{"id":5988,"date":"2026-07-24T11:02:35","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T19:02:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/?p=5988"},"modified":"2026-07-24T11:05:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T19:05:17","slug":"discussion-echoes-across-the-ocean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/2026\/07\/24\/discussion-echoes-across-the-ocean\/","title":{"rendered":"Discussion: Echoes Across the Ocean"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" src=\"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/selina-1024x577.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5989\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/selina-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bacgg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/selina-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bacgg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/selina-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bacgg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/selina-1536x865.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bacgg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/selina-2048x1154.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/bacgg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/selina-1320x744.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Sun, August 16th, 11AM&nbsp;<\/strong>Most histories focus only on the arrival of immigrants in the West. But the Chinese diaspora was a continuous circle of cultural exchange. Our ancestors deeply influenced the communities they adopted, while simultaneously transforming their ancestral homelands in Southern China.Join CHSA for a profound exploration with Dr. Selia Tan, world renowned expert on overseas Chinese history, cultural conservation and root-searching, based in Guangdong, China. This presentation addresses the transnational history of Chinese emigration from the Taishan and Kaiping districts and her experiences in assisting overseas Chinese with genealogical research.This program includes a Q&amp;A session.<br><br>Tickets are $15.<br>Admission includes a complimentary lunch buffet.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/us.list-manage.com\/ldMd9TFwvBR?e=0317a893e5&amp;c2id=007b96f1a2846f4a64e2f8ac002f5547\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BUY TICKETS<\/a>    Page down to &#8220;Get Tickets&#8221; link<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sun, August 16th, 11AM&nbsp;Most histories focus only on the arrival of immigrants in the West. But the Chinese diaspora was a continuous circle of cultural exchange. Our ancestors deeply influenced the communities they adopted, while simultaneously transforming their ancestral homelands in Southern China.Join CHSA for a profound exploration with Dr. Selia Tan, world renowned expert &#8230; <a title=\"Discussion: Echoes Across the Ocean\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/2026\/07\/24\/discussion-echoes-across-the-ocean\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Discussion: Echoes Across the Ocean\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5988"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5988\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5991,"href":"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5988\/revisions\/5991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}