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...to an experience of the multiple personas of Sui Sin Far/Edith Eaton...
SSF/EE was a storyteller, a compelling autobiographer, a committed anti-racist, and a seasoned traveller - and many other things, some of which complicate or even undermine these other identities.
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Leaves from the Mental Portfolio of an Eurasian
"I give my right hand to the Occidentals and my left to the Orientals, hoping that between them they will not utterly destroy the insignificant…
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The Chinese Spirit of Non-Resistance Will Disappear
A description of the reason for the Chinese "spirit of non-resistance" to poor treatment in the West - the lack of support for Chinese immigrants by…
The Chinese Defended
“E.E.” Replies to Her Critics of Saturday, and is supported by a Brooklyn Doctor. Both claim that Mongolians are Entitled to Consideration at…
A Plea for the Chinaman: A Correspondent’s Argument in His Favour
"Every just person must feel his or her sense of justice outraged by the attacks which are being made by public men upon the Chinese who come to this…