Stories Connecting Chinese People Around the World (Chinese Stories Across Cultures)
Stories Connecting Chinese People Around the World (Chinese Stories Across Cultures)
tvowmediaThe Pittsburgh Chinese School (PCS) is one of the oldest Chinese language education institutions in the Pittsburgh area of Pennsylvania, founded in 1977. Established by the local Chinese community, the school is dedicated to providing...
MoretvowmediaOriginal Children's Literature Exchange Platform 789 Children's Literature Talk March 14, 2026 08:55 "The East Wind Blows in February: 2026 Chinese Original Picture Book US Tour Exhibition" welcomes another important chapter, the tour exhibition will land in Northampton, Massachusetts, USA.
MoretvowmediaIn 1848, a cry of alarm from the Sacramento River Valley in California reached Taishan and Kaiping in Guangdong, thousands of miles away.
It was an era of social upheaval and hardship in making a living. Tens of thousands of young Chinese people, carrying the simple wish of "enough to feed their families," bid farewell to the bustling life of the Pearl River Delta and embarked on wooden boats known as "big-eyed boats." They were given a hopeful title—"Gold Mountain Visitors."
However, the waves of the Pacific Ocean did not offer them a gentle welcome. After months of wandering and the trials of disease, when they finally set foot on the docks of San Francisco, they were not greeted by a land of gold, but by the beginning of arduous labor. In the mining areas of California, the Chinese laborers used the most rudimentary tools to meticulously sift through the slag abandoned by the white settlers—the first pioneering mark of Chinese immigration to North America.
Moretvowmedia“The Red Swan Tea House, under the Pittsburgh Chinese Arts and Literature Society, will hold its first tea ceremony gathering of the Year of the Horse on Saturday, March 28, 2026, at 3:00 PM. We sincerely invite friends in the Pittsburgh area who love tea culture to attend and experience and exchange ideas about traditional Chinese tea culture.
MoretvowmediaImmigrant narratives are true stories of ordinary people crossing borders and rebuilding their lives. In new countries, people not only face differences in language, culture, and institutions, but also constantly re-understand family, identity, and self. In this column, we focus on Chinese immigrants living in the United States and around the world.
MoretvowmediaIn the life experiences of many Chinese immigrants, American society seems to present two images at the same time: on the one hand, it is open, diverse, and rule-abiding, and as long as you work hard, you have the opportunity to achieve a decent life; on the other hand, it seems distant and complex, as if there is always an invisible boundary between them.
Where does this distance come from? Understanding it may be the first step for Chinese people to truly enter American public life.
tvowmediaFrom laundromats to engineers, from Chinatown to university labs, the history of the Chinese community in Pittsburgh unfolds along these two paths.
MoretvowmediaA South China Morning Post op-ed focuses on the identity of overseas Chinese, delving into the self-perception of Chinese Americans. The author states that in Singapore's multi-racial society, the answer to the question "Are you Chinese?" is simple: as a member of the dominant ethnic group, I am undoubtedly Chinese. And immigrants...
MoretvowmediaAt 5222 Walnut Street in Shadyside, Pittsburgh, Kards Unlimited has stood for over half a century. This long-established greeting card shop, which began in 1968, has been owned by four generations of owners.
MoretvowmediaA young and green Pittsburgh, not the old 'Rust Belt City'.
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