History & Theory
The last imperial dynasty of China
What is the Qing dynasty (1644-1912)?
This ice-skater recently gained stardom for her Olympic performance/for her routine to "Stateside + Zara Larsson"
Who is Alysa Liu?
The longest river in China
What is the Yangtze River?
A lucky color on Chinese New Year
What is red?
The first federal law which restricted immigration in the United States
What was the Page Act of 1875?
This Chinese-American author is best known for her book "The Joy Luck Club," which follows four Chinese immigrant families in San Francisco who start a mahjong club
Who is Amy Tan?
The 2 big deserts in China
What are the Taklamakan and Gobi Deserts?
Food that is eaten on birthdays to symbolize a long life
What are longevity noodles?
An American journalist, historian, and activist best known for her best-selling literary account of the Rape of Nanjing
Who was Iris Chang?
A book following a white author who steals and publishes a manuscript from her recently deceased Chinese-American frenemy as her own
What is Yellowface?
These -stan countries border Xinjiang province
What are Pakistan, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan?
Festival to honor the dead
What is the Qingming Festival (Tomb-sweeping festival)?
A term used within western, Asian diaspora communities. Describes someone of Asian descent with a surface-level and white-privileging understanding of liberalism. Has a drink in its name.
What is Boba liberalism?
A term coined in the 1980s describing women, especially those of Southeast Asian origin, affiliated with Asian American gangs
What is Asian baby girl (ABG)?
A Chinese national forest park which served as inspiration for the Avatar series
What is the Zhangjiajie National Forest Park?
Action to signify gratitude for pouring tea
Tapping the table with the index and middle finger
A (Freudian) term coined by David L. Eng and Shinhee Han to describe Asian American relations to whiteness; specifically, the impossibility of achieving full belonging in a white supremacist society
What is racial melancholia?
A Chinese woman the face of fictional city "Floptropica"
What is Liaoning?
Couple that reunited on Qixi Festival
Who are the Cowherd (Niulang) and the Weaver Fairy (Zhinü)?