Interview with Min "Mandy" Wang, March 14, 2019
Project: I Remember When: Times Gone But Not Forgotten Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Wang details the journey her husband made to America before they were married. He lived in Philadelphia for ten years, and now has his citizenship. She then briefly describes three main reasons for immigrating: education, air pollution, and food safety. Wang shares her family's experience under the one-child policy in China. She describes the education environment in China as highly competitive and pressured. Wang remembers first visiting Philadelphia for three months in 2016, returning pregnant to Hong Kong where she gave birth to her son, then came back to Philadelphia in December 2018. She illustrates differences between American and Chinese culture. Wang notes the older look and and feel of Chinatown as a result of an older generation of Chinese immigrants that have settled there. She hopes for a new flow of immigrants to come and bring some of China's modernization to the area.Interview Accession
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Immigrants Philadelphia (Pa.) Education Employment Occupations Liuyang Shi (China) Families Emigration and immigrationInterview Rights
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Wang, Min Interview by Annika Soderberg. 14 Mar. 2019. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Wang, M. (2019, March 14). Interview by A. Soderberg. I Remember When: Times Gone But Not Forgotten Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Wang, Min, interview by Annika Soderberg. March 14, 2019, I Remember When: Times Gone But Not Forgotten Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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