A Memorial Project has been launched to build a monument to the Chinese railroad workers in the Sierra Nevada. Steven Lee is heading the Memorial Project, and Bay Area journalist Rick Quan has produced a video to introduce the project and to raise funds. The Stanford Railroad Workers in North »
“ ‘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 »
“手拿照相机，肩扛三脚架，身上背着鼓鼓的行囊，里面装着各种各样的摄影器材……无论出现在哪里，这都是摄影师李炬的经典造型。从2012年开始，他两次自费重走美国太平洋铁路，精心收集当年筑路华工的点滴记忆；同时，一路寻找140多年前中央太平洋铁路公司官方摄影师阿尔弗雷德·哈特(Alfred A·Hart)当年所摄铁路老照片的机位，进行新旧图片对比。” Read the full story 看全文 »
“Next year marks the 150th anniversary of when large numbers of Chinese started working on the transcontinental railroad in the United States. Very little is known about these workers lives and what happened to them after the construction ended. Stanford University is working on a project to piece together the »
“Next year marks the 150th anniversary of when large numbers of Chinese started working on the transcontinental railroad in the United States. Very little is known about these workers lives and what happened to them after the construction ended. Stanford University is working on a project to piece together the »
“一詞在19世紀常用於形容被騙到西方做苦力的華人，由於外國的勞動力不足，不時要輸入外勞協助擔當刻苦及辛勞的工作，當中大部分都是華人。華工為美國建造了首條橫貫東西岸的跨州大鐵路，整條鐵路充滿華工的血與汗，適逢今年是鐵路通車145周年，美國勞工部於當地時間前天舉行儀式，將「中國鐵路工人」列入勞工名人堂（Labor Hall of Honor），這是首批獲此殊榮的華裔人士，也為歷史留下紀錄，而美國總統奧巴馬日前慶祝亞太裔傳統月亦發聲明肯定中國勞工的貢獻。本報國際組報道。” Read the full story 看全文 »
“时隔145年之后，当年修建横跨美国铁路工人的后裔10日重新演绎当年接轨的纪念照场面，不同的是，华工后裔这次可以骄傲的与其他族裔一齐拍照。” Read the full story 看全文 »
“U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez is scheduled to participate in a public ceremony May 9 inducting into the DOL Hall of Fame the Chinese railroad workers whose work was crucial to the completion of the nation’s first transcontinental railroad in 1869. Deputy Secretary Christopher Lu, and descendants of the »
