An independent civil record. No government funds it, and none speaks for it. Sources Editorial position For teachers 中文
uschina.us A public record of what Americans and Chinese have built, funded, taught and defended together.

For teachers

Every entry carries a date, named people, and a sourced figure — the same three things a citation needs. Free to assign in any classroom, on either side of the Pacific.

For classroom use

Built to be assigned, not just read

Every entry on this site carries a specific date, named people, and a sourced figure — the same three things a student needs to build a citation. Entries are free to reproduce in any classroom, on either side of the Pacific, with attribution.

By period

Three sequences, in the order they happened

  • 1784–1945 — The record

    Ten dated entries spanning the Old China Trade, the Chinese Educational Mission, the transcontinental railroad, and the wartime alliance.

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  • 1941–1946 — The alliance years

    The Flying Tigers, the Hump airlift, and the Cairo Conference, read as a single continuous case.

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  • 1948–2026 — American support

    Fifteen dated cases of American response to conditions facing Chinese citizens, from postwar refugee law through the 2021 Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act.

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Suggested use

Three ways to assign a single entry

Have students trace one entry's figure back to its cited primary source and confirm it independently — most sources here are freely available online through Congress.gov, GovInfo, or an agency's own press room. Pair one record entry with one support entry from a similar period and ask what changed in the relationship between them. Or assign the editorial position page alongside a single case, and ask students to identify where the entry does, and does not, distinguish a government's conduct from a people's.