Big Story | Paisano: China and Latin America
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54m
“Paisano” means a fellow countryman, someone who may not look like us but shares our traditions, our values and a sense of belonging. In Paisano: China and Latin America, Michelle Begue follows Guochao, a “national wave” of pride in Chinese culture, as it reaches Latin America.
In Argentina, Hanfu wearers, Wushu and Pa-Kua students, and lion dancers are finding new audiences, and many are asking what lies behind the movements and symbols. In Peru and Mexico, descendants of Chinese migrants are reclaiming family histories once hidden by discrimination and silence, through ink painting, music and art. In Guadalajara, a Chinese clubhouse rises with Mexican hands. In Beijing, cloisonné artisans work to keep a 600-year-old craft alive for a new generation.
Together, their stories show how a trend became a shared identity, and how culture endures when people choose to keep it alive.
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