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Sun Guoxiang (center) nike air max flair wholesale , consul general of the Chinese Consulate General in New York, with members of the New York Historical Society and the Committee of 100 after Sun was given a tour of the museum's new "Chinese American: ExclusionInclusion" exhibit. From left: Marci Reaven, vice-president of historical exhibitions at the New York Historical Society, as well as the curator of the exhibit; Henry Tang, co-founder of the Committee of 100; Sun; Louise Mirrer, president and CEO of the New York Historical Society; Shirley Young, president of Shirley Young Associates. Amy HeChina Daily.
Sun Guoxiang, consulate general of the Chinese embassy in New York, toured the New-York Historical Society's newest exhibition on Chinese American history, titled Chinese American: ExclusionInclusion on Thursday, and said he hopes that the exhibit will eventually travel to China.


The exhibit,which opened on Sept 26, focuses on the experience of Chinese immigrants, and documents their integration into mainstream American society through more than 200 pieces of artwork, photographs and other historical documents.


"I'm learning in awe the past stories of Chinese Americans. We may have known about the history of Chinese immigration through smaller, individual stories, but this exhibit gives us a chance to learn a more complete one, so it's a rare opportunity," said Sun after viewing the exhibit at the Historical Society on Central Park West and 77th Street.


"After seeing the exhibit, there were two things that stood out to me. First is the resilience of the Chinese people, because they immigrated to the US a hundred years ago and their lifestyles and their work conditions then were extremely arduous. But they showed resilience in the biggest sense of the word. No matter what profession it was, they started from scratch and step by step, developed their lives," he said.


Second, he said, was that no matter where Chinese go, they always bring with them their culture to their new land.


Sun said that he has great respect for the difficult lives that the early Chinese immigrants led when they came to the US, but despite that they were able to bring over generations of Chinese culture.


Louise Mirrer, president and CEO of the Historical Society, said in remarks after the tour that the society is "thankful for the opportunity to be able to tell the long and exceedingly important history of Chinese in America".


"Chinese have come here over centuries; they have left an impact and an imprint. They brought really important change and progress for this country in every respect and everywhere that they've been. They built this nation. They connected our East and West coasts and for us to be able to tell this story has been a wonderful, wonderful occasion and opportunity," Mirrer said.


Marci Reaven, vice-president for historical exhibitions and curator for the ExclusionInclusion exhibit, told China Daily in June that the museum wanted to spotlight Chinese immigrants' exclusion in the US as it relates to their citizenship and immigration status and how that changes what it means to be an American in the US.


"That's one of the key questions that get asked: in what way does the story help us know what has made an American and what makes an American?" she said.


Reaven said that finding items and putting them together in the exhibit took about two years and wasdifficult at times because this period of American history was not well-documented. Chinese immigrants did not have a lot of leisure time and their lives were not as stable, producing less opportunity for them to write letters to each other, produce art, and keep track of their own histories, she said.


"There are fewer collections of Chinese-American ephemera that went down through families, probably because families weren't being set up as much so as other cultures. At first, it was because of the cultural preferences about women not traveling, but then secondly because they were prevented to do so by law,"said Reaven.


"I think it could often be women who could be holders of family lore and things like that, so if families aren't being set up, you're probably not going to have the same kinds of collecting going on if people are not able to set up more stable households," she added.


Chinese American: ExclusionInclusion will run through April 19 before traveling to other cities, including Portland, Oregon and San Francisco.




RIO DE JANEIRO， Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- Led by the Brazilian head coach Rick Azevedo， China's women's water polo players could hardly wait to play their Rio Olympic Games right away as they had their first and only training session at the competition pool here on Wednesday.


"We feel great and excited here. We hope the competition start from tomorrow，" said Ricardo Azevedo， who played the center for the Brazil national team as the captain during 1971-1984.


"My girls keep asking me 'when do we play， when do we play' all the time. In fact， our first group match starts on Aug 9. I love their desire for the competition. That is great. "


China will play Hungary on Aug.9， face USA on Aug 11 and Spain on Aug 13 in their Group B matches.


According to Azevedo， Chinese team is ready since they had trained in Italy， Spain during the last month and arrived in Sao Paulo one week ago.


"We have trained in the hot and cold places， and in different times of the day. So the weather in Rio is not an issue for us when we play in the outdoor pool."


For Azevedo， nicknamed as Big Rock when he was young， he was excited to come back home and enjoy everything in his hometown.


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