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 had roots in the Guangzhou region of southern China. By the early 20th century, this sector of enrollment had grown so substantially that the school established a Chinese Student Alliance as well as Chinese Literary Association (CLIA) in providing social and academic support for these eager young men who eventually distinguished themselves…
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Rethinking the Chinese Revolution: 1911 in Global Perspective
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, 2011 Organized by the Center for Chinese Studies, with major support from the Confucius Institute at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa In recognition of the significance of the revolution to China and the world,the UHM Center for Chinese Studies is hosting a commemorative conference,preceding the 2011 national meeting of the Association for Asian Studies, thatwill bring together a diverse group of experts on Chinese history, politics, literature,anthropology, and law, among other fields from the People’s Republic,Hong…
Read moreEvents in Asia in Dr. Sun’s Era
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 China. Dr. wrote Li a letter offering his ideas and services to modernize China; he received no answer and left for Hawai`i where he organized the Xingzhonghui. Dr. Jose Rizal, Philippine nationalist reformer, executed by Spanish, 30 December 1896. Dr. Sun sympathized with Philippine nationalism and the…
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