China Society's March Zoom program will be Chinese rank badges from the Daoguang period to post Imperial era. Badges from this period (1821-early twentieth century) are of great interest because […]

On Sunday, March 20th@10:00 a.m. PDT, we will welcome lecturers Steven Less and Hannah-Lea Wasserfuhr, who will give a talk as part of our Jewish People in China mini-series.  Their lecture, titled Visualizing […]

From South China to the American West the tradition of respecting the ancestors was carried out during the Qingming (Bright and Clear) Festival during which time the ancestors are remembered, […]

Our community partner, the Chinese American Museum, is bringing back their series, “An Untold Past.” They’ve partnered with the new Chinese Canadian Museum of British Columbia (CCM) to explore the […]

On Saturday, April 23rd@10:00 a.m. PDT, we are honored to host Ambassador Elena Wachong, who will provide a talk focused on the global barriers to finding Chinese diaspora family roots for non-Chinese […]

This talk will offer historical perspective on anti-Asian violence in America and their connections to events far from the formal borders.

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Where are the hairpins that your grandmother and great grandmother used and loved? They might be in our speaker's virtual museum collection of over a thousand pins. Through the efforts of […]

Join us for our 10th annual Yosemite Sing Peak Pilgrimage. Due to the fires near Wawona, this year's pilgrimage will be

Historians Sue Fawn Chung, Will Gow, and Archaeologist Stacey L. Camp join in discussion with author Shing Yin Khor. Set in an 1880s logging camp in the Sierras, Khor's graphic novel weaves together stories of thirteen-year old Mei and her friends and family - including the mythical Auntie Po, logging camp life, and Chinese American community-building during the Chinese Exclusion Era.

After more than 2 years, we are finally getting together. Join us for fellowship and good food.

Learn about the experiences of our nine 2022 Summer Internship interns working on the Five Chinatowns project.