The Story of Overseas Chinese is 200 words.

She is a Chinese-American with deep national feelings. At the age of 80, she is still working hard to establish the first War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression Memorial Hall overseas. She is currently the chairman of Pan-Asia Company in the United States, honorary president of the Northern California Association for the Promotion of Peaceful Reunification, a famous American Chinese entrepreneur and social activist, a veritable heroine, and Ms. Li Fang Bonqin, who is called "Steel Magnolia" by the American media.

She is also a famous American English media tycoon and the head of the newspaper empire. In addition to real estate, printing and trading companies, her company also hosts some English media: Asia Weekly; ("AsianWeek"), "independence" and so on.

Li Fangbangqin, born in Hanchuan, Hubei Province,1was born in Zhengzhou, Henan Province on April 4, 935. 1949 came to Taiwan Province province with his family from the mainland of China. Unexpectedly, it was far away, separated from his hometown for half a century. She graduated from the journalism department of Taiwan Province Political University. 1960, she met John Fang, an American journalism master, in Taiwan Province. After they got married, they immigrated to the United States from Taiwan Province Province. When she first arrived in a foreign country, her life was very difficult. She has three sons. In order to support them and make a living, she worked hard with her husband and suffered a lot. Especially for a period of time, her husband was ill for three years, and the burden of family life was all on her shoulders. For the sake of her family, she even has to work three jobs at most. She is alone, helpless, busy with her children's food and drink, and has to go to the hospital to deliver meals to her husband. Although she is bitter, she is too busy to sit down and cry. Only by putting the children to bed at night and taking time to fill their stomachs with a bowl of noodles will tears fall into the bowl and be swallowed with noodle soup. Even so, she can't cry for long, because after putting down chopsticks, she will go to a printing factory to work the night shift. ...

Despite this, Li Fang Bunchin still gritted his teeth and did not fall. She said to herself: You can walk with your back bent or crawl on your stomach, but don't fall down. If you fall, you'll never get up again. She always encourages herself with such a motto: "Yesterday has passed, and living today is to prepare for how to spend tomorrow." She believes that one day she will walk with her head held high. A few years later, her life began to recover and her husband recovered. With strong perseverance and fighting spirit, they set up a small printing factory. She is both a boss and a worker, doing all kinds of heavy work, learning English from reading bills, and even pushing hundreds of kilograms of roll paper onto the printing machine ... Li Fang Bonqin and her husband John Fang have always dreamed of owning a newspaper of their own. They believe that Chinese newspapers can gather Chinese people, spread homesickness and enhance the national sense and pride of overseas Chinese.

1In August, 979, when the time was ripe, they decided to expand the service scope to include all Asian Americans except China, such as Koreans, Vietnamese and Japanese, and an AsianWeek was born in San Francisco. And it will soon become a reference for all politicians with mainstream Asian voices.

"Making a newspaper in America is like grabbing a piece of meat from a tiger's mouth." This choice made her a brave eagle, so she was called "steel magnolia" by American media.

Fang's newspaper industry in the United States is getting bigger and bigger: 1987, he bought the independent newspaper; A year later, another English-language newspaper in San Francisco, Progress, closed down because of poor management, which saved the declining Independent. 1994, Fang Jia acquired seven newspapers under the Chicago Tribune. 1998, these newspapers were integrated into "independent departments" and became the largest non-daily newspaper department in the United States.

On March 17, 2000, Li Fang Bangqin's fame reached its peak. On that day, the San Francisco Observer, an American newspaper with a history of 135 years, published a banner with a large font on the front page: "Sold!" And it was acquired by a Chinese-American family-Pan Asia Group, a Fang enterprise with Bangqin as its chairman! On this day, she shocked the American press and mainstream society. At that time, her husband had been dead for eight years.

Li Fang Bunchin's feat made Chinese Americans proud and very "revenge". It turns out that 100 years ago, the Hearst family, the owner of the San Francisco Observer, was an advocate of Chinese exclusion, calling the immigration tide in China a "yellow peril". In fact, I have an impulse in my heart to take it off one day. Li Fang Bonqin said bluntly. When I bought the San Francisco Observer, I took part in the bidding with the confidence of winning.

