Artistic cultural performance with the musical ensemble melody of china from San Francisco, artists from some of the most prestigious music conservatories in china who play together as a Nonprofit Group to promote traditional and contemporary chinese music. Theyll be here live in our studio, all that on our show today. Well, its not that the public in general doesnt know there were Chinese Workers on the railroad, but do people truly understand the contributions they really made and how important it was for chinese immigration . Well, frankly, it wasnt recognized during the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the completion of the railroad, but maybe that will change in this 150th year. Joining me now are two people familiar to our viewers who are very connected to thChinese Community and its history. Sue lee is the former executive director of the Chinese Historical Society of america, and a longtime mover and shaker at San Francisco city hall. Also with us is grant din, a nonprof
The world cup semifinal, cricketer is managed where football fails, thanks to comprehensive 119 run a victory over new zealand. China and britain have become embroiled in a heated war of words over the demonstrations in hong kong. Its after the foreign secretary jeremy hunt warned of serious consequences for china if the rights of People Living in the territory were infringed. Today beijing accused the uk of indulging in colonial era fantasies and warned it not to interfere in its domestic affairs. The Foreign Office in london summoned the Chinese Ambassador over his comments on the matter. Hong kong have now returned to the embrace of the motherland, its a special administration of china, its not part of the uk. So i would call them to have hands off of hong kong and show some respect of what has been achieved in hong kong, and be one country to assistance. Following that press conference by the Chinese Ambassador, mr liu was hauled in for a meeting by the head of the Foreign Office,
By the railroad. Today were going to have two perspectives, one on the Chinese Railroad workers and another on native americans. Please hold your audience questions. Were going to have our two speakers on this topic give their presentations, and then were going to sit down and have a little chat in front of you here on the chairs. Then we will have opportunity for the audience to raise questions. So to start out our program, were going to talk about the Chinese Railroad workers, and our presenter is hilton obenzinger. He has been a lecturer at Stanford University in american studies and english and associate director for honors and advanced writing. He received his doctorate from the modern thought in Literature Program at stanford. Hes a critic, a poet, a novelist, a historian, and the recipient of the american book award. Hilton is the author of american palestinian, melville twain and the holy land mania, cannibal elliott and the lost histories of San Francisco, new york on fire. Hi
Those cultures forever impacted by the railroad. Today were going to have two perspectives, one on the Chinese Railroad workers and another on native americans. Please hold your audience questions. Were going to have our two speakers on this topic give their presentations, and then were going to sit down and have a little chat in front of you here on the chairs. Then we will have opportunity for the audience to raise questions. So to start out our program, were going to talk about the Chinese Railroad workers, and our presenter is hilton obenzinger. He has been a lecturer at Stanford University in american studies and english and associate director for honors and advanced writing. He received his doctorate from the modern thought in Literature Program at stanford. Hes a critic, a poet, a novelist, a historian, and the recipient of the american book award. Hilton is the author of american palestinian, melville twain and the holy land mania, cannibal elliott and the lost histories of San
Moral rectitude. But feeling it was honest and you were treated like respect. We appreciate you spending a few minutes talking with us at the span. At cspan and book tv. The last panel of the day, this is goin good afternoon, e director of the john w library of congress. This center is one of the sponsors of this years festival and are proud to bring beloved writers here. We work to bring scholars to work in the librarys collections. We are proud to sponsor this event and join with cspan as a partner. Our next panel is dig in what food says about us. It features cheuk kwan, anya von bremzen, and Daniela Galarza. His new book is have you eaten yet . Anya is an Award Winning author and culinary author. Our moderator, Daniela Galarza is a staff writer for the washington post. Please join me in welcoming them. [applause] daniela high everyone, how is everyone . You had a good trip in . Cheuk yes i did. [laughter] daniela i want to do a brief introduction, if people had not read the books,