Join us to find out about the newly established CHSSC project to document the history of five historic Chinese American neighborhoods in Los Angeles.
Presentation led by Dr. Will Gow & Dr. Kelly Fong.

Dr. George Yu is a pulmonary specialist and is one of the founding members and current president of the Ventura County Chinese American Historical Society. The historical society has produced documentaries on the history of the Chinese in Ventura County and co-created the China Alley Mural with the City of Ventura to celebrate its early Chinese settlers.
After seeing the first patient with COVID19 in Ventura County in March, 2020, his focus has been on finding effective therapy to curb the pandemic. He will share what he learned from all of these experiences.

Dragon - The Bruce Lee Story

Please join our presenters, curators Dr. Kimberly Masteller, Dr. Ling-en Lu, and Yayoi Shinoda in Kansas City as they present some of the textile masterworks in this special exhibition.

Join us as David Hugus will talk about the examination process which was the "Ladder to the Clouds" for centuries in China.

Historian and maritime archaeologist Hans Van Tilburg will present the origins, history and context of the Ningpo ("Peaceful Wave").

Lorraine Dong self-published her family’s history in 1976 as a Christmas present only for the eyes of her family. Six years later, she wrote a narration for her brother, Arthur Dong, who was finishing his senior film project that was based on their mother’s life. In 1984, that film, Sewing Woman, became the first Asian […]

This Zoom talk will be part 1 of a two part talk on the evolution and dating of Chinese rank badges and will feature some of finest examples of Chinese textile art.  David Hugus's past talks on the civil service examination process and how to identify the birds and animals can be seen of You […]

Discover the depth and variety of the CHSSC archives.

In response to a growing need for access to our collections, CHSSC has introduced several digital initiatives that boost our online presence and make our library, archives, and other materials visible to a global audience. Through these efforts, we can present our histories in new, exciting ways and communicate knowledge of Chinese American heritage on a much wider scale.

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 they are the ones that form the majority of badges in private and most museum collections, and other than modern reproductions, the most likely to […]

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 the Past: John Less' Depictions of his Holocaust Refuge in Shanghai, will feature discussants Rachel Stern (Fritz Ascher Society) and Esther Benjamin Shifren (author).  Bob Stein […]

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, the tomb is swept, and food offerings are made.  The fourth century B.C. philosopher, Confucius, stressed the importance of performing the proper rituals.  The preparation […]