Our lives here in the U.S. are influenced by an inextricably intertwined with the history,

politics, and cultures of countries like China, South Korea, and Taiwan.

This month, we're telling some of those stories.

We're calling this series, Superpower.

Today, the story of Wang Kim-Ark, whose epic fight to be recognized as a citizen in his

own country, led to a Supreme Court decision affirming birthright citizenship for all.

In a note to our listeners, this episode contains depictions of racial violence.

All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof,

are citizens of the United States, and of the state wherein they reside.

No state shall make or enforce any law which will abridge the privileges or immunities

of citizens of the United States, nor shall any state deprive any person of life,

liberty or property, without due process of law, nor denied any person with an

inextricist jurisdiction, the equal protection of the laws.

This is throughline editor Julie Kane, walking in Chinatown, San Francisco, on a cool Sunday

afternoon.

She's in one of the oldest Chinatowns in the world, a place where Chinese immigrants

have been moving to for over 150 years.

It takes up about 24 city blocks, winding up and down steep San Francisco hills.

So I am walking up Sacramento Street, it is a beautiful day, I'm walking up a hill,

which is probably here in my breathing.

It's like a city within a city, and you can feel its history and the sights, sounds,

smells and flavors in every alley, on every corner.

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