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  • Brief History Chinese Americans in World War II

    From chineseamericanheroes.org

    World War II didn’t start on December 7, 1941, the “Day of Infamy” with the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. It didn’t even start on September 1, 1939 with the German invasion of Poland. The seeds of World War II started in the immediate aftermath of World War I, both in Europe and in Asia. China had entered that war on the side of the Allies, fully expecting that the Allied Powers would support the return of Germany’s Chinese colonies to the Chinese people after the war. President Woodrow Wilson’s “Fourteen Points” declaration that national self- determination should decide the future fate of colonized peoples gave hope to many around the world but the final terms of the Treaty of Versailles ending World War I betrayed all of them. British and French colonies simply expanded around the world while giving the Allied blessing to Japanese colonial expansion in China.
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    Arthur Wong joined US Army in 1943 in Boston (file photo).
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  • The Last Week of Mao Zedong

    At five o’clock in the afternoon of September 2, 1976, Mao suffered a heart attack, far more severe than his previous two and affecting a much larger area of his heart. X rays indicated that his lung infection had worsened, and his urine output dropped to less than 300 cc a day. Mao was awake and alert throughout the crisis and asked several times whether he was in danger. His condition continued to fluctuate and his life hung in the balance.
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    Meng Jingyun from Wuhan, China, was nurse for Mao during the last 489 days of his life.
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  • 东突的由来及其血腥历史

    (来自人民网强国社区)1940年代的新疆，曾经发生过一次严重的叛乱，但是由于意识形态的原因，这一次叛乱没有得到准确的定性，延至今日，遂酿成东突之祸。这，就是赫赫有名的“三区革命”事件！
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    1950年代新疆解放军战士合影。
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  • CHSNE’s 20th Anniversary Lecture Series: Prof. Da Zheng on Chiang Yee

    By David Li, bostonese.com

    On Saturday, August 4, Chinese Historical Society of New England (CHSNE) will present a free public lecture by Suffolk University Professor and CHSNE board member Da Zheng, author of Chiang Yee: The Silent Traveller from the East. This lecture is part of CHSNE’s 20th anniversary lecture series, and is co-sponsored by Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center (BCNC).

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