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Rethinking the Chinese Revolution: 1911 in Global Perspective

March 19, 2011 admin Others

A Conference in Commemoration of the 1911 Revolution(An AAS-endorsed pre-conference of the 2011 AAS-IACS annual convention) University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, HonoluluMarch 28–30, 2011Organized by the Center for Chinese Studies, with major support from the Confucius Institute at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa In...

Announcement of free film screening

March 19, 2011 admin Featured

In conjunction with “Rethinking the Chinese Revolution: 1911 in Global Perspective: A Conference in Commemoration of the 1911 Revolution", a public conference being sponsored by Center for Chinese Studies, with major support from the Confucius Institute at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, March 28–30, 2011. (about which more later),...

Dr. Sun Yat sen Hawaii Foundation hosts Shanghai Soong Ching Ling Foundation

November 5, 2010 admin Featured

On August 25th the Dr. Sun Yat sen Hawaii Foundation hosted a breakfast at the Pacific Club in Honolulu for the visiting delegation accompanying the Shanghai Children's Art Troupe including Chairman Lu Ping and Vice Chairman Ai Baiying, Shanghai Soong Ching Ling Foundation (SCLF), and Liaison Liu Guangwen.The two Foundations...

World Renowned Shanghai Children’s Palace Art Troupe to Perform in Hawaii

August 7, 2010 admin Featured

Honolulu, Hawaii – Shanghai Children’s Palace Art Troupe, an internationally recognized youth performing arts group that has performed at the White House as well as opening ceremonies for the 2010 Shanghai Expo, will be in Hawaii for a one-time only performance on Friday, August 27 at 7:30 p.m. at the...

Sun Yat-sen Hawaii Foundation presents Lifetime Achievement Award

December 19, 2009 admin Featured

December 14th, 2009 Sun Yat-sen Chairman Warren Luke, along with President Steven Ai presented the Foundation's first Lifetime Achievement Award to Walter Chee Kwon Chun and his wife Sau Chun Wong Chun for their efforts to improve the quality of life, and the understanding of people from both China and the...

Dr. Sun’s birthday, Nov 12, 2009

November 18, 2009 admin Featured

Members of the Sun Yat-sen Foundation and the Chinese Chamber of Commerce met on November 12th to honor Dr. Sun Yat-sen on his birthday at the Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Park in Chnatown, Honolulu, Hawaii. Dr. Sun spent his formative years studying first at Iolani School and then Oahu College, now known...

Hong Kong: Where a Future Revolutionary Leader was Nurtured

October 28, 2008 admin A Humanities Guide, Research

By Francis Tsui When Dr. Sun Yat-sen was reminiscing about his student days in Hong Kong during one of his visits to Hong Kong University in 1923, he remarked that years ago he "got the revolutionary ideas in this very place, in the colony of Hong...

Educating a Revolutionary: Sun Yat-Sen’s Schooling in Hawaii

October 28, 2008 admin A Humanities Guide, Research

By Alfred L. Castle Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925) was the best known revolutionary proponent of a Chinese republic, both in China and abroad. Born of peasant stock near Canton, a cosmopolitan southern section of China, he was a Westernized Chinese. His Westernization had come from his residency and...

Sun Yat-Sen in China’s Heroic Tradition

October 28, 2008 admin A Humanities Guide, Research

By Loretta Pang In a brief autobiography written in 1896, Sun Yat-sen asserted that he revered the sage kings Tang (reigned 1751-1739 BC?) and Wu (reigned 1121-1116 BC) from China's distant past. As a young man, he also admired Hong Xiuchuan (AD 1814-1864), leader of the Taiping Rebellion,...

The “South” in Chinese History

October 28, 2008 admin A Humanities Guide, Research

By D. W. Y .Kwok In Chinese cultural awareness, the "South" is a composite term which acquired complexities and layers of meaning as her cultural geography expanded with the movement of history. Some of these meanings and connotations may be noted for the purposes of this brief...