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By 2006, Chinese American high-technology entrepreneurs were behind 20 percent of all Silicon Valley start-up firms, leading 2000 Silicon Valley companies, and employing 58,000 workers. [113] Today, Chinese Americans still continue to own about 20% of all U.S.-based information technology companies that were founded in Silicon Valley since 1980.
Asian Americans: an interpretive history (Twayne, 1991). ISBN 978-0-8057-8437-4; Fuchs, Lawrence H. Hawaii Pono: An Ethnic and Political History (1997) Lee, Shelley Sang-Hee. A New History of Asian America (2014) Okihiro, Gary Y. The Columbia Guide to Asian American History (2001) online edition excerpt and text search
American-born Chinese (simplified Chinese: 美国出生华裔; traditional Chinese: 美國出生華裔; pinyin: Měiguó chūshēng Huáyì) (sometimes abbreviated as ABC) is a term widely used to refer to Chinese people who were born in the United States and received U.S. citizenship due to birthright citizenship in the United States.
The identity of Sen. Kamala Harris, who will debate Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday, is part of a long discussion of who gets to be considered Asian American and who is too often left out ...
However, Chinese Americans in the Mississippi Delta began to identify themselves with whites and ended their friendship with the black community in Mississippi. [citation needed] By the late 1960s, Chinese American children attended white schools and universities. They joined Mississippi's infamous White citizen's councils, became members of ...
Asian American broadcast journalist Connie Chung appeared on TODAY, reflecting her 40 year career and encounters with racism and sexism.
Indian Americans surpassed Chinese in U.S. population, and experts say Trump and Biden need to set their focus on them. From Israel and Gaza to gun control, they're more sure than ever of what ...
Chinese Americans teach their children Chinese for a variety of reasons, such as preservation of a unique identity, pride in their cultural ancestry, desire for easy communication with Chinese-speaking family members, and the perception that Chinese will be a useful language as China's economic strength increases.