Stories

The Anti-Chinese Wall
1882

The Anti-Chinese Wall

When America built a wall against the Chinese, irony wrote the caption

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Brothers in War
1942

Brothers in War

A Chinese soldier stood guard beside the Flying Tigers' sharks

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The Week That Changed the World
1972

The Week That Changed the World

Chopsticks at a banquet sealed a handshake across the Pacific

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The Golden Spike: East Meets West at Promontory
1869

The Golden Spike: East Meets West at Promontory

When the last rail was laid, two worlds shook hands — but the story was far more complicated

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Charting the Pacific
1800s

Charting the Pacific: Maps That Shaped Two Worlds

Before planes and satellites, the Pacific was an ink-stained mystery

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The Balky Team: Cartooning the Anti-Chinese Movement
1878

The Balky Team: Cartooning the Anti-Chinese Movement

Political cartoons revealed what polite society wouldn't say aloud

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