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Between The Local And The Global: Characteristics Of The Chinese-Language Press In America, Xiao-Huang Yin
Between The Local And The Global: Characteristics Of The Chinese-Language Press In America, Xiao-Huang Yin
Xiao-huang Yin
The one event of the day that made him get up out of his easy chair was the [Chinese] newspaper. He looked forward to it. He opened the front door and looked for it hours before the mailman was due. The Gold Mountain News … came from San Francisco in a paper sleeve on which his name and address were neatly typed. He put on his gold-rimmed glasses and readied his smoking equipment. … He killed several hours reading the paper, scrupulously reading everything, the date on each page, the page numbers, the want ads.… —Maxine Hong Kingston, China Men …