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...Lancashire, England, gave the first hint of something that would expose the harsh life, and deaths, of a group of Chinese illegals. The calls warned that cockle pickers had been caught by the tide on England's northwestern seaboard, at Morecambe Bay. Last Friday, one caller, later identified as Lin Liang Ren, from Fuzhou city, China, was convicted of the manslaughter of 21 Chinese men and women. (Authorities believe another two died that night, but their bodies have never been found.) Lin, the "gangmaster" of the cocklers, had misjudged the ferocious speed of the bay's tides. Each...
...might be reticent about their children dating African Americans due in part to stereotypes about socioeconomic status.“I think Asian-American parents more look at economic status, and they see black and Latino Americans as having a lower economic status than whites,” Quinnie Lin ’09 says. “Because a lot of these Asian parents come to this country with the goal of building a better life and getting ahead...they always strive for the best for their kids.”The expectation can be that...
...late 1990s, Anji's economy centered on a single product. Last year its 460 factories churned out $740 million worth of chairs (more than double the output in 2003) and exported nearly half that. "One in every three office chairs in China will now be made here," says Lin Huanrong, vice secretary of Anji's newly established Chair Industry Association. So in 2003 officials in Beijing gave the county an honorary moniker. From then on, it would be known as Yiye Zhi Xiang, the Town of Chairs...
...will learn to swing dance, watch the Hasty Pudding show, and attend Cultural Rhythms.Visiting the campus has allowed the students to compare their home institutions with the University. “American students are more active than in China. They express themselves very freely,” said Lydia Lin, a first-year graduate student from Beijing University.The students found Harvard’s House system particularly interesting.“We’re fascinated by the Houses because we don’t have that system in Taiwan,” said Chen, who is organizing the itinerary...
...1950s.The Chinese government’s own attitude seemed ambivalent. Even in the later 1830s, the emperor’s advisers were divided between enforcing prohibition and legalizing, regulating, and taxing opium imports. Only in 1839 did the emperor opt for a strict prohibition, sending the admirable Commissioner Lin to Canton to see to it. Lin ordered the surrender of every last ounce of opium at three days notice, forbade the traders to leave Canton, and surrounded them with armed soldiers. Shortly afterwards the traders and their families had to seek refuge aboard British merchant ships at sea, deprived?...