The history of Chinese immigrants in America has always been about much more than one particular ethnic group. As Michael Luo’s “Strangers in the Land: Exclusion, Belonging and the Epic Story of the ...

Growing up in western New York state, Trish Hackett Nicola didn’t know anything about the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882.

At the turn of the 20th century, an era defined by Chinese exclusion laws and rampant anti-Asian sentiment in the U.S., many Chinese laborers found creative ways to sidestep racial barriers and ...

The first Geary Act certificate Connie Young Yu ever received was given to her by her mother, yellow and folded in threes. She opened the 112-year-old certificate to see a photo of her grandfather, ...

Chinese students studying in the U.S. are scrambling to figure out their futures after U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Wednesday that some students would have their visas revoked. The ...

This cover image released by Doubleday shows "Strangers in the Land: Exclusion, Belonging, and the Epic Story of the Chinese in America” by Michael Luo. (Doubleday via AP) The history of Chinese ...