Wong Shoon Jung's transnational life took him from San Francisco Chinatown in the 1870s to the orange and vegetable farms of Riverside, Calif., and finally back to Gom Benn Village. (The images of Chinatown, the Inland Empire and Gom Benn were generated with help by Google Gemini AI.)
Wong Shoon Jung: From Chinatown to Onion Fields to a Dream Mansion
There’s a phrase in classical Chinese literature that translates to, "It is better to be a dog in a time of peace than a human in a time of chaos."…