By Xinming Li, bostonese.com
Los Angles, August 22, 2015, — Chants of “Go Tianjin” erupted at Chinese Consulate in Los Angeles yesterday morning. Dozens of Beijing Association USA members donated $24,900 to families of Tianjin firefighters who passed away in the August 12 explosions.
Members of Beijing Association USA pose for a picture at the donation ceremony(provided by Julia Liu).
As of August 21, Chinese media reported 116 confirmed deaths, including at least 40 firefighters. Sixty people, mostly firefighters, remain missing.
Chinese American Equalization Association (HQH) and other organizations attended the donation ceremony. HQH representative Ms. Julia Liu said: “There are students to attending the donation ceremony getting $65 parking ticket. But this wouldn’t hold back people’s determination for attending this event and pay tribute to the heroic firefighters.”
Ms. Hong Li, president of Beijing Association USA, stated: “The overseas Chinese are deeply touched by the recent explosions in Tianjin. On the one hand, we are strongly condemning the root cause of the accident; on the other hand, we mourn for the loss of innocent lives, including some of the front-line firefighters who lost their young valuable lives for the rescue works. There are many lessons learned and experience gathered, but an enormous price has been paid.”
Beijing Association USA has carried forward the good tradition of service and donation. On the day after the explosions, donation requests went out via e-mail and Wechat, a popular social mobile app. In just a few hours, people responded quickly to the request.
Within three days of Tianjin explosions, Beijing Association USA has received the following donations:
(by order of response)
Shao Kuang Ting, Board Chairman of Beijing Association USA $5000
Hong Li, President of Beijing Association USA $2000
Helen Xia Vice-President of Beijing Association USA $500
Charlie Xu, Secretary-General of Beijing Association USA $500
Angela Zhang, Member of Beijing Association USA $200
Yibing Mu, VP of Beijing Association USA $100
Sam Shen, VP of Beijing Association USA $200
Tong Zheng, Executive member of Beijing Association USA $300
Rose Fan, VP of Beijing Association USA $500
Young Li, Executive member of Beijing Association USA $200
Peter Wei, Deputy Secretary-General of Beijing Association USA $500
Edward International USA, Inc, member of Beijing Asso. USA $500
Sue Zhang, Honorary Chair of Roundtable of Chinese Americans $1000
Charles Lu, Chairman of Roundtable of Chinese Americans $1000
Ling Wang, VP of Beijing Asso. USA $200
May Zhang, Executive member of Beijing Asso. USA $300
Amy Zhou, Member of Beijing Asso. USA $200
Li Na Fang, Member of Beijing Asso. USA $300
Jason Wang, Member of Beijing Asso. USA $100
Crystal, Friend of Beijing Asso. USA $200
Jenny, Friend of Beijing Asso. USA $200
Jean Li, Friend of Beijing Asso. USA $2000
Senglin Wang, Member of Roundtable of Chinese Americans $200
JingXiu He, Member of Beijing Asso. USA $200
Song Guo, Chair of Co-organizations of Roundtable of Chinese Americans $1000
Charles Lu, Board Chairman of Tsinghua University Alumni Asso. of SCal $200
Dongmei Huang, Executive member of Beijing Asso. of USA $100
Andy Zhao, Member of Beijing Asso. USA $200
Andy Zhao’s daughter, Member of Beijing Asso. USA $100
Gang Li, Kruftklub Inc. $200
Kaja He, VP of Tsinghua University Alumni Asso. of SCal and member of Beijing Asso. of USA $200
Tina He, Member of Beijing Asso. USA $100
Rui Zhai, Member of Beijing Asso. USA $100
Jie Yang, Member of Beijing Asso. USA $100
Jenny Wong, Member of Beijing Asso. USA $200
Richard Wei, President of Sino-American Philatelic Center $500
Julie Wang, Honorary President of Beijing Asso. USA $500
Jessica Hu, President of U.S.-China Economic & Cultural Organization $1000
Kathy San, Friend of Linlin, member of Beijing Asso. USA $200
Anna Hsu, Legal Counsel of Beijing Asso. USA $800
As the donation continues, the total amount has kept going up. Beijing Association USA is thankful for everyone’s loving spirit shown in front of the disaster and human tragedy. Please give a call to 626-236-0886, 626-390-9981 or 626-512-6637 if you would like to become a member of Beijing Association USA.