the U.S. Supreme Court justices may overturn Roe v. Wade, many Americans are up in arms. CNN reported a Marquette Law School poll taken a week after the leak showed the Supreme Court’s approval rating among Democrats declined from 49% in March 2022 to 26%. Meanwhile, for Republicans, it increased slightly from 64% to 68%.
Minneapolis native veteran actor James Hong gets star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame
By Greg Hugh | June 2022
Last month, veteran actor James Hong received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, making history as the oldest person to accept the honor at 93. Located between Madame Tussauds Wax Museum and the TCL Chinese Theater on Hollywood Boulevard, Hong’s star became the 2,723rd star awarded on the Walk of Fame.
Chinese and their two-wheelers
By Elaine Dunn | June 2022
“… people ride on a vehicle with only two wheels, which is held together by a pipe. They sit above this pipe and push forward with movements of their feet. They dash along like galloping horses.”
“China Through European Eyes: 800 Years of Cultural and Intellectual Encounter” by Kerry Brown and Gemma Chenger Deng
Reviewed by John Butler | Asian Review of Books | April 30, 2022
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Authors: Kerry Brown & Gemma Chenger Deng Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co. Publication date: April 2022 Hardcover: 344 pages
Kerry Brown is Professor of Chinese Studies and Director of the Lau China Institute at King's College London. He is an Associate of the Asia Pacific Programme at Chatham House, London, an adjunct of the Australia New Zealand School of Government in Melbourne, and the co-editor of the Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, run by the German Institute for Global Affairs in Hamburg. He is President-Elect of the Kent Archaeological Society. Gemma Chenger Deng, is a Ph.D. candidate at King’s College London and research assistant to Brown. |
Celebrate Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month
By Greg Hugh
The month of May is traditionally a time to celebrate, recognize and pay tribute to the heritage of Asian Pacific American people who have enriched our country’s history and culture.
Gallup: 60 Percent of Americans Are Concerned About Illegal Immigration
But Democrats have never been less worried, which may be why Biden isn’t doing anything
Source: Center for Immigration Studies | April 27, 2022
Hankering for Shanghainese fried shengjian baos?
Everyone gets a craving for some food item from their past at some point in their life. The trigger can be as innocent as a whiff of garlicky grease from a parking lot, watching a cooking show or travel program on TV, flipping through a magazine, etc. It doesn’t take much to make me go stir crazy for days hankering after some delectable fare from the past. Recently, mine was triggered by an email from Toronto about a late-night snack (宵夜) run with a photo of the little grease bombs –shengjian baos (生煎包) – Shanghainese pan-fried pork-filled buns.
Lake Phalen Chinese garden project overshadowed by Hmong dialect controversy
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A Chinese takeout item that is decidedly NOT Chinese
By Elaine Dunn | May 2022
The Chinese can proudly lay claim to many inventions: the compass, gun powder, paper, the mechanical clock and a host of many other items. However, they cannot take credit for one of the most iconic items associated with Chinese takeout in the U.S.!
Aside from the fortune cookie, what’s the other most-used item associated with Chinese takeouts? The ubiquitous, almost leak-proof takeout carton, of course! The takeout carton is an American invention. Chicago, to be exact.
US China Peoples Friendship Association-MN Chapter held annual meeting-banquet
By Greg Hugh
The Minnesota Chapter of the US China Peoples Friendship Association recently combined its annual meeting with a special nine-course banquet at Peking Garden in St. Paul.
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“Four Treasures of the Sky” by Jenny Tinghui Zhang
Reviewed by Susan Blumberg-Kason | Asian Review of Books | April 2, 2022
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Author: Jenny Tinghui Zhang Publisher: Flatiron Books Publication date: April 2022 Hardcover: 336 pages Jenny Tinghui Zhang is a Chinese-American writer who holds an MFA in nonfiction from the University of Wyoming (where she wrote the popular Catapult column Why-oming). Zhang is a prose editor at Adroit Journal and has written nonfiction for The Cut, Bustle, Huffington Post, and HelloGiggles; her fiction has appeared in Ninth Letter, Passages North, CALYX, The Rumpus, and more. Zhang was born in Changchun, China, and grew up in Austin, Texas, where she currently lives. |
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As the United States leads the western nations to counter the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, are there lessons for China from this war? If Taiwan was invaded, would it be similarly defended and would sanctions have any effects?
Fenwick Pier, HK historical landmark, disappears
By Elaine Dunn | April 2022
You’ve heard often that in real estate, it’s “location, location, location.” Well, the sword cuts both ways. Old and older buildings built on prime property are often prime targets for demolition.
“Bloody Saturday: Shanghai’s Darkest Day” by Paul French
Reviewed by Susan Blumberg Kason | Asian Review of Books | January 15, 2022
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Author: Paul French Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Publication date: June 2018 Softcover: 116 pages Paul French is the author of the New York Times bestseller “Midnight in Peking, “which won the Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime and the CWA Non-Fiction Dagger and co-author of “One Billion Shoppers.” Born in the London Borough of Enfield and educated at the University of Glasgow, French specializes in books about modern Chinese history and contemporary Chinese society. |
“Standing up to China: How a Whistleblower Risked Everything for his Country” by Ashley Yablon
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Author: Ashley Yablon Publisher: Brown Books Publishing Publication date: April 2022 Hardcover: 246 pages Ashley Yablon was born and raised in Dallas. He graduated cum laude from Southern Methodist University with a degree in political science and went on to graduate from Loyola New Orleans. He moved up the career leader quickly. By age 40, he became general counsel for ZTE. The ambitious, driven law man believes that success is earned, not given. As general counsel of ZTE, Yablon bravely stood up for his country during the biggest scandal to ever hit the tech industry. His refusal to toe the line when faced with a dangerous moral dilemma is an inspiration to all Americans. |
Taiwan’s Olympic name
By Elaine Dunn | April 2022
For those who watched the Winter Olympics, you may remember the tiny four-athlete contingent from Taiwan entered the stadium at the Opening Ceremony minus the Taiwanese flag. They were announced as the team from “Chinese Taipei,” a place with a name that’s not on any map! Why?
Early Chinese Immigrants in Minneapolis
Reprinted with permission from Michael Rainville Jr. and Mill City Times | Nov. 22, 2021 (original pub date)
Immigrants from China first arrived in North America before the United States became a nation, working as sailors and merchants on Spanish galleons, sailing between Mexico and the Philippines. The United States acquired much of Mexico’s northern territory in 1848 with the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, ending the Mexican – American War. By this time, many small communities of Chinese immigrants in California were already established, and that number only grew during the next few decades as many came to America to test their luck during the California gold rush and to help complete the first transcontinental railroad.
(Honeymoon portrait of the couple taken in 1893.)
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