Press – Page 2 – Chinese Railroad Workers in North America

June 2015: “Consul General Luo Linquan Attends Stanford University Event to Commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the Introduction of Chinese Workers into the U.S. Transcontinental Railroad” (Chinese Consulate in San Francisco)

“On June 6th, 2015,Consul General Luo Linquan attended Stanford University event to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the introduction of Chinese workers into the first transcontinental railroad across the United States. Deputy Consul General Zha Liyou, Dean of Stanford School of Humanities and Sciences Richard Saller, Director for Institute for »

June 2015: “Stanford scholars give voice to the Chinese workers who helped build Transcontinental Railroad” (Stanford News)

“Built in the mid-1800s, the Transcontinental Railroad was among the most ambitious enterprises of American engineering – as well as an important source of Leland Stanford’s wealth. Well over 10,000 Chinese laborers performed the grueling and dangerous work of tunneling through the granite of the Sierra Nevada. They were paid »

May 2015: “It’s 150 years since Chinese migrants were brought in to build the Transcontinental Railroad” (SF Gate)

“The greatest engineering feat of the 19th century began in 1863, when the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific railroads broke ground. Two years later, contractors began hiring large numbers of Chinese migrants, many from California, to help with the monumental construction project.” Read the full story »

July 2014: “華工鑄就血淚路金釘偉遺跡致敬歷史” （World Journal 世界新聞）

“因為我大學畢業後在台灣的第一個和在美國退休前的最後一個工作都跟火車有關，所以很高興能在退休多年後，有機會為史丹福大學的美國鐵路華工歷史研究方案做義工。” Read the full story 看全文 »

July 2014: “Stanford project sheds lights on lives of Chinese railway workers” (China Daily)

“Chinese Railroad Workers in North America, an online digital archive that commemorates the work of thousands of Chinese immigrants in building the Transcontinental Railroad and seeks ‘to give a voice’ to them, was unveiled at Stanford University earlier this week.” Read the full story »

May 2014: “斯坦福大学还原华工形象唤醒共同历史记忆” （Nanfang Daily 南方日报）

“1919年5月10日，8位铺设最后一根铁轨的华工中的3名幸存者，被邀请出席美国跨州铁路合龙50周年纪念庆典。” Read the full story 看全文 »

May 2014: “Story of Raymond Chong 張偉明的尋根故事” (ITV 55.5 Life)

The story of Raymond Chong, descendant of a Chinese railroad worker who has spent the last 10 years looking for his roots in Kaiping City, Guangdong Province was featured on May 28, 2014 on ITV 55.5 Life, a Mandarin program broadcast from Houston, Texas. The Chinese Railroad Workers Project has »

May 2014: “华工形象还原：唤醒共同历史记忆以推进中美关系” (China News 中国新闻）

“‘我们想纠正一个历史错误，中央太平洋铁路不是斯坦福一个人修的，而主要是华人修的。”斯坦福大学北美铁路华工研究工程负责人张少书教授对南方日报记者说，不能让这些修建美国太平洋铁路的华工继续成为历史的“隐形人。’” Read the full story 看全文 »

May 2014: “A Day in the Life of Asian Pacific America” (Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center)

The Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center launched the project “A Day in the Life of Asian Pacific America” to gather photos from all parts of the U.S. on May 10th, the anniversary of the Golden Spike. The Stanford Chinese Railroad Workers in North America Project participated by shooting photos at »

May 2014: Golden Spike Ceremony

May 10, 2014 was the 145th anniversary of the Golden Spike ceremony at Promontory, Utah. The ceremony celebrated the meeting of the Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads to complete the transcontinental railroad in 1869. There was a wide range of events and articles sparked by this anniversary, many of »