In the famous 14th US Army Air Force, several logistic maintenance and intelligence squadrons were composed entirely of Chinese American soldiers, who proudly call themselves part of the “Flying Tigers”.
Joe Shoong (1879-1961) was a Chinese-American entrepreneur and philanthropist who founded National Dollar Stores. He was one of the first Chinese-American millionaires and was once described by Time Magazine as the “richest, best-known Chinese business man in the U.S. ”. Though National Dollar Stores is now closed, it served the local communities for a long time in the 20th century. As a philanthropist, Shoong funded Chinese schools, universities, churches, hospitals and other organizations for educational or humanitarian purposes. After World War II, Shoong established the Joe Shoong Foundation, which continues to support local communities.
华盛顿纪念碑既是塔又是碑，所以又称塔碑。它内部镶嵌有193块石碑，分别来自不同国家、州、机构、和个人。其中有一块高1.6米，宽1.2米的中文石碑，由大清国浙江宁波府镌刻，于1853至1864年间捐赠给华盛顿纪念碑，石碑安放在华盛顿纪念塔碑内第十层，220 英尺处。【附录1】【注解1】要揭开这段中美历史的面纱，需要了解一个人，一本书和两段中美文化交流的往事。
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司徒美堂（Meitong Seetoo）先生的一生，是公认传奇的一生，无论是所处的时代、所经历过的变革、在他身上，发生过的事情、与他相遇相交相知的人，无一例外的都成为传奇的一部分。然而随着时间的推移，很多人、很多事在成为过往之后，丢失了原来的真面目。重新梳理1955年在公祭大会上对美堂老一生的总结与定位，我们可以清晰的得出一个结论：司徒美堂老旅居美国70年，是当之无愧的民族侨领，是中国洪门民治党、中国洪门致公党的创始人。但必须清楚地知道他并非中国致公党的创始人。
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In 1879 there were two Chinese Americans in the US Navy’s Arctic Expedition: Charles Tong Sing (1859-?) and Ah Sam (?-1881). They were the first Chinese Americans to explore the Arctic.
Since the 1960s, Chinese immigrants have arrived in the Bay Area/Silicon Valley; many more have come from the mainland since the eighties. In the last four decades, many of them have become high tech entrepreneurs and engineers who contributed a great deal to Silicon Valley and the US economy. The purpose of this article is to introduce 54 of these leaders to the audience.
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Those who went to high school or college in mainland China and loved studying English will remember Deng Yanchang’s frequent articles on oral English in the magazine English Language Learning. Professor Deng Yanchang, born in Phoenix, Arizona, was a very distinctive figure of the Deng family.
日本侵华战争的风云使美国华人达到了空前的团结，积极地投身于抗日宣传及反日战争之中。1941年底美国政府对日宣战后，中美两国紧紧地团结在国际反法西斯的同盟里。满载重负的美国华人挺过恶劣的排华政治环境，终于成为一个＂受欢迎＂的实体，赢得尊重和同情。怀着对华人厚重关怀和深切同情的赛珍珠夫妇带领“废除排华法案公民委员会”向各方宣传和游说。他们的不懈努力对美国政府废除长达61年之久的《排华法案》起了重要的作用。
