Create an account or log in to save stories. CATHY WURZER: This is Minnesota Now here on MPR News. I'm Cathy Wurzer. Thanks for joining us. About 10 years ago, a trio of writers and performers came ...

For all the Very Big Ideas that “The Chinese Lady” makes one ponder (racism, sexism, immigration, exploitation, xenophobia et al), it’s important to remember one crucial detail: It’s very funny. “I am ...

In 1834, teenager Afong Moy became the first known Chinese woman to come to the United States, where she was displayed as a ...

Lloyd Suh’s “The Chinese Lady” is a fascinating piece of theater that sneaks up on you with unexpected surprises, twists and perspectives about human and international relations. And in the production ...

Afong Moy is fourteen years old when she's brought to the United States from Guangzhou Province in 1834. Allegedly the first Chinese woman to set foot on U.S. soil, she has been put on display for the ...

Sadly, I didn’t know; this history, part of the fabric of our nation, was denied to me in various history classes. It was obviously denied to most of us. Before last Saturday, I had never heard of the ...