A Different Time

I interview my grandpa about his life growing up in a quieter time yet facing threats like the Cold War, fear of World War III, and other events like the Cuban Missile Crisis

First trip abroad

Teenager from middle class family goes on panda conservation trip to China with privileged peers and learns about stereotypes and expectations

changing due to religious persecution

In 2001, my dad, Rodney Barnes traveled to China to work on the movie Rush Hour 2. During his work trip, he did not expect to witness a religious persecution. He witnessed the Falun Gong setting themselves on fire for...

Rambling WWII history in China according to Stephen L. Wu

I asked my Dad, age 81 who was the most influential person in his life, and his happiest moment. He is one on 13 children. His father is John CH Wu - whose own dramatic life story is intertwined with...

From Hurt To Healed

“After every air raid we would have to count heads to make sure everyone was okay”. On January 1, 2019, 14 year-old Taylor Huie interviewed her grandmother, Sylvia Huie, about her experience escaping the Japanese-Chinese War in the 1930s when...

China to the U.S. during the Gold Rush

Leonard Hom recounts how his grandfather moved from China to the United States during the Gold Rush and what it was like growing up in a Chinese community in the United States. His grandfather's bold decision to cross the Pacific...

Morals behind the Memories

“The Germans shot my father, shot my sister, she was twelve years old.” On November 28, 2019 in Studio City, California, Andrew Yotnegparian sat down with his grandfather, Maurice Yotnegparian, to learn about the struggles he faced in his life...

Interview with Baoxia Liu by James Huang

Baoxia Liu was born in Beijing, China and came to the United States in 1997, and she became a US citizen with two children. The interviewer is her 16 year old son, James Huang. She talked about her childhood, lessons...