In recognition of Li Fang Bonqin's contribution to improving the status of Chinese in the United States, on September 8, 2000, San Francisco Mayor Brown awarded her the "Outstanding Chinese Award" and announced this day as "Li Fang Bonqin Day". Today, Ms. Li Fang Bonqin is not only very active in the business circles, but also spares no effort in promoting the great cause of the reunification of the motherland and striving for the interests and status of China people. June 5438 +2000 10, Ms. Fang initiated the establishment of "Northern California China Peaceful Reunification Promotion Association" in San Francisco. In August of that year, she attended the "Global Chinese Conference for the Peaceful Reunification of China" held in Europe, and said at the meeting: "I want to wave the flag and shout for the peaceful reunification of China. Only with the peaceful reunification of the two sides of the strait can the Chinese nation be truly revitalized, and 2 1 century is the ideal of the Chinese century. " In 20 10, the Chinese and American governments signed a "StrongInitiative" bilateral agreement, which is expected to attract 654.38 million American students to study in China. Ms Li Fang Bunqin is the only entrepreneur in China who participated in the project. In May 2008, Ms. Li Fang Bangqin donated160,000 yuan to build the teaching building of Peking University Institute of Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language, and the school decided to name it "Li Fang Bangqin Building". For War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, Li Fang's relatives have painful memories. 1On July 7, 937, the Japanese invaders created the Lugouqiao Incident, which shocked China and foreign countries. After that, Li Fang Bunchin, who was only two years old, stayed in Xi until the victory of the Anti-Japanese War. She remembers that the loudest slogan shouted during the Anti-Japanese War was "One inch of mountains and rivers and one inch of blood, 100,000 young people and 100,000 troops!" ; She remembers that at the age of five, the three brothers decided to interrupt their high school or university studies and went to the square in front of the Chenghuang Temple in Xi 'an to volunteer to join the army. She still remembers her mother pulling her brothers and trying to dissuade them: "Don't go, don't go ..."

Later, the eldest brother died, and the other two brothers, one of whom joined the China Air Force, won the "Flying Tigers" medal ... "I personally experienced War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and remember how cruel this war was." She said sadly.

During the Japanese invasion of China, 30 million people in China were killed by Japanese invaders. Surprisingly, so far, apart from China, including Taiwan Province Province of China and Hongkong, there is no War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression Memorial Hall in the world. "Jews were killed by German fascists in World War II by 600,000, and they built 167 memorial halls all over the world. The people of China were killed by Japanese devils for 30 million, so far there is no overseas memorial hall, and I feel heartbroken, "Li Fang Bunchin told reporters.

20 14 On July 7th, the 77th anniversary of the outbreak of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, Li Fangbang Qin announced that he would donate a building with an area of nearly 1000 square meters in Chinatown in downtown San Francisco, USA, as the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression Memorial Hall, which is scheduled to open in September 20th15 to welcome the 70th anniversary of the victory of the Anti-Japanese War.

This War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression Memorial Hall will be the first War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression Memorial Hall in the world outside China. It is located in the prime location of Chinatown in San Francisco. This is a three-story building with a total area of about 65,438+0,000 square meters, and the market price is higher than 654,380+0,000 US dollars, which is owned by Li Fangbang Qin. Li Fang Bunchin said that he donated this building for the permanent free use of the first overseas War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression Memorial Hall.

In this overseas War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression Memorial Hall, the contents will include three parts: War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, the people of China; overseas Chinese supporting the domestic war of resistance; and the United States and other anti-fascist allies supporting China. Li Fangbangqin divided the Anti-Japanese War into four different periods: 193 1 is the first period, which is the early period of the Anti-Japanese War; 1937 to 1940 is the second period, which is China's arduous War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, that is, the independent war of resistance; 194 1 to 1944 This period is the third period, and China began to receive assistance from the United States and other allies, just like the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period. What remains is the last period, which marks the final victory of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression.

The memorial hall will also display some pictures, models and even precious historical materials such as letters exchanged during the war. Li Fang Bunchin imagined imitating some famous battles, such as the Battle of Four Treasures and the Battle of Taierzhuang, to show the tragic war and the indomitable spirit of China people.

It is worth mentioning that this overseas anti-Japanese war memorial hall will also set up a sound preservation room for some people who have participated in the anti-Japanese war and are still alive to oral history, preserve memories and record the anti-Japanese war stories of each family.

20 14 12 from early February to mid-February, Li Fang bangqin stayed in China for more than 10 days. In addition to accepting the honor of "honorary professor" awarded by the Foreign Affairs University, she spent most of her time collecting historical materials for the exhibition of the Anti-Japanese War Memorial Hall. In order to collect historical materials, Li Fang Bunchin went to Shanghai and Changsha. After hearing that there was a privately built anti-Japanese war memorial hall in Chongqing, she rushed to Chongqing to study.

In order to build an overseas anti-Japanese war memorial hall, Li Fang Bangqin has returned to China many times in the past two years. She visited War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression Memorial Hall in Lugouqiao, Zhongshan Ship in Wuhan, Taierzhuang Memorial Hall in Shandong ... No matter where China is, she will visit and study as long as she helps her build overseas anti-Japanese war memorial halls.

The Overseas War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression Memorial Hall will be located in the famous San Francisco China City, where there are many tourists from all over the world. "If tourists can visit the overseas War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression Memorial Hall for a few minutes, it will have a great impact," Li Fang Bunchin said confidently.

"The 70th anniversary of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression is coming to an end, but there are still people in Japan who want to deny the history of aggression and set up overseas anti-Japanese war memorial halls. Their purpose is to learn from history and sound the alarm. " Ms. Li Fang Bunchin said.

Anti-Japanese war veterans wrote inscriptions for the memorial hall.