Liverpool’s Lost Chinese Sailors, and the Families Left Behind in the UK...
Liverpool, England, is home to one of those shameful, forgotten chapters in history — when the UK suddenly deported Chinese sailors, who had bravely served during World War II, devastating they...
View ArticleYung Wing, China’s 1st Overseas Graduate, Finds Love, Tragedy in US
Yung Wing (1828-1912) stands out in history as the pioneering overseas Chinese student, the first from China to graduate from an American university (Yale, class of 1854). He also went on to champion...
View ArticleA Trip Backwards: How People Thought of Interracial Marriages With Asian Men...
People often say that to understand the present, you have to look at the past. That’s why I started my AMWF History series, to examine interracial relationships between Asian men and non-Asian women in...
View ArticleDid Writer Pearl Buck and Poet Xu Zhimo Have a Love Affair?
Xu Zhimo distinguished himself in literary history as one of the most esteemed romantic Chinese poets. But despite his devotion to the written word, Xu proved unfaithful when it came to marital...
View ArticleUntung Surapati: From Forbidden Romance to Rebellion in Colonial Indonesia
A forbidden love affair between an enslaved man in colonial Indonesia and a young Dutch woman marked the beginning of a life of anti-imperial rebellion, propelling him into Indonesian history as a...
View ArticleVelma Demerson, Arrested for Having Chinese Boyfriend in Canada
Loving a Chinese man and expecting his child shouldn’t be a crime. But white Canadian Velma Demerson got arrested in Canada in May 1939 because she was pregnant at 18 with the child of her fiancee...
View ArticleGiant Man Zhan Shicai (Chang Woo Gow) and Catherine Santley
If Yao Ming had lived in Qing Dynasty China, perhaps his astonishing height might have landed him a role in a circus or onstage. Photo credit: By ralph repo – Chang The Chinese Giant [c1870]...
View ArticleMoksad Ali, Ella Blackman: 1895 Blasian Marriage in New Orleans, USA
While recently watching the new PBS series Asian Americans, which premiered earlier this month, I learned about a fascinating couple — an Indian immigrant to the US named Moksad Ali, who married an...
View ArticleFilipino, Mexican Farmworkers Marry, Join 1965 Grape Strike in California
The PBS series Asian Americans highlights an unusual marriage in the mid-20th century: A Filipino man and Mexican woman who met in the fields as farmworkers tied the knot. More than a decade later, in...
View ArticleRacist Fears of Chinese Eateries ‘Corrupting’ White Women in Early 1900s
The glut of Chinese restaurants in the US proves just how popular the cuisine is with Americans. But once upon a time, these eateries were the target of a “war” from the white mainstream, one that...
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