northamerica

Canada:

Very little information is available on the Chinese Latin Americans who have immigrated to Canada. Chinese Peruvians can be found in the cities of Vancouver and Toronto, with most immigrating post-1970.

United States:

Publications:

Lavin, Enrique. “A Self-Professed Citizen of the World Ponders his Hybrid Heritage”, Los Angeles Times, section City Times Voices, February 5, 1995.

Hong, Peter Y. “Countries of Origin”, Los Angeles Times, section City Times Voices, February 5, 1995.

Cuisine:

In Perú, the Spanish word for Chinese restaurant is "chifa". Peruvian restaurants found in major urban areas may also serve Chinese-Peruvian food. Here are a few chifas of which I am aware.

Chifa Peruano: Asian Restaurant, 5173 Mission St. (between Geneva and Ralph), San Francisco, CA. Tel (415) 586-1206 El

Rocoto: Peruvian Restaurant, 1356 W. Artesia Blvd., Gardena, CA 90247. Tel. (310) 768-8768

Culture & Education:

Museum of Chinese in The Americas (MoCA): Since 1980, this museum has been collecting, preserving and presenting the history and culture of Chinese in the Americas. 70 Mulberry Street, 2^nd floor, New York, NY 10013. (212) 619-4720. E-mail at moca-org@juno.com

Associations:

Chinese historical societies and projects are a good resource for information. See for example:

Chinese Historical and Cultural Project

A trip was made by members to Cuba.

The Chinese Historical Society of America

The Berkeley Historical Society

The Chinese Historical Society of New England

Chinese Historical Society of Southern California

Chinese Historical Society of Greater San Diego and Baja California, Inc.

Mexico:

Associations:

Comunidad china de México A.C., Progreso 146-405, Colonia Escandón, México, D.F. C.P. 11850.

La H. Colonia china en México A.C., Jose Ma. Maroqui 28 Desp. 206 Colonia Centro 06050 México, D.F. Tel. 5-12-55-30, Fax. (52) –5-21-10-72

Sociedad amigos de China Popular, A.C., Calle Petén N. 407, Colonia Vértiz Narvarte, C.P. 03020, México, D.F. Tel. 523-69-29 Contact person: Dra. Virginia Chapa. Tel. 559-60-71

Chinese Historical Society of Greater San Diego and Baja California, Inc.

Publications:

Orígen: Revista de la Comunidad China de Mexico, A. C., 1993 - present. Contact: Roberto Ham Chande, rham@colef.mx

Sociedad Mexicana de Amistad con China Popular: A magazine to promote better relationship between Mexico and Mainland China.

Hu-DeHart, Evelyn. “Immigrants to a Developing Society: the Chinese in Northern Mexico, 1875-1932.” In Journal of Arizona History, Vol. 21, Autumn 1980, p 49-86. Also available at http://dizzy.library.arizona.edu/images/charmer/hu.htm

Cuisine:

Han Beng Siu, “Los Cafés de Chinos”. In Origen 1 (1): [1] Abril-Junio, 1993.

People:

Ana Gabriel

Chiu, Fabiana. “Mexican Pop Star Recalls her Chinese Ancestry”. In Asian New Yorker.

Interview with Ana Gabriel, a Mexican pop singer of Chinese ancestry.

Barajas, Odette, Del Rio Amarillo al Colorado. Mexico, DR© Grupo Desea S.A. de C.V. 1997. A book of photographs of the Chinese in Mexicali.

Odette Barajas is a Mexican photographer. Her works have been published in both Mexico and the United States. To contact her: Tel. (65) 66-87-56 (workshop), (65) 54-76-98 (home) and (65) 66-26-45 (fax). E-mail address: macybara@infox.mxl.cetys.mx

Culture & Education:

Margo Su, d. 1993,

Fong, Orquidia. "Margo Su, In Memoriam", Orígen, 1(2): [4], Julio-Septiembre 1993.

Margo Su was a theater producer, dancer, choreographer, and journalist.

Oscar Wong, Poet

Current Events:

La H. Colonia China en Mexico A.C., a Chinese association in Mexico City, participates annually in the Virgen de Guadalupe Procession. Contact person: Dra. Virginia Chapa. Tel. 559-60-71