This July 7 will mark the 74th anniversary of an incident that ultimately led to the killing of over 20 million Chinese and the additional wounding of over 10 million Chinese. This incident is known as the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, or Lugouqiao Incident (盧溝橋事變, or 七七盧溝橋事變). This is an important date for all Chinese, […]
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Jewish-Chinese Connection During WWII: How a Chinese Diplomat Saved Thousands of Jews
April 2011
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Tens of thousands of Jews living in Austria wanted to leave their country after Germany annexed Austria in March 1938 and started persecuting the Jews. The persecution of Jews in Austria (and in Europe in general) came to a peak on November 9-10, 1938 with a series of attacks on Jews known as “Kristallnacht” (also […]
View from the Balcony: Tale of Two Cultures and Two Countries – Part III
February 2011
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When my parents and their five children first moved from Canton, China to Hong Kong in mid 1949, we moved into a second floor of an old, two-story house that was rented by my second maternal uncle whose family had been living in Hong Kong for some time. There were many people living in this […]
“He’d Grown Up Just Like Me”
December 2010
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“My child arrived just the other day. He came to the world in the usual way. But there were planes to catch, and bills to pay. He learned to walk while I was away.” [1] Thus began the relationship between the baby boy and his father. But you expect that this is just a coincidence […]
