Sun Yat-sen Hawaii Foundation

2026 Essay Contest

2026-11-11 admin Others

The essay contest was open to secondary and post-secondary Hawai'i students. The theme was "Sun Yat-sen and Hawai'i". First ($1,000), second ($500), and third ($300) prizes were provided by the Dr. Sun Yat-sen Hawaii Foundation for the high school winners, and by the University of Hawai'i's Hamilton Library for the university-level...

Hawaii marks Sun Yat-sen’s 150th anniversary

2016-07-19 admin Others

As appeared in China Daily US Edition July 15, 2016 Click here to read the original article in China Daily Chinese across the world will mark the 150th anniversary of the birth of Dr Sun Yat-senon Nov 12. In Hawaii, where Sun received his teenage education and huge...

Sun Fo St. Louis College graduation photograph.

2014-01-29 admin Others

The school's third campus (1882) was located in close proximity to Honolulu's Chinatown, in an era when St. Louis College emerged as a private school of choice for first-generation immigrants in the vicinity intent on bettering the lives of their children. A large portion of these families...

Rethinking the Chinese Revolution: 1911 in Global Perspective

2011-03-19 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...

Events in Asia in Dr. Sun’s Era

2008-09-04 admin Others

Happenings in China and Elsewhere Meiji Restoration in Japan 1868; reforms in era of Emperor Meiji, 1868-1912 Dr. Sun traveled, lived and organized political activities in Japan where thousands of Chinese went to study. Sino-Japanese War 1894-1895, Statesman Li Hongzhang negotiates Treaty of Shimonoseki for a defeated...