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Fusang: The Chinese Who Built America

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Here's an old but classic book on Chinese American history.  This awesome book is composed of three sections: The Chinese Who Discovered America, The Chinese Who Built America and The Chinese Who Became America. In the first section (The Chinese Who Discovered American) author Stan Steiner includes a lot interesting information on how the Chinese came to explore the Americas before and after Columbus. In the second section (The Chinese Who Built America) Steiner elaborates on the history of the Chinese in building the railroads and levees of the United States. Here's an excerpt from the book comparing the Chinese Filipino community and the Chinese American community: "The Spaniards... needed skilled professionals to conduct trade and to build ships, and so they recruited and hired thousands of Chinese, mostly from Canton. By 1586 there were said to be ten thousand Chinese in Manila alone. By 1600, after twelve thousand had been deported to China, it was said a...

Daniel Wu on his career as an actor and martial artist

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What Do Foreigners Think Of Chinese Slangs?

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