New Generation Thinkers: The Inscrutable Writing of Sui Sin Far
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Whether to Warily Head to London for Chinese New Year
Swisinfar's writings suggest that oriental inscrutability might in fact be self preservation. In 18 85, canada followed anti immigration yellow perel zeitgeist and passed a head tax on chinese immigrants. When she died in 19 14, she was buried in montreal, where her headstone reads, erected by her chinese friends in grateful memory. This past february, i pondered whether to warily head into central london for chinese new year. I longed for these support networks nourished the body and the heart and historically, provided a refuge against anti chinese discrimination.
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