Chinese

Director of United Chinese Association of Brooklyn in Bensonhurt, Dyker Heights, and Sheepshead Bay
This interview was conducted and recorded in Cantonese Chinese. Read Xiao Yu Li's transcript and translation below. 本采访以粤语进行并记录。阅读下面的Xiao Yu Li的笔录和翻译。 Ansen Tang is Executive Director of the United Chinese Association of Brooklyn (UCAOB) with...
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Resident of senior housing in Coney Island was born in Shanghai and survived the Cultural Revolution
This interview was conducted and recorded in Mandarin Chinese. Read Xiaoyan Li's transcript and translation below. 本采访以国语进行并记录下来。以下请阅读李笑岩的笔录和翻译。 Anthony Wang, a resident of senior housing in Coney Island's West End, was born in 1947 into a wealthy...
Content type: Oral History Item
Calligrapher recounts his artistic journey from China's Guangdong Province to Brooklyn's Bensonhurst
This interview was conducted and recorded in Cantonese Chinese by (Sylvia) Ching Man Wong. Transcription by Ching Man Wong and Keenan Yutai Chen with English translation by Keenan Yutai Chen. Read the transcript and translation below:...
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Bilingual educator and founder of Chinese American Social Services Center in Bensonhurst
This interview was conducted and recorded in Mandarin Chinese by Yolanda Zhang. Read Keenan Yutai Chen's transcript and translation below: 本采访以国语进行并记录下来。以下请阅读张月恒的笔录和翻译。 Dr. Tim Law came to the U.S. from Hong Kong in 1968 as an international...
Content type: Oral History Item
Tai chi teacher at Coney Island's Seaside Innovative Senior Center shares her life story
This interview was conducted and recorded in Cantonese Chinese. Read Keenan Chen's transcript and translation below: Juanhua Zhao, 82, has taught Tai Chi at the Coney Island Seaside Innovative Senior Center on 37th Street and Surf Avenue in Coney...
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Coney Island homeowner for 19 years enjoys organic gardening and walking on the boardwalk
This interview was conducted and recorded in Mandarin Chinese. Read Yolanda Zhang's transcript and translation below: 本采访以国语进行并记录下来。以下请阅读张月恒的笔录和翻译。 Linda Zhang was born in 1967 in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province of the People's Republic of China....
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Tai chi master who was born in China shares memories of practicing and teaching his art in Brooklyn
This interview was conducted in Mandarin Chinese with Master Lin by oral historian Yiyi Zhang  on May 6th 2019. This is an edited version of the interview due to the interruptions and length of the original one. Below is the interview’s description...
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Artist who used traditional Chinese paper cutting to create public art in Bay Parkway subway station
This interview was conducted and recorded in Mandarin Chinese. Read Ruonan Zheng's transcript and translation below: 该采访是用普通话中文进行并录制的。请阅读以下郑若楠的采访原文及翻译: Xin Song is the creator of Tree of Life, a public art piece installed in the mezzanine window...
Content type: Oral History Item
A filmmaker and film editor from Taiwan living in Brighton Beach
This interview was conducted and recorded in Mandarin Chinese. Read Ruonan Zheng's transcript and translation below: 该采访是用普通话中文进行并录制的。请阅读以下郑若楠的采访原文及翻译: Yanglun Hsiao, a filmmaker and film editor from Taiwan, has lived in Brooklyn off and on since...
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Living in Gravesend, artist from China's Mount Lushan feels closest to home at Coney Island Creek
This interview was conducted and recorded in Mandarin Chinese. Read Jiangxin Jin's transcript and English translation below. Yi Xin Tong is an artist from Mount Lushan, China, where he grew up learning calligraphy, poetry and fishing from his...
Content type: Oral History Item