Chinese people overseas -- famous overseas

Author: Chen Jiantang
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
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The earliest Chinese to step out of the country, backed by the long-standing Greater China, face the formidable Western powers. A clash of blood and fire, a collision of spirit and flesh. How did they strive in foreign lands to glorify China? How did they win dignity for their motherland and gain fame overseas? The perfect combination of text and images, the detailed narration, tells the stories of the East and the West, and rekindles the light of history and reality. Use your eyes to experience the extraordinary world with them, and let their passion stir your heart for China. Hundreds of precious historical photographs bring to life over a century of China's connection with the world. "Wherever there is the sun, there are Chinese people"—this seems to be a universally applicable proverb. The stories of "Chinese Abroad" told in this book are not about the ancient ancestors or the overseas Chinese struggling for survival, but about the Chinese who, in the past century, were dedicated to serving and saving their country, and the righteous individuals who sought truth and glorified the ancient Chinese culture abroad. They were the elite of the modern nation, embodying the great national spirit. This book aims to recreate the winding journey of Chinese people understanding and entering the world over the past century, and to trace the historical trajectory of China's connection with the world. Its pages are filled with the clash of blood and fire, the collision of spirit and flesh, and the light of history and reality. If readers take the time to savor it, they can capture the arduous steps of Chinese people moving from rejecting the world to embracing it, and they can listen to the magnificent symphony of the world moving from rejecting China to accepting it.