By Greg Hugh Chinese Americans are celebrating the United States’ 250th anniversary (the Semiquincentennial) in ways that honor both their American citizenship (or residence) and their Chinese heritage. The…
Text by Ping Zi | Photography by Huazhi Li & Jing Zhang The Chinese American Association of Minnesota (CAAM) successfully hosted its 2025–2026 Annual Celebration on May 9, 2026,…
By Greg Hugh Zongzi (粽子) is a traditional Chinese food made of glutinous (sticky) rice wrapped in bamboo, reed, or other plant leaves and then steamed or boiled. The fillings…
How Personal Connections Build Culture At a time when headlines often highlight the ups and downs of U.S. – China relations, WEST MEETS EAST: Stories Of Americans In China, by…
By Greg Hugh Chinese Americans are celebrating the United States’ 250th anniversary (the Semiquincentennial) in ways that honor both their American citizenship (or residence) and their Chinese heritage. The…
Text by Ping Zi | Photography by Huazhi Li & Jing Zhang The Chinese American Association of Minnesota (CAAM) successfully hosted its 2025–2026 Annual Celebration on May 9, 2026,…
By Greg Hugh Zongzi (粽子) is a traditional Chinese food made of glutinous (sticky) rice wrapped in bamboo, reed, or other plant leaves and then steamed or boiled. The fillings…
How Personal Connections Build Culture At a time when headlines often highlight the ups and downs of U.S. – China relations, WEST MEETS EAST: Stories Of Americans In China, by…
With the recent ICE incursion, Minneapolis/St. Paul has become a national focal point in the fight to defend civil rights and immigrant communities. The 2026 Unity Summit offers a rare opportunity…
Xinhua Solomonseal Rhizome (Photo from Xinhua County Huangjing Industry Association) Ouyang Zimo, Postgraduate, Hunan University of Technology and Business Huang Ruiqin, Postgraduate, New York University Supervised by Dr. Zhang Ling, Professor, Hunan…
Figure 1: Jae Nelson (dressed in blue in the upper right hand corner) alongside his Korean drumming peers. Jae is ethnically Korean, but was raised in Chinese immersion. By…
In the turbulent 1930s and 40s, as borders across the globe were shuttered against Jewish refugees, a distant city in the East remained a solitary “open city.” Shanghai became…
By Greg Hugh Most analysts view Donald Trump’s recent visit to China as a mixed result: diplomatically useful, but short on major breakthroughs. Here are the main takeaways:…
The Library of Congress highlighted free primary source sets for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, including Chinese immigration narratives, Japanese American internment documents, and AAPI historical photographs for classroom…
Ouyang Zimo,Postgraduate, Hunan University of Technology and Business Huang Ruiqin,Postgraduate, New York University Supervised by Zhang Ling, Professor, Hunan University of Technology and Business Jingzhou Bayberry (Photo by Tang Jun) Jingzhou…
Figure 1: Joshua Hallgren (pictured in the middle) with his parents and foster grandparents. By Jenny Liang, Associate Reporter at China Insight Missing puzzles “When I hear Chinese,”…
