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  2. Afong Moy - Wikipedia

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    Afong Moy was the first known female Chinese immigrant to the United States. [6] [7] In 1834, Moy was brought from her hometown of Guangzhou to New York City by traders Nathaniel and Frederick Carne, and exhibited as "The Chinese Lady".

  3. Portrayal of East Asians in American film and theater

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    Anna May Wong, considered by many to be the first Chinese American movie star, [6] was acting by the age of 14 and in 1922, at age 17, she became the first Chinese-American to break Hollywood's miscegenation rule playing opposite a white romantic lead in The Toll of the Sea. Even though she was internationally known by 1924, her film roles were ...

  4. Asian Americans in arts and entertainment - Wikipedia

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    It is a story of four women who were born in China and eventually came to America, and of their daughters. [56] It was directed by Wayne Wang and stars Tsai Chin, Kieu Chinh, Lisa Lu, France Nuyen, Rosalind Chao, Lauren Tom, Tamlyn Tomita, and Ming-Na Wen.

  5. History of Chinese Americans - Wikipedia

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    Of the first wave of Chinese who moved to America, few were women. In 1850, the Chinese community of San Francisco consisted of 4,018 men and only seven women. By 1855, women made up only two percent of the Chinese population in the United States, and even by 1890 this had only increased to 4.8 percent.

  6. Anna May Wong - Wikipedia

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    Anna May Wong seated in her mother's lap, c. 1905 This is a duplicate copy of the Certificate of Identity issued to actress Anna May Wong. Anna May Wong was born Wong Liu Tsong (黃柳霜, Liu Tsong literally meaning "willow frost") on January 3, 1905, on Flower Street in Los Angeles, one block north of Chinatown, in an integrated community of Chinese, Irish, German and Japanese residents.

  7. Category:Films about Chinese Americans - Wikipedia

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    Films created by members of the Chinese American community, as well as American films starring a majority Chinese origin cast and Chinese films set in America. Subcategories This category has only the following subcategory.

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  9. List of Chinese Americans - Wikipedia

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    John Liu Fugh – first Chinese American officer to be promoted to the rank of major general in the United States Army; first Chinese American to serve as Judge Advocate General of the Army Lau Sing Kee - United States Army; for heroism in World War I he became the first Chinese American to be awarded the Distinguished Service Cross , the ...