List: AAPI Heritage | Curated by Aimee Liu

May 12, 2024
19 stories
AAPI HeritageStories about my biracial family's Chinese-American heritage
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Books Are Our Superpower
Bernardine in Old ShanghaiAn interview with biographer Susan Blumberg-Kason about ‘Bernardine’s Shanghai Salon’
·12 min read·May 11, 2024
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NOT YOUR CHINA DOLLA conversation about Anna May Wong and the history of Asians in Hollywood
·9 min read·Aug 3, 2023
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The Last Days of Sun Yat-senA rare view into the chaos of China’s Warlord Era
·6 min read·Jul 7, 2023
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Human Parts
Snapshots of the Migration Estrangement That Tore My Asian-American Family ApartTwo consolation letters, two fathers lost across the Pacific divide
·8 min read·May 27, 2023
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#StopAsianHate
When Anti-Miscegenation Laws Reflected the Worst Kind of Bigotry
·6 min read·Jan 3, 2022
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Human Parts
Family Photos Can Change You
·7 min read·May 28, 2021
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Human Parts
The Foster Sister I Never KnewWhy did my parents really let her go?
·12 min read·Nov 3, 2021
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ZORA
Yellowface in the FamilyWhy my father never wanted to talk about his Hollywood years
·10 min read·Nov 22, 2021
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Innovating ‘Legacy & Lore’ — an author’s newsletter on SubstackJoin in the hunt for my father’s mysterious treasure box
3 min read·Jan 9, 2022
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Human Parts
How My Chinese Uncle Became an All-American HeroFighting to be an American in World War II
·13 min read·Feb 25, 2022
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When Family Myths and Research CollideSurprise! Not everything you think you know about your relatives is true
·5 min read·Apr 23, 2022
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Genealogical Research Reveals More Than AncestryAnswers to long-buried family questions can provide new clues into inter-generational trauma
·5 min read·May 22, 2022
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Did the Allies Cover Up Japan’s WWII War Crimes?The saga of Alfred Bird and the Singapore War Crimes Trials suggests they did
·10 min read·Jun 12, 2022
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Perspective from China’s First Pro-Democracy ActivistsYung Wing, my grandfather, and the seeds of revolution against the China’s last empire
·7 min read·Oct 29, 2022
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ZORA
When Worlds CollideWit, irony, and the imperial minister’s poignant gesture that helped forge my family
·9 min read·Mar 19, 2023
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About Me Stories
About Me — Aimee LiuAuthor of East-West novels and all sorts of nonfiction, ghostwriter, MFA advisor, former painter… and current photopainter!
·6 min read·Jan 26, 2021
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My Biracial Father’s Family Secrets, Decoded at LastBarriers of language and immigration helped hide the truth about family left and lost in China for 80 years.
·11 min read·May 20, 2022
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Human Parts
A Hollywood Romance Made in ChinaHow I met my husband (regardless of what he may tell you)
·7 min read·Mar 29, 2023
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