China Soong Ching Ling Foundation (SCLF) – December 30, 2005

Update by Yen Chun   We had a nice breakfast meeting with China Soong Ching Ling Foundation (SCLF). They expressed their interest in working with us closely in the future. The SCLF’s visit to Hawaii was covered by the Sing Tao Daily News (Chinese). SCLF presented our Foundation a wedding photo of Dr. Sun Yat-sen and Mdm. Soong Ching Ling.   Attached are a few more photos: Left to Right: C.F. Damon Jr., Joanne Tachibana, Warren Luke, YU Guilin (Vice Chairman of SCLF), Steven Ai, WU Cunyu (Director of International Liaison Department, SCLF), Yen Chun, WANG Jia Jia (Staff of…

Read more

Sources in Chinese on Dr. Sun & Hawaii

Selected List of Chinese Works   Compiled by Xin Li Last Updated: May 4, 1998 BOOKS Soong, Irma Tam and Wei-tung Lin. Five Hsing Chung Hui Men of Valor. Taipei: Federation of Overseas Chinese Associations, 1989. Su, Teh-yung. “Mr. Sun Mei.” Notable Overseas Chinese. Taipei: Chinese Cultural Publishing Committee, 1955. Wu, Hsiang-hsiang. Biography of Dr. Sun Yat-sen. Taipei: Far East Publishing Co., 1981. Hang, Ting Yung. Dr. Sun Yat-sen’s Seven Visits to America and Hawaii. Taipei: China Publishing Co., 1982. Lo, Chuan-hua. The Chinese in Hawaii: A Bibliographic Survey. Taipei: China Printing Co., 1972. Wu, Chun-lieh. The Chinese of Hawaii….

Read more

Sources in English on Dr. Sun & Hawaii

Selected English Language Resources on Sun Yat-sen   1. Biographies of Sun Yat-sen Bergère, Marie-Claire. Sun Yat-sen. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1998. Linebarger, Paul. Sun Yat-sen and the Chinese Republic. New York, 1925; reprint, New York, AMS Press, 1969. Sharman, Lyon. Sun Yat-sen, His Life and Its Meaning: A Critical Biography. Stanford, Ca.: Stanford University Press, 1968. Schiffrin, Harold Z. Sun Yat-sen and the Origins of the Chinese Revolution. Berkeley, Ca.: University of California Press, 1968. Schiffrin, Harold Z. Sun Yat-sen, His Life and Its Meaning: A Critical Biography. Stanford, Ca.: Stanford University Press, 1968. Soong, Irma Tam and Wei-tung Lin….

Read more

Hawaii Roots

Family in Hawai`i   Sun Mei, Dr. Sun’s older brother, arrived in Hawai’i in 1871. He became a farmer, merchant, and rancher on Oahu and Maui islands and raised his family in Hawai’i. He arranged for Dr. Sun to join him… Six Visits to Hawai`i Dr. Sun made six trips to Hawai`i. He attended schools in Honolulu and organized revolutionary activities with support from relatives and friends on Oahu, Maui, and Hawai`i Islands…     Friends & Supporters

Read more

About

HISTORY AND MISSION   The mission of The Foundation is to raise the public’s awareness of the important historical role Hawaii and its people played not only in the life of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the acknowledged Father of Modern China, but also in the founding of modern China. This role included his attending high schools at what are now known as Iolani School and Punahou School from 1879-1883, and later in the critical voluntary financial and manpower support he received for the revolution leading to the overthrow of the last emperor of China. The revolution brought an end to the Manchu / Qing Dynasty and culminated in Dr. Sun becoming the first provisional President of the…

Read more