Tag Archives: Chinese Americans

Trust-building a Must for China and Chinese Americans

  By Lily Qi     The headlines and rhetoric are hard to ignore. A recent Washington Post editorial sounded the alarm, again, that the Chinese cyber attacks against the United States are ramping up and that as a nation, from lawmakers to citizens, we need to be much more vigilant about the cyber warfare that is posing eminent threat …

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Monthly Talk Story Series Uncovers Chinese American Histories

By Mary Tablante From discussing what makes D.C.’s Chinatown ‘Chinese’ to telling the stories of people whom the Chinese Exclusion Acts affected, the Talk Story series provides a venue for the community to share its histories. Every month, the free event takes place in Chinatown and allows for an open discussion to engage the Chinese American community and the general …

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Nowhere to Go; Ageing and Isolation in the Asian-American Community

By Duncan Hardock The atmosphere inside the Chinese Culture and Community Service Center (CCACC) is festive. To the right, a fitness class chants as they move to beat of the music. In a classroom down the hall, rows of elderly Chinese Americans practice the ancient art of calligraphy. Eighty-year-olds are playing table tennis in the middle of the hallway, bantering …

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