Category: Featured
May 17, 2024 China Soong Ching Ling Foundation’s visit to Hawaii
The Sun Yat-sen Hawaii Foundation had the honor of hosting the China Soong Ching Foundation on May 16 and 17, 2024. The distinguished delegation, led by Secretary General Zhang Jimin, visited Iolani School and Punahou School, where Dr. Sun Yat-sen received his education. The two foundations exchanged ideas for future...
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On March 12, 2024, the board members of the Foundation presented leis at the statue of Dr. Sun to commemorate the 99th anniversary of his death.
Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Park Reopened
A blessing and lei-draping ceremony was held on November 21, 2022, for the nearly half-acre Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Park on the makai side of the Hawaii Theatre Center in downtown Honolulu. This event marked the completion of renovations to the park, achieved through partnerships between the City of Honolulu...
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Online Student Concert, a music collaboration program between Honolulu and Zhongshan Cities
The year 2022 marks the 25th anniversary of the establishment of sister-city relations between the City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii, and the City of Zhongshan, Guangdong. During the past twenty-five years, the two cities have worked together on many exchange programs and collaborative projects in many fields, including trade,...
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Sun Yat-sen and Soong Ching Ling Research Room
Sun Yat-sen and Soong Ching Ling Research Room at the University of Hawai‘i
November 12, 2019 was the 153rdanniversary of the birth of Sun Yat-sen. In the afternoon on this day, the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Library and the Dr. Sun Yat-sen Hawai‘i Foundation jointly organized a soft opening of the “Sun Yat-sen and Soong Ching Ling Research Room” on...
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Sun Yat-Sen and Soong Ching Ling Research Room
Coming Soon……
Sun Yat-Sen and Soong Ching Ling Research Room
at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa’s Hamilton Library
Hamilton Library holds a research collection of ~500 titles relating to the life and work of revolutionary Chinese leader Dr. Sun Yat-Sen and his wife the philanthropist...
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How many Dr. Sun Yat-sen statues are there in Hawai‘i?
People in Hawai‘i say that the islands have birthed two presidents—Sun Yat-sen of China and Barack Obama of the U.S.—so that Hawai‘i can be said to have influenced not only the West but also the East. This observation reflects on the inclusiveness of Hawai‘i’s multicultural society, which is like that...
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Sun Yat-sen Chinese Heritage Festival In Lahaina
November 10, 2017
Lahaina honors the life and achievements of Dr. Sun Yat-Sen, known as The Father of Modern China, and the town's Chinese heritage during this annual festival at Wo Hing Museum and Cookhouse on Front Street. Enjoy a film tribute and historical displays depicting the Sun family connection from...
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