Who's Who of Chinese in Hawaii (I)

1849, 24-year-old Chen Fang and her uncle went to Honolulu. She started as an apprentice in a shop, and a few years later began to manage sugar cane cultivation and sugar industry. 186 1 year, the American civil war broke out, the south cut off the supply of sugar to the north, and the price of sugar soared. Chen Fang, with a keen eye, seized the opportunity and dumped a large amount of sucrose to the north, making a huge profit and becoming the first millionaire of Chinese in Hawaii.

1856, Chen Fang held a grand and luxurious ball for King Karakava. During the meeting, she met Julia, the royal princess of Hawaii, and then married the princess as a concubine. She has 16 children, 13 daughters and 3 sons. 188 1 year, Chen Fang was appointed by Emperor Guangxu of Qing Dynasty as the first consul of China in Hawaii.

1890, the anti-China wave spread to Honolulu throughout North America, and 65-year-old Chen Fang decided to leave the leaves and return to her hometown. Because Chen Fang and her parents are charitable, Emperor Guangxu gave four Meixi memorial archways to show his approval.

From 65438 to 0953, clarice B Taylor, a famous American writer, serialized The Story of Chen Fang's Family in The Hawaiian Times. From 65438 to 0963, Thirteen Daughters, a large-scale musical with the theme of Chen Fang's story, created by Eton Morgan, a descendant of American playwright Chen Fang, was staged on Broadway, New York, causing a sensation. From 65438 to 0994, historian Bob Day published Biography of Chen Fang on the basis of collecting a large number of historical materials.

1879 13-year-old China teenager Sun Yat-sen came to Honolulu for the first time. 1882, Eolani School held a graduation ceremony at St. Andrew's Cathedral in Honolulu, and King Karakava of Hawaii awarded the English Grammar Award to Sun Yat-sen, a graduate. After graduating from Eolani School, Sun Yat-sen entered the highest institution in Hawaii, and later continued to study at Ouhu College, which was renamed Punaho School.

Historian castel wrote in Lu Lu badminton Advertising Business Daily: "In Punaho, he (Sun Yat-sen) was shocked by the social, political and economic views of alexander hamilton, abraham lincoln and henry george.

1894, Dr. Sun Yat-sen raised money in Oahu, Honolulu, and established the Zhong Xing Club, and put forward the slogan of "rejuvenating China" and the platform of "expelling the Tatars, restoring China and establishing a coalition government". 1895, Sun Yat-sen failed in his first uprising in Guangzhou and was wanted by the Manchu government to return to Hawaii.

/kloc-0 At the beginning of 904, Sun Yat-sen joined Hong Men volunteers in Honolulu and became the "red stick" of volunteers. He was detained by the US Immigration Service in San Francisco for applying for a US passport with a fake Hawaiian birth certificate. After that, he had to be released on bail by Hong Men in San Francisco and hired a lawyer to avoid being sent back to China.

Sun Yat-sen advocated overthrowing the Manchu rule by armed revolution and establishing the Republic of China, and also advocated overthrowing the Beiyang government of the Republic of China by force. He put forward three people's principles and other political programs, which had a far-reaching impact on China's politics. The regime established by the Kuomintang in China inherited his party-state system and thought of ruling the army by the party. The Kuomintang of China honored him as the father of the country, the Prime Minister of the Kuomintang of China, and the Chinese Production Party honored him as "the great forerunner of China's modern democratic revolution".

Sun Mei, a native of Xiangshan County, Guangdong Province, is Sun Yat-sen's brother. 187 1 year, Sun Mei chose to go abroad to work in Honolulu. Later, he reclaimed wasteland in Maui, engaged in agricultural production, and then set foot in business. Finally, he got rich and became a rich man. The local people call him "the king of Maui".

During the period of 1894, Sun Mei strongly supported Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary thought, actively donated money from his actions, joined the Zhong Xing Association of Hometown Association, and became a veteran. From 65438 to 0907, Sun Mei fully supported the national revolutionary cause, sold all her possessions in Honolulu and returned to Hong Kong with her family.

