Although the "Han" Chinese constitute about 95 percent of the population of the PRC, they are much more diverse than most Westerners realize. The numerous subgroups of Han speak dialects that seem almost like different languages, and they have a wide range of cultural traditions (differing cuisines, operatic forms, life styles, and attitudes toward

Chinese Mosaic is a collection of memoirs, short stories, essays, and columns. Pueblo Chieftain, a daily newspaper in Pueblo, Colorado, published the columns in 19861995. The columns and essays introduce variety of subjects of Chinese customs, culture, and history. The memoirs and short stories are true personal experiences and stories of a few Chinese womenhistorical figures and contemporaries. The author strives to have each piece be dotted with history and customs. She hopes the reader would grasp a clear understanding about the Chinese, the people, the language, and the culture. Her first novel, Two SwordmastersChiang Shiao ho and Lee Mo-bai, was published in March 2018.

The only way to gain a true understanding of the world's sleeping giant, says the author, is through protracted, unscripted footwork. With this his goal????????????and with graduate degrees in Chinese Studies from Harvard and Columbia as support????????????for more than twenty years he has made annual trips to China, each visit adding a new dimension. China Mosaic highlights this harvest. Fluent in Chinese and gifted with boundless energy and fearless curiosity, Jonathan Kolatch has made his way from bustling Beijing to the far reaches of the mainland to make direct contact with the diverse peoples that comprise the Chinese mosaic: the proud Tibetans of Sichuan, the rising stars of the Communist Party, the cave-dwelling Muslims of Ningxia, the Communist freemarketers of Tianjin, the tireless female softball players training to recapture Olympic glory, the newly rediscovered Jews of Kaifeng, the solemn coal miners of Zhangjiakou. These are not China's poster people; they are its heart and soul. In China M

This in-depth examination of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 provides a chronological review of the events, ordinances, and pervasive attitudes that preceded, coincided with, and followed its enactment. The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was a historic act of legislation that demonstrated how the federal government of the United States once openly condoned racial discrimination. Once the Exclusion Act passed, the door was opened to further limitation of Asians in America during the late 19th century, such as the Scott Act of 1888 and the Geary Act of 1892, and increased hatred towards and violence against Chinese people based on the misguided belief they were to blame for depressed wage levels and unemployment among Caucasians. This title traces the complete evolution of the Exclusion Act, including the history of Chinese immigration to the United States, the factors that served to increase their populations here, and the subsequent efforts to limit further immigration and encourage the departure of the Chinese already in America.

Chinese Mosaic中國故事 is a collection of memoirs, short stories, essays, and columns. Pueblo Chieftain, a daily newspaper in Pueblo, Colorado, published the columns in 1986-1995. The columns and essays introduce variety of subjects of Chinese customs, culture, and history. The memoirs and short stories are true personal experiences and stories of a few Chinese women- historical figures and contemporaries. The author strives to have each piece be dotted with history and customs. She hopes the reader would grasp a clear understanding about the Chinese, the people, the language, and the culture.