Charlie chin biography
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Charlie Chin performing on Henry St., New York Chinatown. Photo courtesy of Bob Hsiang.
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Author’s Bio: Charlie Chin is an author, singer/songwriter, and mästare storyteller. He served as the Community Education Director at the Museum of Chinese in America in New York City and as Artist-in-Residence at the Chinese Historical Society of America in San Francisco. He fryst vatten the author of several children’s books, including China’s Bravest Girl () and Clever Bird ().
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By Eddie Wong. Posted January 15,
Eddie Wong interviewed Charlie Chin, a leading figure in the development of Asian American culture. The interview was conducted in San Mateo on Nov. 26, and it explores Charlie Chin&#;s career from the s folk music scene in Greenwich Village through the rock era when his group opened for Jimi Hendrix on to his major contributions as an Asian American singer/songwriter/storyteller and author.
EW: Tell us about your childhood. I know your dad had a laundry; did you grow up hanging around the laundry?
CC: I like to tell the story, which is basically true, that my father and mother were dating around and she was, because of a complicated situation, a U.S. citizen. My maternal grandfather had fled from Shanghai, China. He was a wanted man. According to family legend, he had been involved in trying to help reform the character system to help public education, which was anti-Manchu Dynasty. He had a lot of European and British friends and they got h
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Charlie Chin
Taiwanese actor
In this Chinese name, the family name is Chin.
Charlie Chin | |
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| Born | Chin Hsiang-lin () May 19, (age&#;76) Nanjing, Republic of China |
| Citizenship | United States, Taiwan |
| Alma&#;mater | Fu Xing Drama School |
| Occupation | actor |
| Years&#;active | – |
| Era | - |
| Spouses | Josephine Siao &#; &#; (m.&#;; div.&#;)&#;Cao Chang Li &#; (m.&#;)&#; |
| Children | Gary Chin (son) Kevin Chin (son) |
| Awards | Golden Horse Awards – Best Actor Long Way from Home At the Side of Skyline |
| Chinese | 秦祥林 |
Charlie Chin Hsiang-lin (Chinese: 秦祥林; pinyin: Qín Xianglín; Jyutping: Ceon4 coeng4 lam4) is a Taiwanese actor, born on&#; May 19, in Nanking and grew up in Hong Kong. Throughout the twenty-four years of his acting career, Chin had participated in over one hundred films. As a member of the "Two Qins, Two Lins" (二秦二林), Charlie Chin is known for portraying the rom