Nationalism and Empire in China: World War I
World War I was not merely a conflict over colonial possessions; it was a global contest between empires governed by...
Yichen Gao
Yichen Gao is a second-year graduate student in International Relations at New York University (NYU). Her work sits at the intersection of migration and gender studies and the long history of U.S.–China relations (1700–present), with a special focus on how racism shapes law, policy, and everyday life. Before moving to New York, she studied East Asian Studies at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), where she built a strong foundation in regional politics, transnational migration, and social movements.
“Title 8 Aliens and Nationality” Immigration Law: Chinese Asylum from Chasing after American Dream to Struggling in Structural Violence
From the mass migration of the 1850s Gold Rush to the present-day exodus from an increasingly restrictive China, Chinese migrants...