This book catalogs a two-part exhibition from Vancouver-based artist Gu Xiong and curated by Henry Heng Lu and Steven Dragonn. In the exhibitions and subsequent book, Xiong’s addresses the lives of Chinese immigrants who began settling along the coast of British Columbia in the early 20th century. According to gallery Centre A, the exhibition and book “revive three historic sites across British Columbia that bear the untold struggles of the Chinese immigrants: the destroyed “bone house” of Harling Point, the Leper Colony of D’Arcy Island, and the burnt-down Chinatown in Cumberland. It takes the form of an immersive installation that reanimates these early Chinese immigrant experiences during an era of exclusionist policies. Part of the artist’s ongoing investigation into the living conditions of the early waves of Chinese immigrants since 2011, the exhibition sparks an uncanny parallel to the anti-Chinese sentiment prevailing during the current coronavirus pandemic.”