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An enchanting tale of hidden beauty and fierce courage, retold in the style of T’ang Dynasty poetry and illustrated with charm and grace

A young Chinese princess is sent from her father’s kingdom to marry the king of a far-off land. She must leave behind her home of splendors: sour plums and pink peach petals and — most precious and secret of all — the small silkworm. She begs her father to let her stay, but he insists that she go and fulfill her destiny as the queen of Khotan. Beautifully told and arrestingly illustrated, here is a coming-of-age tale of a brave young princess whose clever plan will go on to live in legend — and will ensure that her cherished home is with her always..
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From the coauthor of The Heavenly Man comes another incredible true story of God's power manifested in China. Project Pearl is the powerful account of the delivery, in June 1981, of one million Bibles into China by a tugboat and barge manned by twenty dedicated missionaries..
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No one knows how many Chinese are being smuggled into the United States, but credible estimates put the number at 50,000 arrivals each year. Astonishing as this figure is, it represents only a portion of the Chinese illegally residing in the United States. Smuggled Chinese presents a detailed account of how this traffic is conducted and what happens to the people who risk their lives to reach Gold Mountain. When the Golden Venture ran aground off New York's coast in 1993 and ten of the 260 Chinese on board drowned, the public outcry about human smuggling became front-page news. Probing into the causes and consequences of this clandestine traffic, Ko-Lin Chin has interviewed more than 300 people smugglers, immigrants, government officials, and business owners in the United States, China and Taiwan. Their poignant and chilling testimony describes a flourishing industry in which smugglers, big and little snakeheads, command fees as high as $30,000 to move desperate but hopeful men and women around the world. For many who survive the hunger, filthy and crowded conditions, physical and sexual abuse, and other perils of the arduous journey, life in the United States, specifically in New York's Chinatown, is a disappointment if not a curse. Few will return to China, though, because their families depend on the money and status gained by having a relative in the States. In "Smuggled Chinese", Ko-Lin Chin puts a human face on this intractable international problem, showing how flaws in national policies and lax law enforcement perpetuate the cycle of desperation and suffering. He strongly believes, however, that the problem of human smuggling will continue for as long as China's citizens are deprived of fundamental human rights and economic security. "Smuggled Chinese" will engage readers interested in human rights, Asian and Asian-American studies, urban studies, and sociology. Author note: Ko-lin Chin is Associate Professor in the School of Criminal Justice at Rutgers University, Newark. He is author of many articles on illegal Chinese immigration and Chinese gangs, and writes in both English and Chinese. He is author of Chinatown Gangs: Extortion, Enterprise and Ethnicity..
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This digital document is an article from Columbia Journalism Review, published by Columbia University, Graduate School of Journalism on May 1, 1997. The length of the article is 510 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: The sinking of a ship smuggling about 300 illegal immigrants from India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka off the coast of Sicily generated scant attention from the world media and leads to questions of the media's treatment of immigrant issues. The immigrants payed an allegedly abusive and drunken ship captain up to $8,000 to smuggle them into Europe and the boat overturned killing most of the passengers. Only Britain's "Observer" reported the story in depth. Critics believe the media ignored the story because of the growing dehumanization and lack of concern for illegal immigrants.

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Title: Sunken story: why are you just now hearing this? (the minimal reporting of the possible drowning deaths of 283 Third World immigrants being smuggled into Europe)
Author: Sasha Abramsky
Publication:Columbia Journalism Review (Refereed)
Date: May 1, 1997
Publisher: Columbia University, Graduate School of Journalism
Volume: v36 Issue: n1 Page: p20(2)

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