In a series of revolutionary activities led by Sun Yat-sen in the future, Sun Mei went all out and gave everything he had without complaint and unwavering, and always firmly believed in and supported the revolution. Make outstanding contributions to the establishment of the Republic of China. 19 13 Sun Mei moved to macau for two years and died of poverty.

The only son of Tan and his wife often studied under Liang Qichao in 1893, then transferred to Yokohama Datong School in Japan, and studied medicine in California in 1896. 19 10 Sun Chang joined the alliance and actively participated in the activities organized by the alliance in the United States. Under the influence of Sun Yat-sen, Sun Chang gradually embarked on the revolutionary road.

19 17, participated in the protection movement and served as the commander of the rangers in the Grand Marshal's Office. When I was escorting my pay to Huangpu, Guangzhou, I was mistakenly attacked by the navy and fell into the river because I didn't get in touch with the navy first. I drowned when I was 34. Sun Yat-sen ordered him to be buried in Huangpu Park and wrote the words "died for the country" for him.

He Qing 1904 was born in Hawaii. He studies in mckenney Middle School. 1926 After graduating from the University of Hawaii, he worked hard. By the 1930s, he had a strong economic strength.

194 1 year 65438+On February 7th, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, the main force of the US Pacific Fleet was destroyed, and Hawaii became the front line. At that time, many white people fled to the mainland of the United States and sold Hawaiian houses and properties cheaply, while China people took the opportunity to buy properties. He Qing also joined in the acquisition, and waited until the situation stabilized before throwing it out, thus becoming a billionaire and a famous Hawaiian Chinese industrialist.

In the mid-1940s, he bought 9,000 acres of land of Erney Sugar Company in Oahu for $654.38+$2500, which became the biggest real estate transaction in the history of Asians in Hawaii. 1954, He Qing was appointed as one of the trustees of Mark A Robinson Trust, and was elected as the president of Hawaiian Stock Exchange in Asia. He Qing has moved to other countries since his grandfather's generation, but he is still deeply attached to his homeland and is very concerned about the public welfare undertakings of the motherland.

1983, he returned to China and donated 1 10,000 dollars to Soong Ching Ling Foundation as a director. On his son He's 78th birthday, he gave 500 yuan gifts from relatives and friends to the school in his hometown to express his homesickness. 1May 1987 12, He Qing died of heart failure in Hawaii at the age of 83.

Yang is a native of Zhongshan, Guangdong, and was born in Honolulu, USA. His father, Yang, managed food production, sales and real estate in Honolulu, USA in his early years and became a wealthy family. When Sun Yat-sen arrived in Hawaii on 1903, he lived in Yangjiazhong. In his childhood, Yang was influenced by Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary thoughts, and he was deeply moved by listening to Sun Yat-sen's speeches against the Qing Dynasty and saving the nation many times at Lixia Street Theatre in Honolulu.

After the Revolution of 1911, Sun Yat-sen called for the establishment of a powerful air force, and immediately set off a wave of "saving the country by aviation" among overseas Chinese youth. In response to Sun Yat-sen's call, Yang entered the University of Hawaii at the age of 18, and then entered Harry University in California to study mechanical engineering. Then transfer to new york Eggplant Miss Aviation College. 19 18 returned to China at the invitation of sun yat-sen, taking aviation as his own responsibility, and trained a large number of aviation professionals for the motherland.

19 19 yang established China's first air force aircraft fleet in Fujian Zhangzhou and served as commander-in-chief. He gradually strengthened his fleet by hiring pilots and buying munitions such as airplanes, bombs and guns. 1923 On September 20th, in order to attack warlord Chen Jiongming, he accidentally exploded while inspecting a torpedo and died heroically. At the age of 32. Dr. Sun Yat-sen spoke highly of Yang and felt very sad about his unfortunate death. And decided to set Yang and Sacrifice Day as "Aviation Remembrance Day".

Written in Honolulu, Hawaii on the morning of March 5, 20021year.

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