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Digital Detectives: War-separated family reunites with social media
Digital Detectives: War-separated family reunites with social media

Digital Detectives: War-separated family reunites with social media

A Chinese-Brazilian millennial retraces her grandfather’s footsteps to find family lost in China.

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4 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Interviewing Chinese Relatives

4 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Interviewing Chinese Relatives

It’s hard for grandma to open up about the past. Use these questions to build trust and find support for a successful family history interview.

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My Father's Mother: Through Different Eyes

My Father's Mother: Through Different Eyes

Meet my badass grandma. She beat war, sexism, and betrayal with audacious love and resilience.

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Frozen Footsteps: Meet the first Chinese man at the North Pole

Frozen Footsteps: Meet the first Chinese man at the North Pole

A journalist finds a kindred spirit in her great-grandfather, the first Chinese man to reach the North Pole.

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Mission Possible: Melbourne brothers find their Maoming roots

Mission Possible: Melbourne brothers find their Maoming roots

A trio of Chinese-Australian brothers search for the missing zupu (family tree book) of their missionary grandparents.

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No zupu, no problem: How a family storybook solved 300 years of mystery

No zupu, no problem: How a family storybook solved 300 years of mystery

A collection of mysterious pictures inspires a San Francisco family to create their own zupu (family history book) to find missing relatives in China.

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Issue Five: Memory

Issue Five: Memory

The year my grandparents passed away, I grieved not truly knowing them. Yet it was precisely because I had no words that I turned to art to speak.

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Digital Detectives: War-separated family reunites with social media
4 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Interviewing Chinese Relatives
My Father's Mother: Through Different Eyes
Frozen Footsteps: Meet the first Chinese man at the North Pole
Mission Possible: Melbourne brothers find their Maoming roots
No zupu, no problem: How a family storybook solved 300 years of mystery
Issue Five: Memory

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