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Whereas Li Ching-Yuen himself claimed to have been born in 1736, Wu Chung-Chieh, a professor of the Chengdu University, asserted that Li was born in 1677: according to a 1930 New York Times article, Wu discovered Imperial Chinese government records from 1827 congratulating Li on his 150th birthday, and further documents later congratulating him ...
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One of those honored was Elsie Chin Yuen Seetoo, whose nursing studies in Hong Kong were interrupted when the U.S. entered the war after the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941. [ 34 ] See also
Kao Ching-yuen (Chinese: 高清愿; pinyin: Gāo Qīngyuàn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ko Chheng-gōan; 24 May 1929 – March 2016) was a Taiwanese businessman best known as the founder of Uni-President Enterprises Corporation.
Huo Yuanjia [b] (18 January 1868 – 14 September 1910), [1] [2] courtesy name Junqing, [c] was a Chinese martial artist and co-founder of the Chin Woo Athletic Association, a martial arts school in Shanghai.
Chen Yun (simplified Chinese: 陈云; traditional Chinese: 陳雲; pinyin: Chén Yún, pronounced [ʈʂʰə̌n y̌n]; 13 June 1905 – 10 April 1995) was a Chinese revolutionary leader who was one of the most influential leaders of the People's Republic of China during the 1980s and 1990s and one of the major architects and important policy makers for the reform and opening up period ...
Cheng Yen or Shih Cheng Yen (Chinese: 證嚴法師, 釋證嚴; pinyin: Zhèngyán Fǎshī; Wade–Giles: Chêng 4 Yen 2 Fa 3-shih 1; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chèng-giâm Hoat-su; [a] born Chin-Yun Wong; the 24th of the third Lunar month, 4 May 1937) [1] [2] is a Taiwanese Buddhist nun , teacher, and philanthropist.
Chin Yuen is the only one Ben Loy confides in about Mei Oi's affair, but readers know that Chin Yuen fantasizes about having an affair with Mei Oi. Situational – Although Wah Gay attacks Ah Song, Ah Song is the one who is exiled for five years. Verbal – "Everybody likes sex, you know" (121). [Ben Loy is, in fact, impotent]