Chinese-American Times
《中美时报》

22 July 2019
Chinese-American Times, Vol. VI-No. 11, November, 1960, Courtesy of Marcella Chin Dear, Museum of Chinese in America
(MOCA) Collection
《中美时报》第6卷第11期,1960年11月,陈雪瑛捐赠,美国华人博物馆(MOCA)馆藏

In 1955, William Yukon Chang began publishing a Chinese American newspaper like no other. The Chinese-American Times (CAT) was the first English-language Chinese American newspaper, but it differed from its contemporary media in a number of critical ways. Unlike its predecessors, which targeted first-generation Chinese speakers, the CAT was the first to cater to the American-born second generation, who spoke English but still wanted to read about Chinese American current events missing from mainstream news sources.

The CAT was also an independent newspaper at a time when many other Chinese American publications in New York served as mouthpieces for Chinese political parties. Chang personally wrote and edited almost all of the content before sending it to a Manhattan copier to be printed. He folded and distributed the paper out of his home in Forest Hills, a growing hub for the Chinese American middle-class in the 50s and 60s. Chang kept his paper running into the 70s by staying politically neutral and focusing on community issues. But as the English-speaking second generation began moving out of New York while the Immigration Act of 1965 brought in a new wave of Chinese immigrants seeking Chinese-language papers, Chang eventually ceased publication after nearly two decades.


1955年,郑玉安(William Yukon Chang)开始出版一份与众不同的华人美国报纸《中美时报》(Chinese-American Times)。《中美时报》(CAT)是第一份英文版的华裔美国人报纸,但它与当代媒体在许多关键方面有所不同。之前的报纸是把第一代说中文的中国移民作为受众目标,但是《中美时报》是第一个为在美国出生的第二代移民服务的,这代人讲英语,但是仍然想阅读主流新闻来源中没有报道的华裔美国人时事。

《中美时报》还是一份独立的报纸,而当时纽约的许多其它华裔美国人的出版物都是中国政党的喉舌。郑玉安亲自撰写和编辑了几乎所有的内容,然后将其发送到曼哈顿的影印厂印刷。他在自己位于Forest Hills的家中折好报纸,然后分发出去。Forest Hills在上世纪五六十年代是日益壮大的华裔美国中产阶级的聚集地。郑玉安的报纸一直运营到七十年代,并一直保持政治中立和聚焦于社区问题。但是,随着会说英语的第二代移民开始搬离纽约,而1965年的《移民法》(the Immigration Act)带来了一波新移民潮,这些移民需要中文报纸,于是郑玉安最终在运营近20年之后,停止了报纸的出版。

Countdown to the TCS NYC Marathon on November 3, 2019: 216 Days.

2019年是美国第一条横贯大陆铁路建成150周年,为了纪念第一批华人来美建设这条铁路所做出的巨大贡献, MOCA将其2019 TCS NYC Marathon的活动命名为 MOCA Spike 150 – Running Forward With Our Stories! 鼓励大家通过马拉松公益跑,全国线上接力,以及一天一个故事的方式讲述150个华人的历史故事,敬请大家持续关注, 讲出华人自己的故事,回顾过去,立足现在,展望未来,共同书写美国历史,使之更加充实完整。

关注MOCA Spike 150活动网站
支持MOCA的事业,请给MOCA Spike 150团队捐款

Questions?