From Pacific Shores to Columbia River Banks

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Thursday, April 14, 2022 – 7:00pm

Clark County Historical Museum and Music Fusian NW welcome Dr. Xiuyu Wang to present “From Pacific Shores to Columbia River Banks: Historical Traces of the Chinese Community in Vancouver, Washington” during their monthly speaker series.

Since the late 19th century, Chinese immigrants to Vancouver and Clark County have contributed to community life in various ways, creating a legacy that has remained poignant but also sparsely documented and imperfectly known. While different immigration journeys to Vancouver reflected broader shifts in national immigration policies and international relations, the immigrants themselves often had to rely on personal initiative and family resources in settling into business, labor, industry, service, education and other sectors. No two stories were exactly alike in this process of community adaptation and growth, but all reflected some form of fusion between Asian and American lifeways.

Xiuyu Wang is Associate Professor of History at Washington State University, where he teaches courses on China and East Asia.

Doors open at 5 pm Admission is $5.