Documenting the Toishan-US migration

October 24, 2013 by Jason Li

I need your support to return to Toishan, China, and complete my photographic and historical documentary project tying together my family history and the larger story of the Chinese-American diaspora and emigration abroad.

Over the next several years, I will spend six to twelve months in China, photographing and interviewing Toishanese…

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The Last Train Home: Following One Migrant Family’s Struggles

January 26, 2012 by An Xiao Mina

A sign in Beijing's Caochangdi reads "On vacation for Spring Festival".

Chunjie aka Spring Festival aka Chinese New Year is here! It was my first month in China last year, and I had just moved to Beijing. I vividly remember dropping off my roommate at Beijing airport for her own participating in Chunyun–the elegant word-pairing that sums up…

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Documenting the Toishan-US migration

The Last Train Home: Following One Migrant Family’s Struggles